BBA Finance and Accounting

The Accounting Programme is designed to meet the expectation of academic and professional needs of the public and private sectors of the economy. The curriculum places much emphasis on understanding and application of basic accounting concepts, standards and approaches to prepare financial statements, suitable for the service, manufacturing and some specialized organizations. The programme further aims at preparing students to effectively apply the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), the Ghana Companies’ Code, and any other financial regulation in preparing financial statements for companies.

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Summary of Graduation Requirements

NB       Advance Standing 1 represents students who enter at level 200

Advance Standing 2 represents students who enter at level 300

• Employment:

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The target market is students already in employment, however, upon completion students could be employed in the following strategic areas;

• Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)
• Local Government Institutions (Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies)
• Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)
• Manufacturing Enterprises
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Media Houses
• International Governmental Organizations
• Financial Institutions
• Educational Institutions
• Entrepreneurs
• Construction and Pharmaceutical Companies
• Security Agencies

• Consultations:

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The programmes were developed in consultation with industrial practitioners, partnership institutions as well as the mentoring institutions. These programmes are already being run by the mentoring institutions and they have a lot of experience in this field, hence substantial part of the content was provided by the mentor institution.

• Components of the programme:

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1. Required (core) course(s)
2. Elective course(s)
3. Research component
4. Practical training, industrial attachment, internship, clinical experience, etc.
5. Semester-by-semester structure/schedule of course, showing the credit value of each course

Details of the Curriculum

This is a normative 4-year Programme taken over 8 semesters. It consists of core courses, prescriptive mandatory courses, research component, competency-based learning, practical-based learning and problem solving components incorporated into specific courses. General skills are also assessed through the interim and final assessments.

Below is the structure of the Programme

The BBA Programme Structure is in a format of semester by semester as presented below.