ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is a British chartered accountancy body which was founded in 1904 in UK and is today the largest professional Accountancy body in the UK and the largest to operate on an international basis that offers the Chartered Certified Accountant (Designatory letters ACCA or FCCA) qualification worldwide.
It is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing International accountancy bodies with 115,435 members and 296,000 affiliates and students in 170 countries. The Institute’s headquarters are in London with the principal administrative office being based in Glasgow. In addition the ACCA has a network of nearly 80 staffed offices and other centers around the world.
The ACCA qualification is the most respected and recognized qualification. ACCA is in line with the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) offered in USA and Canada and chartered Accountant (CA) offered in Europe, Asia and Africa. The qualification has a tremendous demand through out the world. The students of any background can join these programs in any part of the world. Examinations are conducted in more than 200 centers in 170 countries.
The ACCA is a founding member body of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). The term chartered in ACCA qualification refers to the Royal Charter granted by her Majesty the Queen In the United Kingdom.
The ACCA recognizes the local qualification of any country, which is equivalent to “A “level of the UK universities. Certain paper exemptions are also being offered by ACCA for the relevant higher level local qualification. Candidates of 21 years age with lower than the standard can also join these qualifications. Chartered Certified Accountants are playing important role in the world of economy, Accounting, Finance, Management, Planning and Development are the fields where chartered certified accountants are playing important role. Majority of the Chartered Certified Accountants through out the world are in private practice, which again is a significant contribution to the world of economy.
Since Chartered Certified Accountant is a legally protected term, Individuals who describe themselves as Chartered Certified Accountants must be members of ACCA and , If they carry out public practice engagements, must comply with additional regulations such as holding a practicing certificate, being insured against any possible liability claims and submitting to inspections.
BBA
Bachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration undergraduate degree program seeks to educate students in the science of Business Administration. All courses within the program are designed for a rapidly changing world with innovation, market-relevance, flexibility and an international focus at their core. The program builds a bridge between the academic environment and the world outside.
The program is intended to prepare students with a good grounding in various fields of business studies such as economics, accounting, management, and marketing. The program equips graduates with the ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex business problems.
The mission of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program is to provide to students a broad general education and the necessary business knowledge and skills, to prepare students for entry-level positions in organizations, and to stimulate in students a desire for life-long learning.
The core priority of the BBA (General) degree is to provide an educational environment in which students become skilled in actively pursuing discipline specific and tertiary literates, knowledge and critical thinking and understanding.
Objectives and Goals
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree program aims to provide students with a broad general education and the necessary business knowledge and skills to prepare them for entry-level positions in organizations, and to stimulate in students a desire for life-long learning.
Program Objectives
Student will demonstrate effective communication skills.
Student will effectively use computer technology.
Student will develop an awareness of the local culture.
Student will acquire adequate accounting knowledge.
Student will acquire adequate knowledge in economics, marketing and Management.
Students will demonstrate analytical skills in solving business problems.
Students will function effectively as a team member.
Students will demonstrate an appreciation for learning as a life long process.
Student Related Objectives
Understand the nature of the learning task and become actively engaged in identifying their learning needs;
Participate in the negotiation and planning of their learning and accept responsibility for outcomes;
Believe that they are capable of success;
Discuss, apply, reflect on and evaluate their learning;
Contribute to the development of new knowledge/understanding;
Develop skills in accessing and using appropriate learning resources;
Receive adequate guidance, support and feedback on their learning;
Interact and form positive relationships with peers and teachers;
Feel secure in their learning environment and are prepared to experiment and take risks in developing creative responses;
Enjoy the experience of learning and achieving learning goals;
Experience physical and cultural security;
Enjoy sustained participation in campus life.
BCom
Bachelor of Commerce
The Bachelor of Commerce degree program aims to provide students with a good grounding in various fields of business and an opportunity to specialize in a selected area of business. The majors offered include Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management and Marketing. All courses within the program are designed for a rapidly changing world with innovation, market-relevance, flexibility and an international focus. The program builds a bridge between the academic environment and the world outside.
