Bachelor of Accountancy

Bachelor's Degree Programme
(Full-time)

Equips students with strong academic and professional knowledge and skills in key subjects such as accounting, assurance and attestation, law, taxation and information technology.

Applications Open: 19 November 2024

Applications Close: 19 March 2025

Next Available Intake: July 2025

Programme Type: Full-time Undergraduate

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Area of Interest: Business Administration

School/Department: School of Business

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The Accountancy professional major trains students to be qualified, competent and confident accountants. It equips them with strong academic and professional knowledge and skills in key subjects such as accounting, assurance and attestation, law, taxation and information technology. At the same time, students will also receive training in general business knowledge so that they will appreciate the business environment inside and outside the organisation.

The Bachelor of Accountancy Degree is recognised by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. The Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC) has also accredited the Bachelor of Accountancy Degree for direct entry to the Singapore Qualification Programme.

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Refer to general admission criteria for full-time undergraduate programmes. There will be additional admission criteria to better target students who are aligned to the educational philosophy of our full-time programmes. This will be done through interviews and selection tests.

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

Students pursuing this full-time programme are required to complete 200 credit units (cu), which include:

60 cu SUSS Core Courses
125 cu of Major Compulsory courses
15 cu of Major Elective courses

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Module Types
SUSS CORE COMPULSORY	NCO101 Living with Community NCO102 Effective Writing NCO103 Listen and Be Heard: Effective Communication through Storytelling NCO201 Learn to Learn, Learn for Life NCO203 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving NCO205 User-Centred Design: Human Factors and Design Thinking NIE201 Interdisciplinary Processes for a Better World NIE301 Learning with Communities NIE351 Interdisciplinary Global Learning	45 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (CAPACITIES)	NCO211 Data Interpretation and Social Analytics NCO212 The ‘Smart City’ and Society	5 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (ENGAGEMENT)	BUS105 Statistics	5 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (PEOPLE)	NCO111 Work and Learning in a Changing World NCO112 Peak Performance NCO113 Teamwork in the Modern Workplace	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	ACC353 Accounting Analytics ACC406 Topics in Assurance and Attestation 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 FIN382 Risk Management for Finance and Technology	15 cu

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

Bachelor of Accountancy

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