Bachelor of Accounting, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Bachelor of Accounting program was started in 1985. The curriculum of the program is arranged taking into consideration the criteria in developing graduates suitable with the accounting profession as well as other sectors’ such as business, banking and public services.

Employment Opportunities

The employment opportunities for accounting graduates are:

Chartered Accountants, auditors, tax advisors, management consultants, company secretaries, etc.
In the trade and industrial sector in the area of financial corporation; banking and financial Institutions which require expertise in finance and accounting.
In the public sector and statutory bodies.

Curriculum Component

The Bachelor of Accounting program is offered within eight (8) semesters. The curriculum consists of three (3) components: major, core and elective.

The major components for accounting include all related accounting courses consisting accounting theory courses and practical training exercise for six (6) months. The major component consists of 70 credit hours or 51.47 percent from the total program credit hours.

The core component includes courses in economic, finance and management. Some of the courses in this component are Business Communication, Law, Management, Marketing, Finance, etc. This component consists of 63 credit hours or 46.32 percent from the total program credit hours.

The elective component includes other elective courses consisting 3 credit hours or 2.21 percent from the total program credit hours.

Courses by Curriculum Component

Major Courses

ACT 2112 – Introductory Accounting
ACT 3121 – Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACT 3122 – Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACT 3126 – Advanced Financial Accounting I
ACT 3127 – Advanced Financial Accounting II
ACT 3131 – Management Accounting I
ACT 3132 – Management Accounting II
ACT 4131 – Management Accounting III
ACT 3141 – Audit I
ACT 3142 – Audit II
ACT 3151 – Taxation I
ACT 3152 – Taxation II
ACT 3172 – Accounting Information Systems I
ACT 3173 – Accounting Information Systems II
ACT 4161 – Public Sector Accounting I
ACT 4191 – Accounting Theory and Practice
ACT 4193 – Current Issues in Accounting
ACT 4199A/B – Project Paper
or
ACT 4198A/B – Case Study
LAPTRA – Practical Training

Core Courses

Fundamental
SKP 2101 – Nationhood Studies
SKP 2203 – Islamic Civilization and Asian Civilization
SKP 2204 – Ethnic Relations
PRT 2008 – Agriculture and Man

Finance
ACT 3211 – Financial Management
ACT 4221 – Investment Analysis

Economics
ECN 3100 – Principles of Economics
ECN 3101 – Microeconomics
ECN 3102 – Macroeconomics

Management
MGM 2101 – Business Communication
MGM 2111 – Organization and Business Management
MGM 2191 – Computer and Data Processing
MGM 3162 – Business Statistics
MGM 3211 – Principles of Marketing
MGM 3351 – Commercial Law
MGM 4321 – Company Law
MGM 4104 – Business Research Methods
MGM 4139 – Strategic Management
MGM 4137 – Corporate Social Policy
BBI 2412 – Writing for Academic Purposes
MTH 3004 – Introduction for Mathematic Economic and Business

Limited Elective Courses

ACT 4121 – Specialised Accounting
ACT 4151 – Specialised Taxation
ACT 4162 – Public Sector Accounting II
ACT 4192 – International Accounting
ACT 4211 – Corparate Finance
ACT 4214 – Islamic Financial Management
ACT 4215 – International Accounting Management
ACT 4223 – Portfolio Theory
ACT 4231 – Bank Management
ACT 4232 – International Banking
ACT 4233 – Specialized Financial Services
ACT 4216 – System and Structure of Malaysian Financial Market
ACT 4217 – Equity Analysis
ACT 4218 – Security Laws
ACT 4241 – Financial Derivatives

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Universiti Putra Malaysia Contact Details

Address:
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor,
Malaysia.

Phone: +6(03)8946 6000
Fax: +6(03)8948 7273

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Website: http://www.econ.upm.edu.my