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BS Accounting & Finance (BA/BSC/NON-Commerce AD-Based)

Introduction

With the development of modern business enterprises, the field of accounting and finance has become crucial for ensuring the smooth operations of the business. The BS Accounting & Finance program is designed to educate students on fundamentals and advanced concepts of the accounting and finance. The critical focus of this program will be on developing students’ skills for developing and analyzing the financial information for enabling businesses to compete in this age of globalization.

OBJECTIVES

  1. To develop student skills for understanding foundational concepts of accounting
  2. To introduce students with the fundamentals of financial management
  3. To enhance the students learning in the field of auditing, taxation and banking
  4. To enrich the analytical skills of students for understanding the role and working of the financial institutions
  5. To enable students to compete in the modern business finance environment

Eligibility Criteria

  • Candidates having bachelor B.A/B.Sc/B.Com or equivalent degree (fourteen years of education) with at least 45% marks.
  • Candidates having associate degree in non-commerce/business subjects with at least 45% marks.
  • Candidates having associate degree in commerce/business subjects with less than 60 credit hours with at least 45% marks.

 

Selection Process

Open Merit

Duration

2.5 Years

Medium of Instruction

English

Teaching Methodology

Open Distance Learning

Total Credits Hours Required

81
Sr No Course Title Credits Course code

1

Commercial Geography

3

8595

2

Financial Accounting

3

5418

3

Introduction to Business Finance

3

8594

4

Principles of Management

3

5414

5

Fundamentals of Money and Banking

3

8593

6

Auditing

3

5417

Sr No Course Title Credits Course Code

1

Advanced Financial Accounting

3

5059

2

Bank Operations Management

3

5479

3

E-Commerce

3

5060

4

Basics of Technical English

3

5027

5

Introduction to Sociology

3

9410

6

Pakistani Adab-I

3

9403

Sr No Course Title Credits Course Code

1

Managerial Accounting

3

5031

2

Business Research

3

              5034

3

Non-Banking Financial Institutions

3

5478

4

Marketing Management

3

5037

5

Introduction to Environment

3

5443

6

Iqbaliyat

3

9437

Sr No Course Title Credits Course Code

1

Financial Management

3

5040

2

Corporate Law

3

5480

3

Taxation Management

3

5055

4

Money and Capital Markets

3

5054

5

Public Sector Accounting

3

5061

Sr No Course Title Credits Course Code

1

Financial Reporting I

3

5062

2

Corporate Finance

3

5051

3

Advanced Auditing

3

8533

4

Financial Reporting II

Research Project

OR

1. Project Management

2. Entrepreneurship

OR

1. Project Management

2. Internship

 

6

5063

8566

 

8516

5026

 

 

8516

8569

Note: Two courses in lieu of Research project will be as follows:

  1. Project Management
  2. Entrepreneurship

One course along with the internship will be Project Management.

1

2

3

4

5

Semesters

05

Workshop

The online workshop for each course will comprise of 12 hours, with 2 hours daily for 6 days except for the teaching practice and project as per AIOU policy. Each semester will have a workshop for the courses offered in that particular semester. There will be an online quiz for every course at the end of the workshop.

Assessment Weightage

Assignments (Weightage) Workshop (Attendance & Quizzes) (Weightage) Final Exam (Weightage) Passing Marks 
20% 30% Quiz 50% 50% (in aggregate). However, 40% marks in final exams is mandatory.

Note: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) reserves the right to amend the fee structure policy, course offering and assessment of courses when required. The existing course(s) will be adopted/adapted as per requirement. The department may change the sequence of the course(s) offering as per availability of course(s).