1. REPEAT WRITER COMPREHENSIVE COURSE - SUMMER (11 Days of Instruction)The
Comprehensive Course which
is offered in the summer,
is intended to provide students
with all of the tools they
need to pass the UFE. The
course consists of a combination
of practice case writing
sessions in which specific
techniques and approaches
vital to passing the UFE
are taught. These techniques
will be extremely useful
in moving up the "competency" levels. Repeat writers will be placed in a separate stream from first time writers. A number of sessions will only be offered to repeat writers (i.e. What Went Wrong - How to Fix it and the UFE Marker Session). Also, repeat writers will be in their own group for some of the exam take-ups in order to take advantage of the fact that repeat writers have experience with case writing and the take-up approach can reflect this important fact. The technique sessions will be joint sessions with both first time and repeat writers.
COURSE DATESJuly 27 - Aug. 9, 2011 (11 Days) COURSE FEES$1,675.00 (plus $217.75 HST for a total of $1,892.75) |
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2. COMP WRITING COURSE - SUMMER (6
Days of Instruction) For many repeat writers, the Comp is their biggest challenge in passing the UFE. To quote the UFE Board of Evaluators: "Because the comprehensive simulation provides a relatively high proportion (one-third) of the opportunities to demonstrate competence, poor performance on this simulation is very difficult to overcome". This component of the UFE differs considerably from all of the exams students have confronted in University. The comp is much longer than multis, there are a large number of complex intertwined issues, extensive extraneous information is provided, and candidates must adopt a broader perspective in formulating responses. A specific approach to handle the comp is critical to passing the UFE. Unfortunately, many repeat writers have simply not mastered the comp and this results in their downfall. To address this, repeat writers will be in their own stream for half of the course. This 6 day summer course consists of 3 components: 1. HOW TO WRITE A COMP SESSION This session will review how to formulate a plan and organize one's response. Students will be provided with a step by step approach that will guide them through the comp. This is particularly important, as the comp is 1/3 of the exam and this session will be led by an experienced UFE Comp marker who has marked every UFE Comp since 2003. 2. COMP WALKTHROUGH SESSION This session will allow students to apply the skills they acquire in the How to Write a Comp session. The course emphasis will be on the planning process including how to read the exam and determine the primary and secondary indicators and how to plan one's time effectively. 3. FOUR DAYS OF PRACTICE EXAM WRITING Students
will write 4 practice comps.
All comps are marked and
returned promptly along
with solutions and evaluation
guides showing all Primary
/ Secondary Indicators and
Competency levels. In addition,
each exam will be taken
up in the afternoon. In
addition to the above, students
will have a personal counselling
session with a professional
marker. (As there is some
overlap between the comprehensive
course and the comp writing
course, the comp writing
course is only 3 days for
students who take the comp
writing course in addition
to the comprehensive course.)
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3. WINTER UFE PREPATORY COURSE (5 Days of Instruction)For many students, learning how to write UFE cases is a process which may require a number of months, meaning that if they begin their case writing in the summer, there just is not enough time to master case writing in time for the UFE. (Furthermore, students in Ontario must be competent at case writing prior to the summer in order to pass the Ontario Institute School of Accountancy.) Students working in large firms will generally get an early start on their practice case writing in a fall/winter in-house program; students in small and medium sized firms are, however, left to their own devices. As a result, such students often ignore case writing, pass the CKE and then have difficulty passing the School of Accountancy and the UFE. Students in Ontario have an excellent opportunity to get started on case writing early, as many students will write the January CKE exam and know that they are attending Summer School by the end of January (when the CKE results are released). Even students who need to write the CKE in May, should still be able to set aside some time to prepare for the UFE; therefore, the dates for this UFE course do not conflict with those of the PASS Winter CKE course. The course will consist of the following components:
After
taking this course, you
will have gained exposure
to case writing by the time
the summer begins; you will
then be able to derive maximum
benefit from the PASS courses
offered in the summer comprehensive
course, where you will learn
additional key techniques
for the UFE and further
refine your case writing
skills.
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4. IFRS / PRIVATE ENTERPRISE GAAP COURSE Repeat writers will need to learn the IFRS / PE GAAP material in the 2011 Competency Map. To address this, an IFRS / PE GAAP course will be held, which will consist of a technical review and a walkthrough of a case incorporating many IFRS issues.This 2 day course will summarize all of the technical areas in IFRS and Private Enterprise GAAP (ASPE) for which students are responsible. The first day (May 15) will be a review of material that was examined on the 2010 UFE and will be similar to the material presented in the May 2010 IFRS course. Students may find a review of this material useful. The second day (May 22) will cover the new IFRSs and ASPE sections that students are responsible for on the 2011 UFE. Simulated cases will be used to illustrate how these areas can be tested on the UFE. At the conclusion of the course, students will have a good grasp of both the technical material and how it differs from old GAAP and how to incorporate this material into cases. Students can opt to take either the second day only (May 22) or both days (May 15 and 22). In Ottawa, only the second day is being offered, on May 1. COURSE DATES
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In order to fully benefit from the above courses, candidates can choose one of the two available Programs, incorporating the above courses.
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