Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA Program)

The McGill GCPA program at Desautels is an accredited Professional Education Program (PEP) of CPA Quebec. The program is designed to provide students with professional training on the latest CPA concepts and practice-related issues while preparing them to write the national Common Final Exams (CFE). Completion of a PEP and passing of the CFE are two of the required components for obtaining the highly respected CPA designation.A product of the Desautels Faculty of Management's commitment to the McGill University's mission, the Desautels GCPA is a highly respected designation, opening doors around the world.The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program consists of eight courses, for a total of 24 credits. There are four three-credit courses, three four-credit courses, and a zero-credit Exam Prep course. The program at Desautels takes 16 months to complete with courses offered lock-step over three terms: summer, fall, and summer. The program requires students to attend full-time in the two summer terms. In the fall term students normally attend school part-time; no courses are taken in the winter term. During the fall and winter terms students usually work as part of the training period required to meet the requirements of the CPA designation. In the final summer term of the program students enroll in the final course as well as the Common Final Exam Prep Seminar, an intensive preparation course for the CFE. Additional fees are required for this seminar.