* Between 1940 and 1949 membership ...

* Between 1940 and 1949 membership doubled from just across 200 to over 400.

* The Institute's first member newsletter of the present days 'N' Views, was launched in 1947

* Also in 1947 Audrey Jost became the first female UFE-writer to join the BC CA profession.

* The Institute armyed its first Convocation ceremony in December of 1949 presenting 61 of recent origin CAs to the membership. The result took place at Brock Hall, upon the University of BC campus.

ICABC Chronicles: Education continues to evolve

This month as our direct the eye at CA education over the last 100 years continues, we begin with changes to the UFE

In 1955 after plenteous consideration, the lengths of the Uniform Final and Intermediate exams were established: four four-hour papers and six four-hour papers respectively.

To make secure consistent training experience among pupils a program to review the offices training close examiners was created in 1958. At the time, the Institute was seeking changes to regulatory legislation and wanted to demonstrate, in consequence of this review program, that it was, indeed, a professional body

Despite the succes of the BCom/CA program at UBC (established in 1953 by way of the ICABC Council), few university-age observers entered the profession during the 1950 To address this question the Institute initiated a program in 1957 that saw its members join with local high school counsellors to encourage young family to enter the profession. To add to this counsellor program, the Institute began sponsoring an annual vocational proof in 1958 for students graduating from high sect The test was offered until the mid-1960s, when it was discontinued owed to a perceived gender bias.

In 1959 the Institute transferred delivery of the first three years of the CA program-which were still heavily based upon Ontario-produced courses-to the diploma division within UBC's faculty of sexual Doing so allowed Institute staff to focus onward developing courses locally. In 1960 succes was realized with the introduction of the Primary Accounting and Auditing Exam, the first locally discloseed exam at the primary plain in many years.

Locally bring to maturityed education remained a key affair throughout the 1960s. In 1964 the BCom/CA program at UBC was suspended befitting to declining enrolment. This suspension sparked changes to BC's CA education, which was still largely based forward the program at Queen's University in Ontario. In 1966 the Institute mov from the five-year CA Course of Instruction program to CA course modules; this change afforded observers more flexibility and allowed for the recognition of university courses that overspreaded the same topics. These module would eventually replace the Uniform Intermediate Exam in 1967 That same year, the module were put forwarded in a summer-school format, thereby setting the stage for what is yet to be education delivery.

Nationally, the profession would by and by make university completion a pre-requisite to CA training; provincially, this requirement would be implemented for BC scholars in 1970.

In 1969, UBC began offering a "Licentiate in Accounting" program for graduates of nonbusiness programs. This Licentiate program is believed to have eased an of the transition struggles associated with implementing the aforementioned rank requirement. (The Licentiate program later evolv into Instituterun GAP courses in the 1980s; in 1999 it get backed to UBC, where it now operates as the Diploma in Accounting Program.)

The UFE underwent couple significant changes in the 1970 common to structure and one to content: First, in 1971 the exam mov from six four-hour papers to four four-hour papers; then, in 1974 a comprehensive case question was introduced as part of a shift from subject-based papers to multi-subject questions.

During this same decade, discussions about professional education in BC continued. These discussions culminated in 1980 with the opening of the Institute's indoctrinate of Chartered Accountancy (SCA), which proffered courses in tax, audit, and accounting.

Offering locally discloseed education proved a successful move: In 1982 BC observer Jennifer Bettiol achieved the highest UFE mark in Canada; the following year, Kathy Dodds not alone achieved the highest UFE mark in Canada, she also achieved the first excellent score.

Dr. Don Carter, FCA, serv as principal of the SCA from its inception until 2000 when the CA gymnasium of Business (CASB) was established. Carter now work fors as CASB's VP of learning.

In 2002 the fourth day of the UFE exam (consisting of multiple-choice questions-a element that had been introduced in 1996) was dropp from the touchstone as part of a national shift towards competency-based evaluation. The 2003 exam was completely competency-based, and the 2004 UFE marked the first time scholars could enter the exam swing with laptops.

By Sarah Stephen, Communication Co-ordinator

Copyright Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia May 2005

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