Accounting

The mission of the Bachelor in accounting is to provide undergraduate students with the fundamentals needed for the accounting profession through maintaining high academic standards and an excellent learning environment, which would prepare the accounting students for careers as professional accountants in public practice industry as well as for postgraduate studies and other areas.

Demonstrate problem-solving skills in basic and advanced accounting concepts and apply the learned accounting skills and knowledge.
Communicate business information effectively and ethically, both verbally and in written forms.
Develop the technological competency required in the field, as well as integrate technology in problem solving in a variety of academic and market-related areas.

To acquire an understanding the market and the general business environment
To practice within the professional, ethical, and legal parameters of the accounting and business profession
To show an understanding of sophisticated and advanced accounting topics.
To demonstrate the importance of the accounting profession in society
To differentiate the needs of various users of accounting data
To acquire the ability to analyze and prepare financial statements
To acquire the ability to read and understand research papers and study cases in accounting, as well as the ability to prepare research papers and presentations on various accounting topics.
To analyze financial and non-financial data in order to become well informed decision makers.
To communicate financial data and provide knowledgeable recommendations effectively.
To communicate non-financial data and provide knowledgeable recommendations effectively
To employ IT skills in solving accounting problems and in preparing assignments.

Graduates from the Accounting program are highly sought by employers both locally and abroad. Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers in various institutions, including:

Accountancy and professional services - Ernst and Young, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers - as well as other graduate level employers such as BDO.

Finance and banking –Bank of Palestine, Arab Bank, Amman Cairo Bank, the National Bank, Palestine for Credit and Development (Faten), Al-Ahliyya insurance, as well as many other companies in similar fields.

Government –Ministry of finance, Palestine Monetary authority, as well several other local governmental offices.

Plus – Jawwal, Paltel, Al-Wataniyya,Unipal, Padico,Masrouji, and various other companies.

Specialization Requirements (57 credit hours)

Compulsory Courses:42 credit hours, compromised of the following courses:

Course No.	Course Title	Prerequisite(s)
ACCT230	Principles of Accounting 2	ACCT130
ACCT331	Cost Accounting	ACCT230
ACCT332	Principles of Taxation	ACCT230
ACCT333	Managerial Accounting	ACCT331
ACCT335	Intermediate Accounting 1	ACCT230
ACCT336	Intermediate Accounting 2	ACCT335
ACCT339	Principles of Auditing	ACCT335
ACCT432	Advanced Accounting	ACCT336
ACCT434	Accounting Information Systems	ACCT331
ACCT437	Seminar in Accounting	ECON235 and Fourth Year Standing
BUSA230	Principles of Management	BUSA130
BUSA3301	Introduction to Business Law	BUSA230
ECON132	Principles of Macro Economics	ECON131
FINN2300	Principles of Financial Management 2	FINN1300, ACCT230

First group for students with no concentration

Elective courses: 15 credit hours from the following courses:

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

3

credit hours:

ACCT337

Internal Auditing and Risk Management

ACCT335

Accounting courses 2^nd year .

Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	Prerequisite(s)
6 credit hours	ACCT430	Fraud Examination And Analysis	ACCT339
6 credit hours	ACCT436	Auditing 2	ACCT339
6 credit hours	ECON3311	Analytical Microeconomics 1	ECON132, MATH2351
	ECON3321	Analytical Macroeconomics 1	ECON132, MATH2351
	ECON3361	International Trade	ECON3311
	ECON3362	International Finance	ECON3321
	ECON338	Money and Banking	ECON132
	ECON434	Public Finance	ECON3311
	ECON438	Project Evaluation	ECON3311

Credit Hours	Course No.	Course Title	Prerequisite(s)
3 credit hours from accounting courses 2^nd year.
3 credit hours	ECON3311	Analytical Microeconomics 1	ECON132, MATH2351
	ECON3321	Analytical Macroeconomics 1	ECON132, MATH2351
	ECON3361	International Trade	ECON3311
	ECON3362	International Finance	ECON3321
	ECON338	Money and Banking	ECON132
	ECON434	Public Finance	ECON3311
	ECON438	Project Evaluation	ECON3311

Credit Hours

Course Title

credit hours

Courses from Business Adminestration 2^nd year.

Courses from Marketing 2^nd year.

Successfully passing, with a minimum grade of 70%, each of the following courses: ACCT130, ACCT230.
Successfully passing, with a minimum grade of 70%, all other specialization courses.
The accounting department’s approval in accordance with its intake capacity.

The Academic plan consists of 120 credit hours distributed as follows:

Requirements	Credit Hours
University Requirements	19-20
Faculty Requirements[1]	27-30
Specialization Requirements	57
Elective courses [2]	13-17
Total	120

[1] 31 Credit hours for high school students (Tawjihi)/Art and Commercial streams

28 credit hours for high school students (Tawjihi)/Scientific stream

[2] 10 credit hours for high school students (Tawjihi)/Arts and Commercial streams

13 credit hours for high school students (Tawjihi)/Scientific stream

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