Department Head: Kajela Daba
Field Information
Name of the Degree Program: ACCOUNTING and FINANCE
Name of the Degree to be awarded: Degree of Bachelor of Arts in ACCOUNTING and FINANCE
Degree to be awarded by: Subjected to the Approval of the College Advisory Council
Standard/Regular Period of Study: 4 Academic Years with 8 Semesters
Standard/Regular Period of Study for Extension: 5 Academic Years with 12 Semesters
Fees / Charges for Regular and Extension Students: per the month
Rationale of the Program
The Accounting and finance profession has shown a continuous and tremendous growth in the business world. Accounting, in the modern context of business, is a Financial Information and Communication System that provides various groups of decision makers with valuable and reliable information that makes a difference in their day-to-day business decisions.
The basic rationale of the program is attributed to the observed continuously flourishing of different organizations in Ethiopia, along with the rapid pace of development of Ethiopian economy over the past periods. Different countries in general, and Ethiopia, in particular host various organizations: private, governmental, profit making, non-profit making, service, manufacturing organizations, etc. The business world is becoming increasingly complex and is facing new and greater challenges continually. The Accounting and Finance profession, a key profession in modern business society, will have to meet these challenges. Given the volatility of events, the Accounting and finance education program needs to provide new skills and knowledge to accounting and finance graduates who enter the profession.
This program is designed to prepare students for careers in accounting and finance in all economic sectors such as business, not-for-profit, and government organizations. The areas of accounting and finance study are financial accounting, cost and managerial accounting, tax Accounting, Accounting information systems, Government and non-profit accounting, finance, and auditing. In addition to the abovementioned input of the program, it combines and applies several supporting subject fields including law, information technology.