Accounting Program

SPECIALTY : Accounting

DURATION : 3 years (6 Semesters)

DEGREE IN VIEW : Bachelor of Science (BSc)

DEPARTMENT : Accounting

FACULTY : Faculty of Business and Mangement Sciences (FBMS)

Category : Undergraduate

Mission Statement

The B.Sc. program in Accounting is designed to produce graduates with an ideal platform for a career in accountancy and finance. It should provide students with a more in-depth knowledge and practical skills required to deal with a wide range of accounting and financial operations.

Program Objectives

The graduate of the B.Sc. in accounting program should be able to:

Understand the concepts and conventions on which financial accounting is based;
Identify and record all related business data.
Acquire skills and understanding needed to prepare financial statements for various business units.
Report the movement of financial resources within, into and out of the firm for management to understand the results of its decisions and actions.
Obtain a good understanding of financial information such as that appearing on standard financial statements
Acquire knowledge of cost accounting so as to be able to prepare management accounts for decision making purposes;
Acquire audit and control knowledge needed for both internal and external audit of organizational activities;
Preparing financial reports, etc.

Expected Outcomes

The program is expected to produce graduates who are competent in

Taking up employment as middle-level staff in financial and non financial institutions;
Being rapidly operational with customers’ services, foreign transaction services and financial institutions management services;
Mastering money exchange transaction in big financial markets;
Creating and managing small and medium sized enterprises;
Holding managerial positions in the rapidly growing microfinance sector;
Holding positions in enterprises and financial institutions, etc.