Bookkeeping Certificate

Develop the skills to start a career as a bookkeeper or manage the books for a small business in the eight-month Bookkeeping Certification for Canada at Capilano University.

Bookkeepers in Canada perform a vital role in accounting and finance, managing financial transactions and data to keep businesses large and small on track with their financial goals and taxation demands.

In this 15-credit bookkeeping course program, learners strengthen their existing skills with business computing, accounting, accounting computer applications, and business writing and editing courses.

What You’ll Learn

• Prepare business emails, letters, and memos using fundamental principles of grammar, punctuation, and written communication skills so that the message is transmitted clearly.
• Apply basic math skills in the computation of the numerical aspects of business situations.
• Analyze and record basic accounting transactions accurately and thoroughly for different types of business organizations.
• Operate Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint as software tools to be used in a business setting.
• Record accounting transactions using a variety of computerized accounting programs.
• Produce an effective team project that links high-performance team and group concepts.
• Use their resume, letters of application, interviewing techniques, and other job strategies to seek employment and complete a two-week practicum placement.