BACHELOR IN :
ACCOUNTING
Accounting
The B.Sc. programme in Accounting is designed to produce graduates with an ideal platform for a career in accountancy and finance. It provides students with the in-depth knowledge and practical skills required to deal with a wide range of accounting and financial operations.
Expected outcomes
The programme expects to produce graduates who are competent in the following areas.
Middle-level roles in institutions
Employment in financial and non-financial institutions.
Immediately operational
Customer services, foreign transaction services and financial institutions management services.
Money exchange transactions
Mastery of transactions in the big financial markets.
Creating and managing SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises, built and run.
The microfinance sector
Managerial positions in a rapidly growing sector.
Enterprises and financial institutions
Positions across the wider financial economy.
Admission and graduation requirements
This is a four-year undergraduate programme delivered over eight semesters, leading to a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. General admission and graduation conditions follow the University's General Academic Regulations.
Programme objectives
The graduate of the B.Sc. in Accounting programme should be able to master the full cycle of accounting and financial operations — from the conventions that underpin financial accounting, through the preparation of statements and management accounts, to the audit and control of organisational activities.
Understand the foundations
The concepts and conventions on which financial accounting is based.
Identify and record business data
All related data, captured correctly at the source.
Prepare financial statements
For a wide range of business units.
Report the movement of financial resources
Within, into and out of the firm — so management can see the results of its decisions and actions.
Read financial information
A working command of standard financial statements.
Apply cost accounting
Management accounts prepared for decision-making purposes.
Audit and control
The knowledge needed for both internal and external audit of organisational activities.
Produce financial reports
The deliverable every stakeholder eventually asks for.
Employment opportunities and careers
Graduates of the programme move into accountancy, finance and audit functions, and into the entrepreneurial and microfinance sectors that the department identifies as expected outcomes of the degree.
An ideal platform for a career in accountancy and finance
In-depth knowledge and the practical skills required to deal with a wide range of accounting and financial operations.