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Accounting

Accounting or accountancy is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial information about economic.

The B.Sc. Accounting degree programme at Hallmark University has the following objectives: 

  • Provide training in the principles of Accounting and their application appropriate to the type of degree concerned: single, joint and combined studies;
  • Stimulate students intellectually through the study of accounting and to lead them to appreciate its application to a range of problems and its relevance in a variety of contexts;
  • Provide a firm foundation of knowledge about the workings of an economy and to develop the relevant skills for the constructive use of that knowledge in a range of settings;
  • Develop in students the ability to apply the analytical tools, knowledge and skills acquired to the solution of societies’ problems,
  • Equip students with appropriate tools of analysis to tackle issues and problems of economic policy;
  • Develop in students, through the study of accounting, a range of transferable skills that will be of value in employment and self-employment;
  • Provide students with analytical skills and the ability to develop simplified frameworks for studying the real world;
  • Provide students with the knowledge and skill base, from which they can proceed to further studies in Accounting, related areas or in inter-disciplinary areas that involve Accounting;
  • Generate in students an appreciation of the accounting dimensions of wider social and political issues.
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100 Level Courses

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 101

Introduction to Accounting & Financial Reporting I

3

ECO 101

Principles of Economics I

3

BUS 101

Introduction to Business I

3

BAF 101

Introduction to Finance I

3

MSS 101

Mathematics for management and social sciences I

3
     

PSY 111

Introduction to Psychology

2

CSC 101

Introduction to Computer Science

2

GNS 101

Communication in English I

2

GNS 103

Use of Library, Study Skills & ICT

2

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 102

Introduction to Accounting & Financial Reporting II

3

ECO 102

Principles of Economics II

3

BUS 102

Introduction to Business II

3

BAF 121

Introduction to Finance II

3

MSS 102

Mathematics for management and social sciences II

3

CSC 102

Introduction to Computer Programmes

2

GNS 102

Communication in English II

2

GNS 104

Logic, Philosophy & Human Existence

2

GST 105

Nigerian Peoples and Culture

2

200 Level Courses

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 201

Financial Accounting I

3

ACC 203

Cost Accounting I

3

ECO 201

Introduction to Microeconomics

3

MSS 201

Statistics for Management and Social Sciences I

3

BUS 201

Principles of Management I

3

BUS 205

Business Communication

2

BUS 203

Industrial Relations I

2

BUS 201

Elements of Marketing

2

BFN 201

Financial Systems I

2

GNS 201

History and Philosophy of Science

2

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 202

Financial Accounting II

3

ACC 204

Cost Accounting II

3

ECO 202

Introduction to Macroeconomics

3

MSS 202

Statistics for Management and Social Sciences II

3

BUS 202

Principles of Management II

3

BFN 202

Financial Systems II

3

BUS 206

Management of Public and Private Enterprises

3

GNS 202

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

3

GNS 204

Entrepreneurship Studies I

2

300 Level Courses

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 301

Advanced Financial Accounting I

3

ACC 303

Management Accounting I

3

ACC 305

International Accounting

3

ACC 307

Taxation

3

ACC 309

Auditing

3

BUS 313

Business Law

3

BUS 303

Human Resource Management

2

GNS 301

Entrepreneurship Studies II

3

 

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 302

Advanced Financial Accounting II

3

ACC 304

Management Accounting II

3

ACC 306

Accounting Theory

3

ACC 308

Public Sector Accounting and Finance

3

ACC 310

Research Methodology in Accounting

3

BUS 304

Production Management

3

BUS 314

Company Law

3

ECO 318

Operations Research

3

 

400 Level Courses

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 401

Auditing and Assurance Services I

3

ACC 403

Nigerian Taxation and Tax Management I

3

ACC 405

Strategic Financial Management I

3

ACC 407

Financial Reporting and Ethics I

3

ACC 409

Management Information Systems and Computer Applications

3

BUS 307

Elements of Government

3

BUS 301

Management Theory and Practice I

3

ECO 303

Elements of Econometrics I

2

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

ACC 402

Auditing and Assurance Services II

2

ACC 404

Nigerian Taxation and Tax Management II

2

ACC 406

Strategic Financial Management II

3

ACC 408

Financial Reporting and Ethics II

3

ACC 410

Executorships , Bankruptcy ,& liquidation

3

BUS 412

Business Policy & Strategy

      3

ACC 412

Introduction to Oil and Gas (Petroleum) Accounting

2

ACC 414

Forensic Accounting

2

ACC 499

Research Project II

6