CSS110 - Canadian Securities Course (CSC) Accelerated

Subject Title
Canadian Securities Course (CSC) Accelerated

Subject Description
Seneca College offers the Securities Instructional course to enhance your understanding and help you successfully complete the Canadian Securities Course (TM). The Canadian Securities Course (TM) offered by the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) is the official educator of the securities industry. The course is designed to enhance students' understanding of the CSC material. This subject reviews the investments market in Canada and identifies the roles and responsibilities of the key financial industries. Topical issues will include the nature of assets, client need assessment, various investments available to clients, investment strategies and tactics, portfolio evaluation, and the analysis of a publicly-traded company financial statement.

Credit Status
Students must write the exams with CSI. For more information, contact www.csi.ca.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1. Given a case scenario, demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the investment market by:
   • Identifying business structures
   • Interpreting a company's financial statement
   • Calculating important ratios to evaluate a company's financial position
2. Comprehensively explain and provide examples of the following:
   • The role of financial instruments
   • Regulatory organizations
3. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the Canadian and the global economy:
   • The business cycle
   • Inflation
   • Interest rates
   • Fiscal and monetary policy
   • Other important indicators
4. Demonstrate in written form fixed income securities as an investment product:
   • Bond types and bond features
   • Bond yield and present value
   • The Yield Curve and Bond Switching
5. Demonstrate in the written form equity investment and investment products and how they fit in an individual's portfolio:
   • Features and types of preferred shares
   • Assessing preferred shares' investment quality
   • Common shares
6. Identify the principles and concepts of the derivative market
   • Using options, futures and other derivatives as a portfolio risk reduction tool
7. Analyze products and other factors affecting securities prices
   • Solve problems accurately using mathematical ratios to calculate other ratios to determine investment valuation
8. Design and develop investment portfolio, apply portfolio management, and develop an investment policy
   • Decide on appropriate investment products to meet the client's goals
9. Evaluate portfolio performance

Essential Employability Skills
    •  Apply a systematic approach to solve problems.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

Academic Integrity
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Please visit the Academic Integrity website http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.

Discrimination/Harassment
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Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The College will provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities in order to promote academic success. If you require accommodation, contact the Counselling and Accessibility Services Office at ext. 22900 to initiate the process for documenting, assessing and implementing your individual accommodation needs.

Camera Use and Recordings - Synchronous (Live) Classes
Synchronous (live) classes may be delivered in person, in a Flexible Learning space, or online through a Seneca web conferencing platform such as MS Teams or Zoom. Flexible Learning spaces are equipped with cameras, microphones, monitors and speakers that capture and stream instructor and student interactions, providing an in-person experience for students choosing to study online.

Students joining a live class online may be required to have a working camera in order to participate, or for certain activities (e.g. group work, assessments), and high-speed broadband access (e.g. Cable, DSL) is highly recommended. In the event students encounter circumstances that impact their ability to join the platform with their camera on, they should reach out to the professor to discuss. Live classes may be recorded and made available to students to support access to course content and promote student learning and success.

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