FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Accounting is an information system which measures, processes and communicates financial information about an identifiable economic entity. This information allows users to make reasonable choices among alternative uses of scarce resources in the  conduct of business and economic activities,

The modern view of accounting is to regard it as a service activity; it is a link between business activities and decision-makers and the accountant must possess certain ethical qualities to live up to the high standards of the profession.
In addition to possessing these ethical qualities, the potential accountant must enjoy working in an environment, which requires ambition, dedication and good analytical and communication skills. Therefore, Accounting Department prepares the students to the positions in accounting profession.

Accounting Department Program Outcomes

1. Develop critical and strategic thinking, improve analytic skills and techniques, and enhance effective decision-making
2. Demonstrate ability for teamworking, collaboration and leadership
3. Understand social and legal issues both within local and global environments
4. Acquire proficiency in English and utilize effective communication skills
5. Gain IT skills which are conducive for research using various resources and databases
6. Put knowledge acquired into practical experience through on-site internship(s) before graduation
7. Gain ethical consciousness and behaviour required by the  accounting discipline
8. Record transactions and  prepare financial statements according to  national and/or international accounting standards
9. Analyze, interpret and evaluate financial data and financial statements suitable for making management decisions
10. Demonstrate the knowledge of  manufacturing cost such as  job order cost, process cost, standard cost and joint cost for production,
11. Interpret new knowledge about  mergers, acquisitions and consolidations,
12. Apply auditing concepts, standards, procedures and auditor’s report and principles and practice of taxation;

Course Descriptions

The Department of Economics offers an undergraduate programme leading to a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. The objective of the programme is to establish and improve the understanding of economic problems from the elementary to the most complex, and to provide its students with necessary tools to undertake critical and systematic analyses of the economic environment we live in and develop policy options. 

Therefore the programme prepares students for further study at the graduate level, or alternatively, enables them to enter careers in private as well as public enterprises.

Department of Economics Program Outcomes

1. Develop critical and strategic thinking, improve analytic skills and techniques, and enhance effective decision-making
2. Demonstrate ability for teamworking, collaboration and leadership
3. Understand social and legal issues both within local and global environments
4. Acquire proficiency in English and utilize effective communication skills
5. Gain IT skills  which are conducive for research using various resources and databases
6. Apply knowledge acquired into practical experience through on-site internship(s) before graduation
7. Gain ethical consciousness and behaviour required by the  economics discipline
8. Have detailed knowledge of economics discipline and awareness of a variety of ideas, context and frameworks;
9. Deploy a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge in microeconomics and macroeconomics;
10. Apply economic theory and methods to real world economic problems;
11. Develop an understanding of statistical analysis, data gathering, and data analysis
12. Predict and solve complex problems with appropriate economic techniques, including identifying a question, using an appropriate framework, and collecting and analyzing the data
13. Be able to work cohesively in an international environment, by respecting the values of other cultures in business and personal areas;