Program Code
SPDAAC
Discontinued
No
Program
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Accounting
Credential Type
Concentration
Transcript Title
Conc in Data Analytics - ACCT
Date of First Offering
Start Term
202410
End Term
Not Specified
Credential
Concentration
Credits
12.00
Admissions Requirements
There are no separate admission requirements for a concentrations; however, the student must be enrolled in a Bachelor of Business Administration program in order to complete this concentration.
Curriculum Framework
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Concentration in Data Analytics in Accounting:
- This concentration is available for any Bachelor of Business Administration student at Douglas College.
- Successful completion of 12 credits; a minimum of two (2) required upper level Accounting courses, one (1) Computer Studies and Information Systems (CSIS) elective course and one (1) eligible elective courses.
- Students who have already taken and received credits for the required and elective course(s) in their Bachelor's degree program can also apply the course(s) towards the requirements for the Concentration.
- Student must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.33 (C+) for the courses required to earn the concentration.
Course Requirements:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| Required Courses (6 credits): | ||
| ACCT 3850 | Detecting Accounting Fraud | 3.00 |
| ACCT 3880 | Data Analytics for Managers | 3.00 |
| Select one course from the following three CSIS elective options (3 credits): | ||
| CSIS 1175 | Introduction to Programming I | 3.00 |
| CSIS 1280 | Multimedia web development | 3.00 |
| CSIS 2260 | Operating systems | 3.00 |
| CSIS 2270 | Virtualization and computer networking | 3.00 |
| CSIS 2300 | Database I | 3.00 |
| CSIS 3200 | Applied knowledge management | 3.00 |
| CSIS 3290 | Fundementals of machine learning in data science | 3.00 |
| CSIS 3360 | Fundamentals of Data Analytics | 3.00 |
| CSIS 3860 | Data visualization | 3.00 |
|
Select one course from the following eligible elective options (3 credits): |
||
| ACCT 1222 | Computer Applications for Accounting | 3.00 |
| CRIM 3390 | Crime and Intelligence Analysis | 3.00 |
| CSIS 2200 | Systems Analysis & Design | 3.00 |
| MARK 4420 | Web Data Analytics | 3.00 |
| PHIL 2201 | Logical reasoning | 3.00 |
| Total Credits: | 12.00 |
|
To complete the program efficiently, students need to:
1) Make note of courses that are not offered every term to adjust their plans accordingly and
2) Take all pre-requisites prior to attempting to register for a given course.
* Note: some courses require pre-quisites that are not part of the Concentration requirements.