INTRODUCTION

The Department, which was started in the 1993/1994 academic year under the Faculty of Management Sciences, now offers three degree and two sub-degree programmes. The degree programmes consist of B.Sc. (Hons) Accounting; M.Sc.(Accounting & Finance); and Ph.D (Accounting & Finance). The sub-degree programmes are the Diploma in Accounting, and the Diploma in Banking & Finance.

The mission of the Department is to provide students with qualitative education and training that shall facilitate their successful negotiation of the various bends in life.

Students are to kindly note that accounting is one of the distinguished professions in the world. The membership of every profession is usually preceded with adequate and relevant training. In accounting, the training is done in stages with the understanding of certain courses being prerequisites for the understanding of other courses at higher stages. This has informed the Department’s strict enforcement of the prerequisite rule which requires students to pass a prerequisite course at the lower stage before proceeding to take a related course at a higher stage.

The Department remains one of the few accounting departments in the country that is sufficiently staffed with full time faculty members who have excelled in both the academia and the industry. This has manifested in the high calibre of our graduates. The Department is highly determined, and fully prepared, to maintain these standards.

As we wish you success in your academic pursuit, we hope that you will find this handbook useful and also embrace our B. Sc. (Accounting) programme with open arms.

Dr. Joseph Kwaghkor Achua

(Ag. Head, Department of Accounting)

August, 2011

PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

1.2.1 Philosophy and Objectives

1.2.1.1 Philosophy

The education and training curriculum of the Faculty aims at moulding the total being by developing the mind and imparting both theoretical and practical knowledge that encourage self-reliance in the individual. The curriculum also seeks to assist the individual to understand, exploit and if need be, change his environment.

1.2.1.2 Objectives:

In conformity with the foregoing philosophy, education and training in the Faculty of Management Sciences of BSU has the following specific objectives:

a. To provide basic knowledge necessary for an understanding and analysis of problems related to the management of industrial, commercial, public and other human organisations.

b. To inculcate in the students of management the skills required for identifying and defining problems and taking appropriate decisions, using the most appropriate scientific techniques and tools.

c. To inculcate in the students an awareness of and sensitivity to environmental factors and realities and their impact on management practice and decision making.

d. To develop leadership and inter personal relation skills needed for understanding and managing organisation and group dynamics.

2. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

2.1 University Matriculation Examination (UME) Applicants:

(a) The Senior Secondary School or the School Certificate/General Certificate of Education (SC/GCE) ordinary level credit passes in five subjects including English Language, Mathematics and Economics, at not more than two sittings.

(b) Grade II Teacher’s Certificate with credit/merit passes in at least five subjects including English Language, Mathematics and Economics.

(c) An acceptable score in the UME.

3.2 Direct Entry Applicants

Applicants must possess the following minimum qualifications:

(a) Five credit passes in GCE (or equivalent) examination at not more than two sittings and at least two passes at the Advanced ('A') level GCE./I.J.M.B

b) Four credit passes in GCE (or equivalent) at least three of which must be at the 'A' level/ I.J.M.B.

c) Five credits in relevant subjects including English, Mathematics and Economics at one sitting and Diploma at minimum of Lower Credit in an institution recognized by BSU.

Note

In any of the cases in (a) and (b) above, no subject is counted at both levels of the examinations. It is mandatory to have English Language, Mathematics and Economics in the above stated qualifications.

3.3 General

(a) Candidates must have attained the age of sixteen (16) years on or before the beginning of the academic year of entry into University.

(b) Candidates seeking admission in the University must first of all apply to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

(c) Applicants offered provisional admission in the University will be required to submit to the Academic Office for scrutiny, original of all certificates and evidence of age qualification.