CA School of Business

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CASB’s competency-based education program strengthens the link between CA education and “on-the-job” performance. The program combines graduate-style education, practical experience and the expectation that CASB students will live and breathe the standards and ethics of practicing CAs from the minute their education begins. CASB students learn not only how to perform tasks and functions, but why they perform them and how they apply in the world’s ever-changing business environment. The CASB goal is graduates who are truly ‘business-ready.’

Role-playing is a large part of the learning process in the CASB program, as it helps place you firmly in the type of “real-world” situations you might often face in the workplace as a CA. As you progress through the CASB modules, you’ll take on different roles, switching from advisor to auditor, from arbitrator to business valuator, and from business owner to securities regulator—roles you may be required to fulfil in the workplace as a CA. As you progress through CASB’s six core modules, you’ll develop and apply the knowledge and skills you’ve gained so far in research, analysis, problem-solving, interpretation, forecasting, leadership, innovation, strategic management, governance, control and risk management, finance, performance measurement, taxation, management decision-making, information technology, and assurance. All modules in the CASB program recognize that most roles and tasks in the normal course of a CA’s work are complex and integrated, and not simple, single-subject problems in one area.

This “competency-based” approach to education is designed to train and evaluate students based on their effectiveness as potential CAs, rather than on their ability to memorize obscure accounting rules or cram for exams. Instead of trying to measure how much the candidate “knows,” the competency-based approach is designed to measure how much the candidate can “do”—a much more accurate measure of understanding. CASB student evaluation mirrors as closely as possible the type of performance evaluation a student might receive on the job.

The CASB program will expose you to the challenges and issues faced by a variety of organizations of all sizes, and you will learn how to effectively manage the various stages of growth and transition. When you graduate, your ability to apply your knowledge on the job will make you extremely valuable to employers.

In addition to preparing you to achieve the highest levels of technical competence, the CASB program places equal emphasis on ethics and professionalism. CAs and CASB students are expected to adhere, at all times, to the highest standards of ethics and professional excellence—these standards are the basic tenets of the CA profession.
Want to prepare yourself to take on the challenges of today’s global, ever-evolving business environment? Want to kick-start your career? Think CASB.