Associate Program in Accounting
Overview
Accounting program enables the students to get professional qualification at the diploma and degree level. Students acquire Accounting skills that can be applied in a variety of environments in the areas of Public Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Financial Services and Corporate Finance.
Who should enroll?
- The students who want to become Accounting professionals
- Those who are interested in professional courses like CA/ CPA/ CMA/ ACCA
- Those who want to turn to teaching Accounting.
- Those who have an aptitude to learn Accounting
Opportunities
The course offers many opportunities to the students:
- To become independent Accounting professionals
- To take up exciting higher professional courses
- To serve in any organization as Accountant
- To work as Management Consultants, Auditors and the like.
Courses and Credit Hours’ Distribution
1st Year Fall Semester (15 hrs)
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit | Prerequisite |
| Acc 130 | Accounting I | 3 | |
| Sp MS 85 | Introduction to Speech | 3 | |
| Eng 20 | Exposition and Argumentation | 3 | |
| Eco 121 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| Math3 | Pre- Calculus | 3 |
1st Year Spring Semester (18 hrs)
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit | Prerequisite |
| Bus 209 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |
| Acc 131 | Accounting II | 3 | Acc 130 |
| Phil 35 | Business Ethics | 3 | |
| Stat 115 | Statistics for Business I | 3 | |
| Eng 60 | Writing & Research | 3 | Eng 20, SpMs 85 |
| Psych 50 | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
2nd Year Fall Semester (15 hrs)
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit | Prerequisite |
| Eco 75 | Economic Development in the Gulf States | 3 | |
| Acc 220 | Accounting by Computer | 3 | Acc 130& Acc 131 |
| Bus320/ Acc 230 | Management Accounting System | 3 | Acc130 & Acc 131 |
| Acc 307 | Intermediate Accounting | 3 | Acc 130& Acc131 |
| Elective 1 | 3 |
*SpMs 150 or Eco 122(Prerequisite Eco121)
2nd Year Spring Semester (15 hrs)
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit | Prerequisite |
| Phil 212 | Ethics for the Computer Usage | 3 | Phil 35 |
| Acc 312 | Cost Accounting | 3 | |
| Bus 252 | Financial Management 1 | 3 | Acc130 , Eco121 |
| Elective 2** | 3 | ||
| Stat 116 | Statistics for Business II | 3 | Stat 115 |
** Eng 205/Bus 256/Psych 212(Prerequisite Psych 50)
Total Credits: 63
