Overview

The Accouting depatment at the college of management and technology develops the analytical and behavioral skills necessary for the success in dynamic domestic and global financial environments. Courses are designed to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between business finance and economic system in the context of the management decision process. In addition to, the appropriate use of technology, new organizational structure, entrepreneurial thinking, and international awareness are integrated throughout the program. Accounting department prepares students for entry level and leadership positions in private and public sectors. Students seeking careers in real estate, corporate control, treasury functions, and investments will find the finance major well suited for their needs. Accounting department serves the needs of students throughout the region by offering a program that provide local and global perspectives, promote critical thinking and develop effective communication skills.

Objectives

The Accounting deparment seeks to provide a quality education to students that will prepare them for leadership positions within the finance profession. It helps students to understand the process of integration and the application of core competencies and skills in business.

In addition, it provides students with an education that emphasizes the concepts of financial management, investment problems, capital markets, business ethics and decision making strategies. Moreover, Accounting department  plans to provide students with strong undergraduate foundation in the theory and application of finance and accounting, building upon a liberal art and science education, where we can cultivate independence, critical thinking and sense of responsibility.

Basically, our objectives are to enhance student''s learning process through applied research, while recognizing the contribution of basic research. Also, prepare students to identify, analyze, and understand the interrelationships among business organizations and international, governmental, and domestic institutions in Egypt, the Middle East and throughout the world. Finally, Accounting department wants to help students to make professional certificate examinations such as CFA, CMA etc.

Program Map

1. Program Title

• Finance & Accounting

2. Intended Learning Outcomes

• 2-1. Knowledge and Understanding
  • State some of the contexts in which accounting and finance can be seen as operating (examples of contexts include the legal, ethical, social and natural environment the accountancy profession the business entity the capital markets the public sector).
  • List the main current technical language and practices of accounting (for example, recognition, measurement and disclosure in financial statements managerial accounting auditing taxation) in a specified socio-economic domain.
  • Relate the major theoretical tools and theories of finance, and their relevance and application to theoretical and practical problems (e.g. concept of arbitrage and examples of its use financial mathematics and capital budgeting criteria informational efficiency).
  • Recall the skills in recording and summarizing transactions and other economic events preparation of financial statements analysis of the operations of business (for example, decision analysis, performance measurement and management control) financial analysis and projections (for example, analysis of financial ratios, discounted cash flow analysis, budgeting, financial markets).
  • State the contemporary theories and empirical evidence concerning accounting in at least one of its contexts (for example, accounting and capital markets accounting and the firm accounting and the public sector accounting and society accounting and sustainability) and the ability to critically evaluate such theories and evidence.

• 2-2. Intellectual Skills
  • Recognize the relationship between financial theory and empirical testing, and apply this knowledge to the appraisal of the empirical evidence in at least one major theoretical area.
  • Explain the financing arrangement and governance structures of business entities, and interpret how theory and evidence can be combined to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of such arrangements.
  • Tell the factors influencing the investment behavior and opportunities of private individuals.
  • Appraise the financial service activity in the economy, and appraise how finance theory and evidence can be employed to interpret these services.

• 2-3. Professtional/Practical Skills
  • Interpret financial data including that arising in the context of the firm or household from accounting statements and data generated in financial markets.
  • Propose the critical evaluation of arguments and evidence.
  • Analyze and draw reasoned conclusions concerning structured and, to a more limited extent, unstructured problems from a given set of data and from data which must be acquired by the student
  • Assemble, extract and analyze data from a multiple sources, including the acknowledgment and referencing of sources.
  • Organize and manage the financial and other numerical data to appreciate statistical concepts at an appropriate level.

• 2-4. Transferable/Key Skills
  • Capacities for independent and self-managed learning.
  • Skills in the use of communications and information technology in acquiring, analyzing and communicating information (currently these skills include the use of spread sheets, word processing software, online databases).
  • Communication skills including the ability to present quantitative and qualitative information, together with analysis, argument and commentary, in a form appropriate to the intended audience.
  • The ability to work in groups, and other interpersonal skills, including oral as well as written presentation skills.

Courses

The students registered in the accounting major require finishing 24 Core courses, 18 Major courses, and any 6 of the elective courses to graduate or students who wish to have specific minor are to choose specific 4 courses of minors required + any 2 general elective courses

Core Courses:

Major Courses:

Elective Courses

Job Opportunities

The Department of Accounting prepares students for an extensive, and diverse portfolio of career opportunities in business, not-for-profit and governmental organizations.

Graduates are prepared to enter positions in corporations, financial institutions, brokerage houses, investment banks, and the government as corporate finance officers, bank officers, and investment and credit analysts. Graduates from the program are also well-prepared for postgraduate studies in many areas of business.

In addition, the concentration provides an excellent foundation for those seeking careers in management consulting, line management, and small business management. Job descriptions include duties like securities analysis, credit analysis, valuing companies, assessing new technology, annual plan development, and portfolio analysis.

Contacts

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AASTMT, New El Alamein City, Matruh, Egypt.

Tell: 19838

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