Financial Services Ontario College Advanced Diploma

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• Objectives
  Continued growth in the financial services sector provides exciting employment opportunities for qualified individuals. Rationalization and consolidation within the industry has reduced the number of traditional entry-level jobs, such as bank tellers. However, other factors have countered this by creating more stimulating and higher-skilled positions. These factors include a more marketing-focused industry, increased competition, demographics, advances in technology and a global financial environment. The skills required of financial services graduates have changed dramatically in recent years. Graduates must be appropriately licensed and accredited by successfully completing a number of industry courses. Centennial has designed the program to include these courses so that graduates may present employers with meaningful industry credentials. Students will take courses that lead to eligibility for securities licensing, financial planning accreditation and insurance licensing. In addition to these courses, the program emphasizes general business knowledge, selling skills, technical skills, high-level communications and analytical skills.
• Practical experience
  There is an optional co-op aspect associated with this program.
• Academic title
  Financial Services Ontario College Advanced Diploma
• Course description
  PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
  - Write the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam and obtain the CFP designation after passing the exam and completing the required work exam.
  - Write the Life License Qualification program (LLQP) exam which upon passing will qualify you to write the Ontario Life Insurer exam.
  
  Semester 1 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  ACCT-112     Financial Accounting I        
  COMP-101     Intro to Microcomputer Appl. Software        
  COMM-160/161     College Communication 1 / (ESL)        
  ECON-103     Principles of Macro Economics        
  MATH-106     Mathematics of Finance        
  Semester 2 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  ACCT-221     Financial Accounting 2        
  ACCT-230     Intro to the Canadian Securities Industry        
  COMM-170/171     College Communication 2 / (ESL)        
  FINA-110     Canadian Investement Funds Course        
  MKTG-116/117     Principles of Marketing (ESL)        
  Semester 3 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  ACCT-226     Taxation 1        
  COMP-121     Inter. Microcomputer Appl. Software        
  FINA-339     Canadian Securities Course        
  GNED-500     Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action        
  Semester 4 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  FINA-320     Retirement Planning        
  FINA-336     Credit and Collections        
  FINA-341     Managerial Finance - Financial Services        
  ELECT     Elective        
  ELECT     Elective        
  Semester 5 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  ELECT     Elective        
  BUSN-225     Quantitative Methods 1        
  FINA-308     Conducts and Practices Handbook        
  FINA-340     Introduction to Life Insurance        
  MKTG-223     Professional Selling        
  Semester 6 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  FINA-307     Risk Management and Estate Planning        
  FINA-321     CFP Preparation Course        
  FINA-343     Marketing Financial Services        
  JOBS-221     Job Search Skills        
  ELECT     Elective
  
  **Professional Business Option List:
  BUSN-221 Organizational Behaviour
  BUSN-331 Business Law
  ECON-104 Principles of Microeconomics
  FINA-310 Professional Financial Planning Course™
  INTL-303 International Banking and Trade Finance
  MKTG-333 Advanced Professional Selling
  
  NOTE
  
  * Students will be placed in the appropriate English level based on skills assessment results. Students with an assessment score of 170/171 will take COMM-170/171 in the first semester
  
  ** To qualify for co-op work placement, you will need to complete employment pre-placement. The requirements are:
      o completion of eight out of 10 courses in semesters 1 & 2
      o a minimum C grade in COMM-170/171.
      o a GPA of 2.5 or greater.
  
  1. A minimum overall C grade average is required for graduation.
  
  2. The dynamic curriculum presented here will be revised as appropriate to retain its currency. Internal curriculum review is ongoing.