A major in Accounting will enable students to understand and critically analyze financial reporting issues and their impact within the framework of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. They will also develop an understanding of cost and management accounting techniques for planning, decision-making and performance evaluation. Students will be provided a foundation in the procedures of auditing and international taxation.
A major in Finance will allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of financial management in the business firm, including the calculation and use of financial ratios. Students will develop an understanding of how companies choose between possible investments and how they raise capital. They will acquire knowledge about the role of financial institutions particularly the operation of securities markets. The program will equip graduates with the ability to analyze the riskiness of investments and the use of hedging with options and futures to reduce the risk of an investment portfolio.
The Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management is designed to prepare students with a good grounding in various fields of business studies while focusing on the Human Resource Management specialization. The program equips graduates with the ability to identify, analyze and solve complex business problems. From a human resource perspective, students will develop abilities to understand the environment and processes of recruitment and selection, apply concepts and techniques to promote change, manage and develop people and apply appropriate occupational health and safety practices in organizations. The program will provide critical perspectives on the role and functions of HR professionals.
Management is the art and science of planning, coordinating and leading group efforts. It is the mobilizing of human and material resources to achieve organizational goals. Managerial skills include the ability to make sound judgments on issues that arise at work and to achieve objectives through organizational skills. A major in Management aims to provide a basic understanding of how to apply key managerial concepts and theories in the contemporary work environment. The program assists students in developing interpersonal skills and to understand how group dynamics affect individual and group behavior. They develop an understanding of sources of change, barriers to change and effective ways of overcoming them.
A Marketing major provides the skills to generate products and services for which there is a defined customer need and to position the product or service in the market with effective promotion, pricing and distribution strategies. The Marketing major is geared toward problem-solving and management decision making. A major in Marketing seeks to engage students in critical thinking processes, requiring in-depth analysis of qualitative and quantitative market data and development of subsequent marketing strategies. The program equips students with the knowledge and skills to evaluate alternative marketing strategies and commit to a course of action, using financial, organizational, environmental and ethical criteria.
The Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance) is designed to prepare students with a good grounding in various fields of business studies such as economics, accounting, management, and marketing whilst developing a core competence in Insurance. The program equips graduates with the ability, tools and multi-dimensional expertise required in the fields of insurance and risk management from a technical and financial perspective. Analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills, through the application of a range of risk analysis methods and techniques, will be a key focus. The program provides critical perspectives on the role and functions of professionals within the Insurance industry.
The Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance) is structured so as to develop professionals to be career ready and able to effectively apply competence and implement strategies within the context of the Insurance and risk management arena.
The program strives to provide students with a thorough grounding in the areas of business commerce and Insurance required to excel in today’s increasingly competitive and global environment. The Insurance program develops graduates abilities to:
Describe, compare, evaluate and apply a range of perspectives, techniques and methods in risk management and explain the relevance of risk management theories to the everyday practice of insurance.
Identify and evaluate the life insurance needs of various customers and align these with the principles on which products are developed.
Explain and evaluate the non-life insurance requirements and develop products to meet customers’ expectations.
Analyze concepts and principles associated with reinsurance, reinsurance treaties and their benefits to insurance companies, clients and the economy.
Participate in the management of marine insurance as relevant to the UAE market and the region.
Evaluate legal insurance contracts and the resolve problems, costs and disputes in claims settlement and management.
Explain, compare and apply the key principles of Islamic insurance to develop sharia compliant risk management products.
Demonstrate and analyze business strategies formulation, their impact on distribution of insurance products and conceptual framework in premium fixation.
Analyze, develop and evaluate appropriate marketing strategies to promote insurance and risk management products.
BCS
Bachelor of Computer Science
The Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) degree provides a general education in many aspects of Computer Science and Software Development. Computers have revolutionized the way we live today. Most facets of our lives depend, to a greater or lesser degree, on computers. From telephone systems to security systems, accounting to marketing, baby monitors to auto-pilot options, every industry, every household and every office is looking to ‘up grade’ itself by means of new technology and new software. This has invariably given rise to a high demand for software developers around the globe. The BCS degree prepares graduates to become a part of this growing industry, through rigorous and intensive practical programming courses, backed by sound concept models.
