CANADIAN SECURITIES COURSE (CSC) is the foundational financial services credential. This is the industry standard stepping stone towards a comprehensive financial education for career-minded financial professionals and for any investor to enable more informed financial decisions. CSC includes a diverse range of topics for the securities industry. It gives a thorough understanding of the market and introduces you to industry terminology and practices.
Volume 1 of the CSC Course is an introduction to the Canadian securities industry, the regulatory landscape, and the economy. And the Volume 2 covers different types of markets and financial instruments, the mechanics of securities transactions, fundamental and technical analysis, the portfolio approach to investment management, various types of managed and structured products that can make up a portfolio.
Other topics include taxation, ethics, the financial planning process, and, finally, the institutional marketplace. Studying for this course requires focus, good study habits, and time commitment. CSI recommends that you read the learning materials carefully and practice regularly with all the course learning components including the textbook, online learning activities, online review questions, discussion boards, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Before you read a chapter, you may log in to the online course and use the online chapters along with your text book.
The step wise suggested approach is to
• Read the overview section and the learning objectives for each chapter.
• Read the chapter in your textbook or the online PDF. Use the first reading to familiarize yourself with the material. Take notes where necessary, especially, if there is a concept you don’t understand.
• Complete the online learning activities for each chapter.
• If you have any questions related to the course material, review the online FAQs section. You may find the answers there.
• Read the chapter slowly for a second time. Pay particular attention to those areas, you found challenging during your first reading.
• Pay attention to the tables, charts, and figures. These will help you with the practical aspects of the material.
• Work through all examples and calculations, making sure you understand how, the correct answers arrived at. Complete the review questions for each chapter.
• Read the chapter summary to reinforce your learning.
• Don’t forget to review the key term definitions in the glossary at the end of the textbook. Familiarity with the terminology and jargon used in the industry will help you fully understand the learning material.
The advantages of learning with this online tutorial are
1. The course material includes graphics and images, created after a thorough research that makes your learning simpler, easier and effective.
2. The lectures are done by professionals with high academic qualifications in finance and management, CSI credentials and certifications including MBA, CFA, CFP, CIM, CSC and more and track record of conducting exam prep courses for CSC and IFC.
3. Unlike, an instructor led courses in-class or LIVE, wherein you go through the lectures just once, you benefit with the scope for repeating any part of the course, any number of times, until you thoroughly understand.
4. Udemy also facilitates to get clarifications to any of your doubts by the faculty that are in the back ground, offline.
5. You only pay a small price instead of a high fee of over $1000 from any training institutes of reputation.
