MAcc graduates only need to challenge (and pass) the Common Final Examination and accumulate the required professional experiences in order to become a CPA.
In June 2021, it was announced that the School and the Faculty of Environment will begin offering a new undergrad program, "Sustainability and Financial Management", and accept its first cohort of students starting Fall 2022.
[7] The Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management (BAFM) and Bachelor of Computing and Financial Management (BCFM) degrees are both CFA Institute's University Affiliated Programs, which recognize academic institutions that embed a significant portion of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) into their curriculum.
This includes experiential learning opportunities such as events, workshops, competitions, and team-based problem-solving situations connected to courses and extra-curriculars.
[16] SAF also ranks high in the 2020 Global Accounting Research Survey conducted by Brigham Young University:[17] With co-operative education, over 95% of students secure full-time employment before graduation.
The co-op employment rate has been consistently between 95% and 100% with the students working mainly in global, regional, and local accounting firms, chartered banks, asset managers and other financial services firms/intermeriaties, government, and non-financial corporations in accounting/finance related roles.
Notably, many students who have challenged the Common Final Examination achieve honour roll as well as gold medal (Ontario and National).
In 2016, School of Accounting & Finance students became the first Canadian team to win the global annual CFA Institute Research Challenge.
[22][23] In 2021, School of Accounting & Finance was once again awarded the Americas Regional Champion at the 2021 CFA Institute Research Challenge, where 5,000 students across 950 universities and 82 countries participated virtually.
[30] Other initiatives in relation to SAF academic learning include: School of Accounting and Finance organizes two national student-run conferences annually: