Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting
October 15, 2024 2025-03-06 7:33BBA - Accounting
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Accounting as We Know It Is Being Disrupted by Fintech
The changing face of modern business, financial and accounting practice offer an extensive range of opportunities in accounting services such as bookkeeping, auditing, payroll processing, taxation, risk assessment and control, management and business consultancy
Our Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting program equips students with the modern skillset and competencies necessary for accounting practitioners to thrive in the growing Fintech environment. The students are exposed to develop skills in the areas of Branding, Customer Relations, Events Management, and other related industries.
The program aims to equip graduates with the intellectual and technical building blocks required for a career in business and accounting. It aims at developing professional accounting skills required to enable them to fit in the modern business environment
BBA Accounting at ACity
The program aims to provide accounting graduates with skills and knowledge to take on professional positions in accounting and auditing upon graduation and advance to leadership positions or pursue research or graduate studies in the field.
The course provides students with the chance to turn their passion for numbers into a sound career opportunity in industry or government by integrating theory and practice within the context of a fast-changing industry, significantly influenced by new technology.
Top Careers in Accounting
Graduates of this program will be able to select, create, apply, integrate, and administer computing technologies to meet the needs of users within societal and organizational contexts. Some career options include:
- Accounting Manager
- Financial Accountant
- Financial Manager
- Budget Analyst
- Credit Analyst
- Tax Manager
Entry Requirements
Minimum C6 in 6 subjects including 3 core subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated/General Science) and 3 elective subjects. (Physics, Elective Mathematics + Chemistry OR any other elective relevant to the chosen Program)
Minimum D or a pass in 6 subjects including 3 core subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated/General Science) and 3 elective subjects. (Physics, Elective Mathematics + Chemistry OR any other elective relevant to the chosen Program)
Minimum of 5 credit passes in the IGCSE/O-Levels (Mathematics and English mandatory) and 3 passes in the A-Levels. (Elective/Add/Further Mathematics and Physics mandatory).
Minimum of 5 credit passes in the IGCSE/O-Levels (Mathematics and English mandatory) and a minimum score of 4 points in 3 Higher Level (HL) subjects. (Elective/Add/Further Mathematics and Physics mandatory)
Minimum of 50% overall average pass. (subject to approval NAB) Mathematics, English and Physics mandatory
Minimum GPA of 3.0 (Mathematics, English and Physics mandatory)
Electives
Options for Elective I
- Banking Operations and Management
- Cross-cultural Communications
- Development Finance
Options for Elective I
- Managing Family Business
- Marketing of Financial Services
- Sustainable Banking and Finance
Course Outline
- Communication Skills
- Essential Mathematics for Business
- French Language
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) Seminar I
- Introduction to Doing Business in Africa
- Introduction to Programming with Python
- Technology and Society
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) Seminar II
- Financial Accounting I
- Logic and Critical Thinking
- Principles of Management
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Text and Meaning
- Database Management Systems
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) I
- Global Environment of Business Decisions
- Intellectual Property Law
- Leadership Seminar I
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Quantitative Methods in Business (With MATLAB)
- African Studies
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Data Analysis for Decision Making
- Financial Accounting II
- Software Applications in Finance
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE) II
- Business Finance
- Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models
- Financial Reporting I
- Leadership Seminar II
- Management Accounting
- Management and Organisational Behaviour
- Monetary and Financial System
- Auditing and Assurance
- Business Research Methods Company Law
- Financial Reporting II
- Industry Internship
- Project Management with Risk Analysis for Business
- Public Sector Accounting
- Contemporary Issues and Practice in Business
- Elective I
- Corporate Reporting and Analysis
- Principles and Practice of Taxation
- Project Work I
- The Business Professional
- Corporate Finance
- Elective II
- Financial Risk Management Forensic Accounting
- Project Work II
- Sustainable Strategic Management
Why ACity
- Home to students from over 23 countries across africa
- Houses a digital makerspace and a technology & Entrepreneurial center for creative freedom & innovation
- A fully digitized campus with the fattest internet speed in a ghanaian university
- Experienced Faculty with industry experience. Student-to-faculty ratio 5:1
- 70% practical lessons
- Every ACitizen has the opportunity to do a work placement every vacation
