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The '''[[Canadian securities|Canadian Securities]] Course''' (CSC) offered by [[Canadian Securities Institute]] (CSI Global Education inc, a [[Moody's Analytics]] company) is the entry course required for becoming licensed to work within the Canadian securities industry as a [[Security (finance)|securities]] [[Registered representative (securities)|registered representative]] for a securities broker, known as a dealer member.

The Canadian Securities Course can also be used to satisfy the educational requirement necessary to be licensed to sell and trade Mutual Funds, ETFs, Stocks and Fixed Income Securities in Canada, as set out by the [[Mutual Fund Dealers Association]] and the [[Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada]]. It is a baseline regulatory requirement to perform securities, mutual fund and alternative funds transactions in many financial services positions.

The Canadian Securities Course consists of two exams and must be completed within 1 year of registration in the course. Students of the course can extend their course and book both exams but attain a passing score of 60% per exam. The course requires between 150 and 200 hours of study.

==Exams structure==

===Exam 1===
* The Canadian Investment Marketplace
* The Economy
* Features & Types of Fixed-Income Securities
* Pricing & Trading of Fixed-Income Securities
* Common & Preferred Shares
* Equity Transactions
* Derivatives
* Financing & Listing Securities
* Corporations & their Financial Statements

===Exam 2===
* Fundamental and Technical Analysis
* Company Analysis
* Introduction to the Portfolio Approach
* The Portfolio Management Process
* Mutual Funds
* Segregated and Hedge Funds
* Other Managed and Structured Products
* Canadian Taxation
* Working with the Retail Client
* Working with the Institutional Client

==External links==
* [https://www.csi.ca/student/en_ca/courses/csi/csc.xhtml Canadian Securities Course]
* [https://www.investopedia.com/professionals/csc/ Information Page on the CSC] at Investopedia

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