Canadian Securities Course

(CSC®)

The Essential Financial Services Credential

Take the first step towards meeting your career goals. Recognized as the
industry benchmark, the Canadian Securities Course (CSC®) delivers the
financial services industry training employers demand.

Benefits

Take the first step towards attaining your investment representative or

registered representative license.
Fulfill the base securities licensing requirement for IIROC and the
provincial regulatory and MFDA licensing requirements for mutual
funds sales, managed future funds/commodity pools, exempt securities
and labour-sponsored investment funds.

Take a Peek Inside the CSC!

With our free interactive demo you can experience the CSC course for free
before you enrol! Login to the demo now.
Who Should Enrol

Enrol in the CSC if you're:

Training to become a full-service investment advisor or an investment

representative
Seeking your mutual funds license
Seeking your exempt market representative license
A bank or trust company officer
A financial planner
An active investor who wants to learn how to manage your portfolio
Seeking a position in the Canadian financial services industry

Learn how you can extend your CSC validity period with IIROC's
Voluntary Participation Program.

The Basics For Success

Learn to make sense of a complex financial world. You'll gain the knowledge
you need to make smart investment decisions, become a confident advisor
and build a solid foundation for your career.

Learn About:

The Canadian securities industry and the regulatory environment

Market and economic events impacting investment performance
Understanding and analyzing corporate financial statements
Financial instruments: fixed income, equities, derivatives, managed
products, and structured products
Company, industry and market performance/analysis
The portfolio management process and asset allocation
Setting financial goals and the financial planning process
Fee-based accounts and taxation
Ethics and industry standards of conduct
 The institutional marketplace

How you'll learn

CSI offers a variety of options to help you learn at your own pace. Study
online, by textbook or using a combination of both.

Learning Experience

CSI's online learning system helps you meet your study goals. You'll benefit
from:

A robust set of online searchable FAQs for each individual chapter

An online study planner that shows you how to complete your studies in
a 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month window
Learning objectives that keep you focused
Interactive tools to help you evaluate and apply course material
Post-chapter reflective questions to help guide your studies
Post-chapter review questions to assess your progress
Course updates to ensure you’re learning the most current and up-to-
date practical material in your studies
Online interactive discussion forums and assistance from CSI's
academic support specialists

Approximate Hours of Study**

Hours of Study 135 - 200 hours

** In order to provide some guidance to course participants as to the length of

time it will take to be sufficiently prepared to write the final examination, CSI
has prepared this estimate of the number of hours an average participant
could possibly expect to spend studying for a course. Please note that these
are only recommended hours of study developed based on research and
our course content, however, this does not mean that some students with
exceptional backgrounds would not take less time than recommended or that
students with no background at all in finance or economics would not take
longer than the maximum.

EXAM WEIGHTINGS
(weightings are approximate)

Exam 1
The Canadian Investment Marketplace 15%
The Economy 13%
Features and Types of Fixed-Income Securities 12%
Pricing and Trading of Fixed-Income Securities 11%
Common and Preferred Shares 13%
Equity Transactions 10%
Derivatives 10%
Corporations and their Financial Statements 8%
Financing and Listing Securities 8%
Exam 2
Investment Analysis 18%
Portfolio Analysis 18%
Mutual Funds 14%
Exchange-Traded Funds 10%
Other Managed Products and Structured Products 16%
Canadian Taxation 6%
Fee-Based Accounts and Working with the Retail Client 8%
Working with the Institutional Client 10%
EXAM INFORMATION
Exams 2
Exam Format Paper Or Computer Based
Exam Duration 2 Hours
Question Format Multiple Choice
Questions Per Exam 100
 Attempts Allowed Per Exam 3*
Passing Grade 60% (Per Exam)
Assignments None
ENROLMENT PERIOD
Enrolment Period 1 year†
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CSI Policies
COURSE COMPLETION NOTICE AND WALL CERTIFICATE
On successful completion of this course you will be able to download a Notice of
Course Completion available through your student profile. This will remain on your
profile as formal indication of course completion.

CSI will mail you a wall certificate within 4 - 6 weeks of course completion. Frames
to display your certificate are available. Please ensure that your First and Last Name
on your profile match your First and Last Name on your Government Issued Photo
identification - this will ensure you receive an accurate certificate.

CSI will be pleased to issue an Honors Certificate to all student who obtain a final
course mark of 85% or higher.

*There is no charge for your first attempt at a paper-based exam within

Canada, as long as it's at a regular exam center and you provide a minimum
of 14 days notice before the date that you want to write the exam. If you
would like to write a computer-based exam, an additional fee will be required.

Each subsequent paper-based exam attempt at a regular exam centre within

Canada will also require an additional fee. This fee is in addition to any
special, computer-based or international fees that may apply. You must
provide a minimum of 14 days notice within Canada at a regular exam centre
and 4 weeks notice for all other centres. Please note that the date of the
exam is not part of any notice period.

†Please note: Access to your online materials will close 2 weeks after
successful course completion or course expiry (whichever comes first). This
course can be extended by 1 year provided you have not exceeded
the attempts allowed for each exam. You can view CSI extension fees here.
Your enrolment period can only be extended one time.

Important: During a student's enrolment period, CSI may update this

course. In that case, details about the update and how it may affect students
will be posted online via My CSI. Students are held responsible for and are
examinable on the content in the course textbook(s) provided at the time of
enrollment unless stated otherwise in My CSI. Students are encouraged to
check My CSI regularly throughout their enrolment period.

Continuing Education (CE) Credits

Click the links below or the buttons at the top of the page on the right side to
access CE accreditation information. To search for specific course
information, press Ctrl + F and then enter the course name to search the
document for the information you are interested in.

National/Provincial (Excluding Quebec)

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Quebec (IQPF/CSF)
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Please note: While CSI makes every effort to ensure that the information is
up-to-date, we are unfortunately unable to fully guarantee its accuracy. The
information listed in the charts above may be subject to change.

More detailed information on CE Credits are available