Once a CA student has written the UFE, they will be eligible to take Professional Development that must be completed prior to their admission to membership in the Institute. Students require thirty-five hours of PD consisting of the following components:

• Students MUST TAKE the following two courses offered by the ICABC:
  
  You and Your CA Designation (7 credit hours) and
  Effective Management Skills (7 credit hours)
  
  
• Students may choose from one of the approved soft-skills courses offered by the ICABC (7 credit hours each). Please note that some titles have limited student enrolment. The following soft-skills options are available in our Fall 2008 program
  

  Achieving Balance in Work and Life
  Better Connections
  Clinic on Supervision – Getting Grounded as a Supervisor
  Collaborative Negotiation
  Communicating Across Generations
  Communicating Under Pressure
  Communicating With Influence
  Creating Compelling Cultures
  Dealing with Difficult People
  Effective Facilitation Skills
  Effective Management Skills – Level 2
  Giving Feedback, Reducing Defensiveness
  Influence – Moving People to Action
  Leadership Action Skills – From Manager to Coach
  Managing Effective Teams
  Managing People, Performance, and Pressure
  ME+GO=T2: Manage Energy, Get Organized, Gain More Time
  Memory Magic© Intensive
  Peer Today, Boss Tomorrow
  Practical Interpersonal Skills
  Practical Management Skills
  Resilience: How to Bounce Back Stronger & Smarter
  Sharpening Your Business Writing Skills
  Soaring Success and Satisfaction in Life and Work
  Speed Reading: Read Twice as Fast and Retain More
  The Leadership Challenge
  Time Management Workshop
  Triple Your Memory and Confidence, and Halve Your Stress
  Writing: Plain and Simple

• You will need to complete the additional 14 hours through either your firm's in-house training (if applicable), or through the ICABC's PD Program. They must cover topics in the general fields of Financial Accounting and Reporting, Auditing and Professional Practice, Managerial Accounting and Control, Taxation, Valuations, Insolvency, Management, Ethics, Information Technology, or any of the soft-skills seminars listed above.  Note that on-line courses and seminars on audio CDs ARE NOT eligible for completion of these requirements.

If you have any questions about the revised mandatory PD program for students, please contact Registrar, Stephanie Langley at 604-488-2636 / langley@ica.bc.ca or Director of Professional Development, Moira Bryans, CA, at 604-488-2640 / bryans@ica.bc.ca .