Bachelor Of Accounting And Finance – Muteesa I Royal University

This programme opens up a wide variety of career options in the business world and includes fields such as Accounting Entrepreneurship, Business Environments, Marketing and Strategic Management. The programme focuses on Financial Accounting, Auditing, Taxation and Management Accounting. This programme is prescribed for candidates who intend becoming Accountants.

Accounting students will demonstrate a base of knowledge, skills and professional orientation consistent with the accounting profession.

Students will be able to demonstrate ethical decision making that is relevant in the profession.
Students will be able to demonstrate analytical problem solving that is inherent in the profession.
Students will be able to demonstrate a general tax consciousness, including an understanding of the role of taxation in society and the development of skills related to the recognition of the tax problems.
Students will develop a foundation of tax knowledge, including the development of competence with respect to general concepts of taxation, procedural rules and their application, and tax planning.
Students will understand the traditional cost accounting concepts such as cost flows, product costing, variance analysis, budget process, decision making performance analysis, and responsibility accounting.
Students will be able to use the results of analytical procedures to identify “red flags” of audit risk.
Students will be able to apply critical-thinking, decision-making, and analytical problem-solving skills in an accounting environment.

Period of Registration	Continue Studies	Conditional Re-admission	No re-admission (Can submit an appeal).
After 1 year	20 Credits	15 Credits	Less than 10 Credits
After 2 years	38 Credits	25 – 30 Credits	Less than 20 Credits
Total Graduation Credits	118

18.3	THE BSAF ACADEMIC PROGRAM FROM 2020/2021 TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 UPDATED PROGRAMME
18.3 Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance (BSAF)			Presented Semester	CU/ Credit Value	LH	PH	CH
*Key: Credit Hour/ Credit Value (CU), Lecture Hour (LH), Practical Hour (PH) and Contact Hour (CH)*
Unit Code		Name/Description
Year 1 – Semester 1
MGT1101B		Principles of Business Management	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN1102B		Micro Economic	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FND1101B		Communication Skills	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
ICT1108B		Computer Literacy	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
FIN1101B		Financial Accounting	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
FIN1110B		Principles of Insurance	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
Total credits for the semester 1 load			Semester 1	20

Year 1 – Semester 2
FND1205B		History and Cultural Heritage of Uganda	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
FIN1202B		Macro Economics	Semester 2	4	55	10	60
MGT1201B		Entrepreneurship Skills Development	Semester 2	3	35	10	45
ADM1202B		Business Law	Semester 2	4	55	10	60
FIN1201B		Financial Management	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
FIN1203B		Business Statistics	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
Total credits for the semester 2 load			Semester 2	20

Year 2 - Semester 1
MGT2103B		Project Planning and Management	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
MGT2107B		Organisational Behaviour	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
MGT2101B		Research Methods	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
PRC2101B		Marketing Management	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN2101B		Intermediate Accounting	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
FIN2102B		Quantitative Methods	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
Total credits for the semester 1 load				20

Year 2 - Semester 2
FIN2201 B		Taxation Management	Semester 2	4	45	15	60
MGT2203B		Production and Operations Management	Semester 2	3	35	10	45
MGT2206B		Management Information System	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
FIN 2202B		Securities and Capital Markets	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
ADM2206B		Company Law	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
MGT2202B		Ethics	Semester 2	4	45	15	60
Total credits for the semester 2 load			Semester 2	20

Year 3 - Semester 1
Core Subjects/Papers
MGT3101B		Strategic Management (Core)	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN3102B		Managerial Economics (Core)	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN3103B		Corporate Finance	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN3104B		Investment Management	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
FIN3105B		Cost & Management Accounting	Semester 1	3	45	0	45
FIN3106B		Advanced Accounting	Semester 1	4	45	15	60
Total credits for the semester 1 load				20

Year 3 - Semester 2
FIN 3202 B		Accounting for non- profit Making Organisations (Core)	Semester 2	4	45	15	60
FIN3203 B		Auditing & Assurance	Semester 2	3	45	0	45
FIN3204 B		Computerised Accounting	Semester 2	4	45	15	60
FIN3205 B		Advanced Taxation	Semester 2	4	45	15	60
MGT3201B		Internship (Core)	Semester 2	4	0	120	120
MGT3202B		Research Project (Core)	Semester 2	6	0	180	180
Total credits for the semester 2 load				25

Total Graduation Load (Credits)			125

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