Programme Objectives
The goal of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Accounting programme is to prepare students in Accounting Finance and Banking disciplines. Specifically it sets out to:
- Prepare students to develop requisite knowledge, skills, enterprise, and attitudes for academic and professional business practice in the competitive job market.
- Produce high-level professional entrepreneurs, business managers and practitioners with a high sense of integrity and requisite capabilities of innovation, efficiency and productivity for the development of new products and services for the transformation of society.
- Enable students to acquire analytical capabilities, requisite knowledge and skills required to solve problems in Industry and Financial Sectors of the economy
- Produce Accounting managers who integrate marketing knowledge with professional ethics and demonstrate moral leadership in mobilizing and managing human resources for businesses and organizations
Courses
Level 100: First Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSUC 101 | Writing Skills I | 3 |
| CSUC 105 | Religion, Morality and Social Values in Africa | 3 |
| CSUC 107 | Basic Computer Literacy | 3 |
| CSBG 131 | Introduction to Business and Public Administration | 3 |
| CSBF 135 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CSBG 137 | French for Business I | 3 |
| CSBA 149 | Business Mathematics | 3 |
| TOTAL | 21 | |
Level 100: Second Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| CSUC 102 | Writing Skills II | 3 |
| CSUC 106 | Critical and creative thinking | 3 |
| CSUC 108 | Introduction to Biblical Studies | 3 |
| CSBF 136 | Principles of Macro Economics | 3 |
| CSBG 138 | French for Business II | 3 |
| CSBG 152 | Business Finance | 3 |
| CSBG 154 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| TOTAL | 21 | |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSUC 101 | Writing Skills I (For Level 200 Entrants Only) | 3 |
| CSUC201 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| CSBG 243 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| CSBA 263 | Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| CSBG 267 | Principles of Procurement and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| CSBG 261 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| CSBH 259 | Principles of Human Resource Management | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18/21 |
L-200: Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSUC 102 | Writing Skills II (for L200 Entrants only) | 3 |
| UGRC 140 | Science and Technology in Our Lives | 3 |
| CSBM 250 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| CSBA 264 | Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| CSBF 260 | Business and the Economy of Ghana | 3 |
| CSBF 272 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| CSBG 270 | Office Administration and Business Communication | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18/21 |
L-300: First Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSUC 105 | Religion, Morality and Social Values in Africa
(For L200 and 300 Entrants only) |
3 |
| CSBG 311 | Business Law | 3 |
| CSBA 373 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| CSBM 341 | Production and Operations Management | 3 |
| CSBA 383 | Financial Reporting I | 3 |
| CSBA 397 | Computerised Accounting | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15/18 | |
L-300: Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSUC 106 | Critical and Creative Thinking (For L200 Entrants only) | 3 |
| CSBF 324 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| CSBA 350 | Financial Reporting II | 3 |
| CSBG 352 | Corporate Governance and Business Ethics | 3 |
| CSBG 368 | Research Methods | 3 |
| CSBA 374 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15/18 |
L-400: First Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSBA 445 | Taxation | 3 |
| CSBA 463 | Auditing and Assurance I | 3 |
| CSBA 475 | Accounting Theory | 3 |
| CSBF 479 | Entrepreneurship and Business Development | 3 |
| CSBF 481 | Financial Management | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 | |
L-400: Second Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| CSBG 412 | Project Work I & II | 6 |
| CSBA 414 | Corporate Reporting | 3 |
| CSBA 416 | Public Sector and Non-Profit Accounting | 3 |
| CSBM 442 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| CSBG 466 | Auditing and Assurance II | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18 | |
Employment
Graduates who are currently employed may have the opportunity for career progression. Graduates are likely to be employed by both public and private institutions in the following capacities:
- Managers and officers in accounting departments
- Consultants in Consultancy and Accountancy and Business Support Service organizations.
- Self- employed entrepreneurs in business and social enterprises
- Finance professionals in Financial Institutions
Entry Requirements
- SSSCE credit passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects: three (3) electives plus, three (3) core English Language, Mathematics, and Integrated Science or Social Studies. Aggregate score should not exceed 24. Candidates will be considered for Level 100.
- WASSCE credit passes (A1-C6) in six (6) subjects: three (3) electives plus, three (3) core English Language, Mathematics, and Integrated Science or Social Studies. Aggregate score should not exceed 36. Candidates will be considered for Level 100.
- GCE O and A Level holders: Candidates should have two (2) G. C. E. A Level passes and five (5) GCE O level credits including English Language and Mathematics. Applicants with three (3) A Levels passes, plus a pass in General Paper may be considered for Level 200.
- Holders of ACCA, CIMA, ICA, ICM, ICSA, CIB, CIM and Diplomas (HND, GBCE, ABCE etc.) in appropriate business courses will be considered. Their entry point at Level 100 or Level 200 will depend on the Certificate presented and the subject combinations.
- Mature applicants must not be less than 25 years at the time of admission. They will be required to write and pass an entrance examination in English Language and Quantitative Techniques and also attend a selection interview. They will be placed at Level 100
Programme Duration
Four years
