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The CA School of
Business
7/17/2015
www.casb.com
1-866-420-2350
Flexibility
Diversity
Global Recognition
7/17/2015
Opportunity
International Mobility
CA School of Business (CASB)
“Opportunities Beyond Numbers”
CA School of Business
“The CA School of Business, through innovative
learning, creates CA’s with skills and
experience relevant to the global business
environment.”
CA School of Business
CASB responsible for delivering graduate level
professional qualification program across
Western Canada
Partnership - Institutes of Chartered Accountants
of:
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
Yukon
Saskatchewan
NWT
CA School of Business
Student Population
2,500
Admission Requirements:
4 year Undergraduate Degree with
Accounting Major (or equivalent)
Similar to your 5th year programs
but delivered by the profession
CA School of Business
Based on Canadian CA Competency Map
CASB curriculum fully integrated across Pervasive
Qualities:
Ethical Behavior & Professionalism
Personal Attributes
Professional Skills
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Integration of Six Major Specific Competencies
-Org. Effectiveness, Control & Risk Mgmt.
-Finance
-Taxation
-Assurance
-Performance Measurement
-Information & IT
CA School of Business
Program consists of:
6 core modules and
2 focus modules
“lifecycle of a business” approach
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“Life-cycle of a business Framework”
Mod 1 Small business startup
Mod 2 Business Expands & Incorporates
Mod 3 Acquires other businesses & goes
international
Mod 4 NPO’s & Controllership
Mod 5 Strategic Issues - goes public
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Module 6 - consists entirely of evaluation
-includes national Uniform Evaluation
+
-competency based evaluation of pervasive
qualities & specific competencies
=
-beyond “written” evaluation
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Modules 7 & 8
- enable students to “drill down” in one of the
major competency areas of their choice
- serve as platform for “life-long learning” and
perhaps specialization
- make available to existing CAs to
help them “retool”
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Each Module:
- consists of ten weeks of online facilitated
learning, followed by
- a 3-day interactive face-to-face session where
students involved in group work,
presentations, role-playing, debates, etc.
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The Program:
- takes 24 months to complete (experience
requirement is 36 months)
- is one giant ongoing case simulation
- student part of a simulated CA Firm
- series of clients & engagements
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Primary objective is to improve the connection
between our education program and the
student’s work experience
- students are employed in an approved training
office while taking the program
- what a students learns this week in a module
they can apply next day on the job
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Technology
Use WebCT as platform for e-mails, bulletin
board and chat rooms
Content designed using Flash to provide basic
multi-media presentation
Minimize hardware and software
requirements for students
Provide toll-free help desk support
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Entire program is electronic:
Students must have current browser, wordprocessing, spreadsheet, database and
presentation software
We provide Tax software, Caseware for working
paper production and the CICA Virtual
Professional Library
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Pedagogy
Emphasis on “continuous learning” and
“continuous evaluation”
Each student assigned to a cohort of 30
Communicate with facilitator by e-mail (24 hour
turnaround)
Facilitator “office hours” in chat room
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Assessment
Students complete tasks for each unit
Submit as e-mail attachment to reviewer (48
hour turnaround)
Review is competency-based identifying
deficiencies
Students must re-submit until
competency achieved (50%)
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Objective to change “Culture”
- from “memorization” to pass an exam
- to “research” focus where program addresses
where to find the information needed, how to
evaluate and analyze that information, and
how to convert it into a recommendation to a
client or internal mgmt. decision
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For more information visit our CASB web site
www.casb.com
This site describes the program in more detail
and provides a sample demonstration of
module functionality and content