SEU (BSBA)

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A.  PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

1.Program title: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) – Major in Accounting

2.     Total credit hours needed for completion of the program:

130.0 Credit Hours

3.     Award granted on completion of the program:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) – Major in Accounting

4.     Professional occupations

The program of Accounting Qualifies graduates who are capable of operating in various accounting functions in the public and private sectors including but not limited to:

• Accountant, Assistant Accountant and Junior Staff Accountants
• Controllers, and Cost Accountants
• Zakat, taxation, payroll, and pension Accountants and Related Clerks
• Accounts
• Auditor an Assistant Auditor,
• Chartered Accountant
• Auditor
• Budget Researcher, budget Researcher Assistant, budget
• Pension auditor, pensions investigator
• Further career opportunities exist in Senior Management positions for those graduates obtaining professional accounting certificates, such as CPA, CMA, CIA…etc.

5.   Name of program coordinator or chair:

Dr Khaled F. Alfahad- Head of the Accounting Department E-mail: kalfahad@seu.edu.sa

B.     PROGRAM CONTEXT:

1.   Rationales of the program:

The rationales for the proposed Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) – Major in Accounting are the following:

1. Importance of the accounting functions in business
2. The constant need for accountants in the labor
3. The country’s need for qualified nationals in
4. The ever increasing need for legal reviews and adjust the accounting
5. Growing responsibilities of the accounting function in business
6. The interest of large segments among University students in the Kingdom in accounting programs.

2.   Relevance of the program to the mission and goals of the institution:

This program will highly contribute with the rest of the programs at the college, to provide qualified human resources needed to promote and gear the national economy to be among the world’s leading economies using the online teaching, which is the main purpose of the Saudi Electronic University.

3.   Relationship to other programs:

1. Courses required from other programs
   • English Skills
   • Computer skills
   • Communication Skills
   • Introduction to Mathematics
   • Islamic Courses

b.   Courses provided to other programs

• Principles of Management

4.   Specific enrolment requirements: (IT skills, Language…):

• Fluent level of English language

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C. MISSION, GOALS & OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1.   Program Mission:

To graduate highly qualified and competent accountants for successful careers in the private and public sectors by offering self-centered learning supported by high quality online interactive teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship spirit and participation in engagement opportunities.

2.   Program goals and objectives:

The program Bachelor of Sciences in Accounting, aims to prepare graduates and develop their skills and abilities to keep pace with the needs of the labor market in both public and private organizations. The main goals of the program are:

1. Contribute in the development of the accountant profession;
2. An effective use of the learning technologies to achieve the learning outcomes of the program;
3. Satisfy the needs of market labor to qualified human resources in the field of accounting and legal auditors;
4. A high involvement of practitioners and experts from different business and non- business organizations in the process of learning;
5. Contribute in the development of best-in-class methods of teaching and learning in the field of accounting;
6. Assure a high compliance of the targeted learning outcomes to the market labor required skills;
7. Promote the sense of ethics and social responsibility within Saudi business and governmental
8. Fulfill the   requirements    of    accreditation   bodies    nationally    (NCAAA) and internationally.

3 – Program learning outcomes

 Up on completion of the program, students will be able to:

D. PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION

1.     Program Structure by kind of requirements: University requirements: 34 Credit Hours

 College Requirements: 57 credits:

Department Requirements: 30 credits

 Concentrations:

To satisfy the different preferences of student and comply with accreditation requirements, the accounting program gives students the opportunity to choose the micro field of specialization. So, the student chooses one concentration among the following:

Accounting Concentration: 

Finance Concentration:

E-Commerce Concentration

Business Administration Concentration

 These concentrations could be changed after maybe four semesters according to the market labor requirements and trends.

2 – Program Structure by years

 Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

3. Field Experience (internship, cooperative program….):

1. Brief description

The internship provides students with an opportunity to receive academic credit for supervised professional training and experience in an actual work environment. This Internship is an ongoing seminar between the student, the faculty member and the employment supervisor. It involves an Internship Application and Learning Agreement, periodic meetings with the faculty representative, professional experience at a level equivalent to other senior-level courses and submission of material as established in the Internship Application and Learning Agreement. Participation cannot be guaranteed for all applicants.

b.   Semester:

Semester 8 (10 weeks)

c.   Time allocation and scheduling arrangement

One semester after completing 95 credit hours of the study plan

d.   Number of credit hours

06 credit Hours

e.   Intended learning outcomes

1. Apply academic learning to workplace
2. Practice and develop professional skills, such as oral, written, and interpersonal communications,
3. Use the technology and analytical tools and work in teams that will improve performance in subsequent courses and in future work assignments .
4. Examine one’s own attitudes toward work and toward the field of Accounting and to consider which aspects of accounting best match one’s own.

f.  Assessment procedures:

At the end of the internship period, the student will be evaluated as follows:

• 40 % for internship activities (assigned by the on-training supervisor)
• 30 % for the apprehension and the assiduity of the student (assigned by the academic supervisor)
• 30 % for the substance and the style of the training report (assigned by the department)

5.     Admission Requirements for the program:

• Meet the university admission requirements
• To pass the requirement of the First year

6.   Attendance and Completion Requirements:

To be graduated from the program and got the bachelor of sciences certificate students should accomplish all the 130 credit hours including the internship course.