Schulich Launches New Graduate Diploma in Accounting Analytics
Online part-time degree aimed at working professionals
TORONTO – Monday, March 11, 2024 – York University’s Schulich School of Business today announced the launch of a new Graduate Diploma in Accounting Analytics (GDAN).
The diploma program has been developed to provide accounting professionals with the latest expertise in accounting data analytics and visualization, honing critical thinking abilities, and cultivating analytical and leadership skills within the dynamic world of data analytics and information technology in accounting.
The program includes a hands-on, real-world consulting project carried out at an organization that will require students to provide data-based, actionable strategic business insights. The program also embraces Generative AI technologies, guiding students to use them effectively and securely in an accounting context.
The fully remote part-time diploma program – one of the first of its kind in Eastern Canada – will commence in September 2024 and will be offered online over an eight-month period. The program is aimed at accounting graduates or professionals with 2-4 years of accounting-related work experience.
“The Graduate Diploma in Accounting Analytics is designed to develop graduates who are well-versed in the interface between the broad areas of accounting, information technology, data analytics and data visualization,” says Shanker Trivedi, Director of Schulich’s Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program and Associate Professor of Accounting.
Adds Trivedi: “What sets our program apart is its focus on practical, immediately applicable skills that empower graduates to make an immediate impact in their careers.”
GDAN’s Associate Program Director Manuel Campos, a Schulich alumnus and digital transformation expert, provides a robust industry perspective that will help students acquire the analytics and consulting skills required by the market.
Schulich is a recognized global leader in digital accounting and home of the CPA Ontario Centre in Digital Financial Information, which aims to advance the accounting profession by building digital financial expertise, delivering and disseminating research and thought leadership, and growing the network related to digital accounting information. The School is also a pioneer in data analytics and established one of the world’s first business degree programs in business analytics.
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