About Bachelor Of Applied Business Administration in Sait

Program Highlights

Advance your accounting career by gaining hands-on knowledge in areas from auditing to advanced management and taxation. With courses taught by experienced industry experts and two semesters of work-integrated learning, grads are ready to enter the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) program.

Program Description

The Bachelor of Applied Business Administration (Accounting) is a post-diploma applied degree program. Students will learn the advanced accounting, business and management skills needed to succeed in the field of accounting. Faculty in the program bring extensive real-world accounting experience and students benefit from a highly engaging applied learning environment. Students will develop practical knowledge in the areas of taxation, advanced management and financial accounting, auditing, leadership, and more.

This program consists of ten academic courses and the opportunity for paid work experience through two semesters of Directed Field Studies (DFS). DFS is the hands-on, practical component of the program, allowing students to integrate their academic knowledge with on-the-job learning, completion of assigned readings, applied research, case analyses and written projects. Students will work with an academic mentor who will help you develop techniques to succeed in your accounting career. Students are responsible for securing their own placement, which must be approved by the Academic Chair.

This program is recognized as meeting the pre-requisite educational requirements needed to enter the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Professional Education Program.

You are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop to all classes. This will enable you to better apply your learning and practice your skills through classroom activities and examples, and make effective use of time allocated to working on group or individual assessments. Visit the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) page for standard laptop requirements, and contact business.advising@sait.ca if you have any questions.

Program completion

Students in applied degree programs have seven years to complete the credential requirements. The time limitation begins on the date the student starts the first course in the credential. For more information, refer to AC.3.1.1 Grading and Progression.

Course availability and registration

Courses are available both during the day and through Continuing Education's evening offerings. Please note, evening courses are offered multiple times throughout the year, with start dates in January, May and September.

Note: Course offerings may include extra class dates not shown in this calendar and some Saturday classes may be included. Textbooks are not included in the fees shown. Please call 403.284.7248 for further information on registration.

Your career

You can find work in accounting, financial and information management in business, industry, government and public practice accounting. Past graduates have found positions such a: Accountant, Accounting Manager, Auditor, Controller, Financial Analyst, Project Accountant and Tax Consultant.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Applicants must have completed a two-year Business Administration or Accounting diploma or equivalent at an accredited post-secondary institution, with a minimum 2.3 grade-point average, (67% or C+). 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS   :    6.0 in each skill
• TOEFL :    Overall 80, (A minimum score of 20 in each category)
• PTE      :    A score of 53 in each section

Sait Highlights

Sait The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Attending SAIT Polytechnic can cost an international student the following approximately: 

Tuition Fees

For international students, the tuitions fees will be:

The optional course enrollment would increase the fees and may include a security deposit of 400 CAD.

English Proficiency Test Scores

All the programs at the university are taught in English medium and hence proving English language proficiency is mandatory.

SAIT Admission requirements and process

Admission at SAIT Polytechnic requires additional documents from international applicants. Application requirements for various programs are given below.

Selection CriteriaSAIT Polytechnic opens the admissions in the Fall Start and continues until the Spring start. Different programs have different time periods for their admission process.

• The application fee charged is 75.00 CAD once for each program enrolment.
• Percentage required in schools and the other major requirements are different for all courses:
  • A 65% record or a cumulative GPA of minimum 2.3 is required for the Bachelor’s of business administration.
  • Other courses require a minimum of 50%.
  • A common requirement in all the courses is the English proficiency.
  • Admission into the Institute is determined on the academic records.
  • Graduate employment rate in the institute is 94%

Criteria of selection are not the same for different courses and to meet up to the suitability of the program the students may need to give supplementary documentation or additional information to be submitted. This includes:-

• Career investigation report
• Required tests
• Resume
• Essay
• Interview
• Ranking (used by some programs)