Bachelor of Accounting (Hons)
Program Educational Objective
The course structure is designed and developed to meet the challenging needs of accounting to
develop students as Professional Accountants of high standards with integrity, dedication and
devotion to duty.
Program outcomes
PO1 Ability to apply fundamental skills and techniques of accounting in various economic
events.
PO2 Ability to demonstrate knowledge and competency in the specialised areas of accounting
relevant to economic situations.
PO3 Ability to apply multimedia and ICT tools to solve accounting problems and to support eservices.
PO4 Ability to communicate effectively.
PO5 Ability to carry out professional and ethical responsibilities.
PO6 Ability to understand strategic dimension of accounting & auditing and provide
recommendations to various accounting and business issues.
PO7 Ability to integrate knowledge in other business-related areas in order to meet professional
needs and to develop entrepreneurial skills.
PO8 Ability to work independently as well as others in a team.
PO9 Ability to develop a healthy mind and enthusiasm towards lifelong learning.
PO10 Ability to demonstrate social, cultural, global and environmental awareness.
Selected subjects
Subjects
Short Descriptions
Fundamentals of
Financial
Accounting 1
Management
Accounting 1
Financial
Accounting
and
Reporting 1
Financial
Accounting
and
Reporting 2
Business Law
An introductory to financial accounting course, which covers basic
accounting concepts, processes, applications and principles of financial
accounting etc.
The fundamental concepts of management accounting
Accounting
Information
System 1
Public Sector
Accounting
An overview of accounting information systems and business processes and
accounting information systems applications.
Auditing
Exposures to different procedures adopted while doing the audit work.
Accounting for partnerships, the function and primary focus of financial
accounting and roles of policy-setting and standard-setting bodies etc.
Reinforcement of the basic accounting knowledge and exposures to issues
regarding revenue recognition, preparation of cash flow statements,
accounting policies etc.
The basic concepts of business law and the laws that govern this area.
Three main aspects of public sector accounting, namely accounting,
budgeting, and auditing.
Taxation 1
Management
Accounting 2
Information about taxation in Malaysia for individuals, sole proprietorships
and partnerships.
Flexible budgets, variances and management control, pricing decisions,
accounting for joint and by-products etc.
Advanced
Auditing
Taxation 2
Auditing Standards, Companies Act and relevant rules and regulations in the
course of the audit.
Company taxation in various areas which is inclusive of the advanced tax
issues in respect of compliance with the relevant acts and regulations.
Corporate
Accounting 1
The preparation, analysis and consolidation of group accounts in Malaysia
context.
Accounting
Information
Systems 2
Topics related to technologies in accounting information systems, internal
controls, and computer fraud and security.
Company Law and The basic legal framework within company laws.
Secretarial Practice
Accounting
Theory
Critical understanding of the principal and emerging issues and ideas
surrounding financial accounting.
Advanced
Management
Accounting
Practical Training
The application of management accounting to complex business situations.
Advanced
Taxation
Advanced issues on taxation such as taxation for specialized industries,
indirect taxation, tax planning etc.
Advanced
Accounting
Information
Systems
Corporate
Accounting 2
System development life cycle.
Job prospects
Exposures to the actual working environment outside the university.
Different financial reporting information by different specialised industries,
including interim and voluntary dissemination of financial and non financial
information
Graduates have full potential in areas of:
Public Practice
Accountant
Auditor
Company Secretary
Tax Practitioner
Corporate Services e.g. Listing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring etc
Corporate Practice
Accountant
System Analyst
Management Accountant
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Banking and Insurance
Investment companies
Professional body accreditation
MIA- CA after 3 years of accounting/ auditing experience
MICPA-4 final papers
ACCA-5 final papers out of 16 papers
CIMA- 6 final papers out of 15 papers
ICAEW- 8 final papers out of 15 papers
CPA Australia- 6 final papers
MQA(LAN) & JPA – enable the graduates to enter public/government sectors.