BBA (Acc) Programme - Curriculum

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Curriculum Structure and Requirements of the Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) / Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) with Honours Programmes

The degree requirements for the B.B.A. (Acc.) programme and the B.B.A. (Acc. Hons.) programme are listed in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 1: B.B.A. (Acc.) Programme Requirements

Modules	Modular Credits (MCs)	% Of Total MC Requirements
UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS •  General Education Modules (at least 8 MCs) •  Singapore Studies Module (at least 4 MCs) •  Breadth: Electives Outside Business School (at least 4 MCs*)	16	13.3%
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS •  Major Requirements (a)  15 Core Modules (worth a total of 60 MCs) (b)  6 Essential Modules   -  6 accounting essential modules (worth 24 MCs)	84	70.0%
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVE REQUIREMENTS: •  5 compulsory accounting modules	20	16.7%
TOTAL	120	100%

* The module BSP2001 Macro & International Economics will be taken in place of EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I (which is offered by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) as a breadth module.  Hence, students are required to take only another 4 MCs of breadth requirement.

Table 2: B.B.A. (Acc. Hons.) Programme Requirements

Modules	Modular Credits (MCs)	% Of Total MC Requirements
UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS •  General Education Modules (at least 8 MCs) •  Singapore Studies Module (at least 4 MCs) •  Breadth: Electives Outside Business School (at least 4 MCs*)	16	10.0%
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS: •  Major Requirements (a) 15 Core Modules (worth a total of 60 MCs) (b) 11 Essential/Restricted Elective Modules        -  6 accounting essential modules (worth 24 MCs)       -  An Honours Dissertation (worth 3 modules/12 MCs)       -  Field Service Project (worth 2 modules / 8 MCs)	104	65.0%
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVE REQUIREMENTS: -  5 compulsory accounting modules (worth 20 MCs) -  5 unrestricted elective modules (worth 20 MCs)	40	25.0%
TOTAL	160	100%

* The module BSP2001 Macro & International Economics will be taken in place of EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I (which is offered by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) as a breadth module. Hence, students are required to take only another 4 MCs of breadth requirement.

To fulfil the requirements of the B.B.A. (Acc.)/B.B.A. (Acc. Hons.) programme as well as to satisfy all the coursework requirements for the professional Accountant qualification, the 120/160 MCs read by B.B.A. (Acc.)/B.B.A. (Acc. Hons.) students will consist of the following modules:

(a)    15 Core Modules (worth 4 MCs each) as shown in the table below.

Module Code	Module Title
(i)   Analytical Core
BSP1005	Managerial Economics
BSP2001	Macro and International Economics
DSC1007	Business Analytics – Models & Decisions
(ii)  Functional Core
MNO1001	Management and Organisation
ACC1002	Financial Accounting
MKT1003	Marketing
BSP1004	Legal Environment of Business
ACC1006	Accounting Information System
ACC2002	Managerial Accounting
FIN2004	Finance
BSP2005	Asia Pacific Business Environment
DSC2006	Operations Management
BSP3001	Strategic Management
(iii)  Leadership Core
MNO2007	Leadership and Ethics
ES2002	Business Communication

 

(b)               Six Accounting Essential Modules (worth 4 MCs each)

•              ACC3601  Corporate Accounting & Reporting

•              ACC3602  Managerial Planning & Control

•              ACC3603  Assurance and Attestation

•              ACC3604  Corporate and Securities Law

•              ACC3605  Taxation

•              ACC3606  Advanced Corporate Accounting & Reporting

 

(c)               20 MCs from the following voluntary modules, under the aegis of Unrestricted Elective Modules:

•                 ACC3611  Corporate Governance and Ethics

•                 ACC3612  Risk Management & Internal Control

•                 ACC3613  Advanced Assurance and Attestation

•                 ACC3614  Valuation

•                 ACC3615  Accounting Theory

 

(d)    16 MCs of University-Level Requirements

(Please see the B.B.A. (Hons.) Programme Section above for details as the similar requirements apply.)

 

(e)               Honours Students have to take another 40 MCs worth of modules that will include an Honours Dissertation (12 MCs), Field Service Project (8 MCs)  and another 20 MCs of Unrestricted Elective requirements. (Please see B.B.A. (Hons.) Programme Section above for details as the same requirements apply.)  (Please see the B.B.A. (Hons.) Programme Section above for details as the similar requirements apply, especially on the eligibility to take the Honours Dissertation.)

(f)     Personal Development & Career Management Programme

(Please see the B.B.A. (Hons.) Programme Section above for details as the similar requirements apply.)

 

(g)               Qualifying English Test

(Please see the B.B.A. (Hons.) Programme Section above for details as the similar requirements apply.)

 

Additional elective modules may be introduced as and when necessary. At the moment, the elective module available is as follows:

 

         ACC4611 Advanced Taxation

 

B.B.A. (Acc.) and B.B.A. (Acc. Hons.) students must also complete an accounting-related internship. They can expect to study and work without vacation breaks from the second Monday in August to the second Saturday in May during their third year, when they will integratively complete ten fixed Accounting modules as well as the full-time employment internship via a modified academic term structure.