Objectives and Goals
The Bachelor of Computer Science degree provides a solid foundation in computer science – the study of the algorithmic processes that describe and transform information – focusing on the development of high-level programming skills that can be applied across the widest range of applications. Students will study aspects of the theory, analysis, design, efficiency, programming and applications required for writing computer software to solve problems. A core of programming, problem solving, mathematics, statistics, systems and systems development is supplemented by a wide choice of specialist subjects.
Program Objectives
Adequate in designing and writing programs for computer applications
Adequate in writing computer software to solve problems.
Acquiring adequate knowledge in software development, software engineering, and software architecture
Acquiring adequate knowledge in databases design and management
Student will acquire adequate knowledge in Mathematics and Statistics
Adequate knowledge in computer systems
Students will function effectively as a team member.
Encompass all the learning outcomes of computer science into a graduation project of one year duration where the students form teams to develop computer applications
Student will demonstrate effective communication skills
Students will develop an awareness of the local UAE culture
To have the students exposed to important topics and technologies in computer science such as database, languages, artificial intelligence, computer security, computer graphics, human computer interface, real-time software and software engineering, web design, networking and network security, and fundamentals of e-business
Students will demonstrate an appreciation for learning as a life long process
Student Related Objectives
Understand the nature of the learning task and become actively engaged in identifying their learning needs;
Participate in the negotiation and planning of their learning and accept responsibility for outcomes;
Believe that they are capable of success;
Discuss, apply, reflect on and evaluate their learning;
Contribute to the development of new knowledge/understanding;
Develop skills in accessing and using appropriate learning resources;
Receive adequate guidance, support and feedback on their learning;
Interact and form positive relationships with peers and teachers;
Feel secure in their learning environment and are prepared to experiment and take risks in developing creative responses;
Enjoy the experience of learning and achieving learning goals;
Experience physical and cultural security;
Enjoy sustained participation in campus life.
CAT
Certified Accountant Technician
This is an introductory accounting technician qualification. Although CAT can be obtained as a standalone qualification, it is often the case that individuals study for CAT as an introduction to accountancy prior to starting the professional scheme. It usually takes minimum 1.5 year to complete the Certified Accounting Technician exams. However, there is no restriction on the number of papers that can be attempted in one attempt. Alternative to the CAT qualification include the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification.
Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) provides the opportunity for individuals to obtain recognition for their work in accounting technician by providing assistance to decision makers. In line with the ACCA open entry policy, anyone can enroll him/herself for the ACCA Certified Accounting Technician qualification. The candidate will need to complete up to nine papers designed to test the knowledge before enrolling to ACCA. The candidate has to obtain one year practical training while passing the examination of ACCA certified Accounting Technician the holder of this qualification is also entitled for exemption of the 1st Part of ACCA professional qualification.
Examination Centers:
ACCA/CAT operates over 200 examination centers in 170 countries at each examination session special facilities can be arranged for disabled students, and where appropriate- for example in remoter areas or where religion places restrictions on attendance at regular examination centers ACCA will consider requests to set up alternative exam centers.
The ACCA/CAT examination was introduced in Afghanistan for the first time by Bakhtar University.The examinations are held in Kabul in two sessions, June and December, which are administered by British Council Kabul Afghanistan, scripts are marked in ACCA UK and results are shown in ACCA monthly publications and through internet.
The ACCA/CAT syllabus aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge, skills and techniques required for support/medium role in the field of accounts, finance and management. The broad range of subjects is designed to ensure a depth of high quality, relevant knowledge, which can be applied throughout your chosen career.
The syllabus are divided into three parts;
All Part-1 and Part-2 Papers are mandatory;
Part-3 includes both Optional Papers and mandatory Core Papers;
In addition to completing the examinations successfully, students of ACCA are required to obtain a minimum of three years relevant supervised practical experience in order to qualify- ACCA and the Students of CAT are required to obtain a one-year relevant supervised practical experience in order to qualify CATS this practical experience can be taken before, during and after ACCA/CAT examination.