Accounting and Financial Management admission requirements for Alberta high school students

Program requirements

• English Language Arts 30-1 -- A minimum grade of 75 is required
• Mathematics 30-1 -- A minimum grade of 75 is required
• Mathematics 31 -- A minimum grade of 75 is required

Admission average

Mid-80s

Recommended high school courses

A course in accounting would be helpful background; however, it will not impact your likelihood of admission if you choose not to take one.

General requirements

• High school diploma with five academic courses at the 30 or 31 level.
• If you write a provincial exam for any subject except for English Language Arts 30-1, we will use the higher grade of either your in-class school grade or your final grade (blended school and exam mark) for admission and scholarship decisions. For English Language Arts 30-1, we will only use the final blended grade.
• Physical Education 30 and Career and Technology Studies courses are not accepted as academic courses.
• For admission purposes, two 3-credit 30-level academic courses may be considered equivalent to one 5-credit 30-level academic course.

Notes

• You can apply either to Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) or Sustainability and Financial Management (SFM), but not both. If you're interested in other financial management programs, you can apply to Computing and Financial Management and/or Science and Financial Management in addition to your AFM or SFM application.
• If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English language requirements.

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