Bachelor of Accountancy

Bachelor's Degree Programme
(Part-time)

Offers an avenue for aspiring accountants and working adults to upgrade their accounting skills and knowledge so as to be able to join the ranks of the accountancy profession.

Applications Open: 01 October 2024

Applications Close: 31 March 2025

Next Available Intake: July 2025

Programme Type: Part-time Undergraduate

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Area of Interest: Business Administration

School/Department: School of Business

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The Bachelor of Accountancy programme offers an avenue for aspiring accountants and working adults to upgrade their accounting skills and knowledge so as to be able to join the ranks of the accountancy profession.

The Accountancy programme is designed with a balanced approach by providing students with strong academic and professional training in financial accounting, management accounting, assurance and taxation, while at the same time ensuring that they will also receive training in general business knowledge.

The programme is taught by faculty with globally recognised qualifications and extensive experience in academia and industry.

Care has been taken to ensure that the programme is industry relevant, from the appointment of industry leaders in our programme advisory panel, to the involvement of senior staff from accounting firms in the development and presentation of our courses.

As most students are also working professionals, the courses in the School of Business have been developed with an emphasis on work-based examples and industry linkages whenever possible. This may allow students to apply what they have learnt in their work domains after class. Courses are taught in small class sizes and use a seminar style approach to instill confidence in students during group and open discussions and to encourage effective communication for the students.

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Refer to general admission criteria for undergraduate programmes.

In addition to meeting the general admissions criteria, applicants will be evaluated on academic merit, relevant work experience, motivation in pursuing the programme and communication skills. Interviews will be conducted for all shortlisted applicants to assess their suitability and ability to complete the programme.

There are also various types of financial aid available to students who need financial assistance. Please click here for more details.

This is a direct honours programme. Graduating students who meet the eligibility criteria for honours classification will be awarded an honours degree based on aggregate academic performance measured by the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) assessed throughout the degree programme.

To graduate with an honours degree, students are to complete a total of 170 credit units (cu), which include:

30 cu of SUSS Core courses
125 cu of Major Compulsory courses
15 cu of Major Elective courses (up to 10 cu of Major Elective courses can be replaced by Free Electives)

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SUSS CORE COMPULSORY	NCO101 Living with Community NCO201 Learn to Learn, Learn for Life NIE201 Interdisciplinary Processes for a Better World	15 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (ENGAGEMENT)	BUS105 Statistics NIE351 Interdisciplinary Global Learning NIE352 Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving	10 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (PEOPLE)	NCO111 Work and Learning in a Changing World NCO112 Peak Performance NCO113 Teamwork in the Modern Workplace NCO205 User-Centred Design: Human Factors and Design Thinking	5 cu
COMPULSORY	ACC201 Financial Accounting ACC203 Managerial Accounting ACC206 Financial Reporting ACC208 Intermediate Financial Reporting ACC210 Accounting for Decision Making and Control ACC214 Introduction to Taxation ACC217 Accounting Information Systems ACC302 Advanced Financial Reporting ACC305 Assurance and Attestation ACC306 Advanced Assurance and Attestation ACC307 Taxation of Companies and Partnerships ACC309 International Taxation and Tax Planning ACC311 Strategic Management Accounting ACC408 Business Valuation ACC491 Advanced Consolidation and Corporate Reporting ACC493 Ethics and Accounting Theory ACC495 Corporate Governance and Risk Management BUS100 Business Skills and Management BUS107 Quantitative Methods BUS201 Contract and Agency Law BUS205 Company and Tort Law BUS490 Contemporary Business Strategy ECO202 Economic Ideas and Models for Business FIN304 Decision Making for Financial Managers FIN306 Financial Markets HRM203 Human Behaviour in Organisations	125 cu
ELECTIVE	ACC351 Forensic Accounting ACC353 Accounting Analytics ACC406 Topics in Assurance and Attestation ANL201 Data Visualisation for Business ANL252 Python for Data Analytics ANL303 Fundamentals of Data Mining ANL305 Association and Clustering ANL307 Predictive Modelling ANL310 Business Analytics Applications and Issues ANL312 Text Mining and Applied Project Formulation ANL317 Business Forecasting ANL321 Statistical Methods FIN312 Mathematics and Programming for FinTech FIN313 Machine Learning and AI for FinTech FIN354 Impact Investing and Green Finance FIN355 Equity Securities FIN358 Fixed Income and Derivative Securities FIN379 Personal Financial Planning FIN382 Risk Management for Finance and Technology FIN385 Blockchain Technology and Smart Contract for Finance FIN387 Financial Cryptography FIN389 Computational Law in Token Economy	5 to 15 cu
FREE ELECTIVE	GSP100 General/Free Electives	0 to 10 cu

This programme targets working adults and mature learners who are in the accounting industry and aspire to be Chartered Accountants of Singapore. Professionals from other fields keen on seeking accounting-related employment can also benefit from this programme.

The programme is designed to aid students in their progression towards qualifying as a Chartered Accountant of Singapore. Accounting-trained professionals are hired across all industries from corporate to banking to public agencies. They are sought after in a variety of occupations from accountants and auditors and in to areas such as risk management, financial analysts, tax professionals and more.

The Bachelor of Accountancy Degree is recognised by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). This means that graduates will have satisfied the qualification requirement for the purpose of registration as a Public Accountant under the Accountants Act (Cap.2).

The Bachelor of Accountancy degree is an accredited degree recognised by the Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC). Graduates from the programme have direct entry to the Singapore CA Qualification which is a requirement to qualify as Chartered Accountants of Singapore and be members of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).

When a student graduates from Singapore University of Social Sciences with a Bachelor of Accountancy, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) will grant some exemptions for the purpose of registering and taking their professional examinations. Graduates will be exempted from the five Certificate Level examinations and the six Operational and Management Level Objective tests from CIMA.

Bachelor of Accountancy

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