B.Sc. Accounting
4 years
Full Accreditation
Department of Accounting
Dr. A. Afolabi
Ag. Head, Department of Accounting
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An academic department is measured in many ways, from the validity and innovation of its research to its ability to rigorously impart knowledge that is relevant to the workplace. The Department of Accounting in Chrisland University is by every measure one of the finest in the nation. The Department offers an impressive range of courses to provide pragmatic, professional and theoretical training for careers in many different industries, teaching field and public sector.
The Department’s academic programme is rich in depth and breadth. This flexibility coupled with outstanding academically and professionally qualified faculty members, made the accounting programme the most popular programme in the College of Development Studies in Chrisland University.
The outstanding qualities of the Department of Accounting, which has translated to a good number of first-class graduates are well known to various communities, including corporations and organizations who have discovered these impressive qualities through our innovative Accounting Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) with industries and accounting firms, and a unique accounting laboratory for accounting practical and software applications, the impressive depth and breadth of subject matter and academic leadership in the Department.
All the academic staff were professionally qualified with one Professor of Accounting who is a Chartered Accountant. Students also undertake industrial work experience in accounting firms, consultancy firms, banks, insurance companies, manufacturing firms and government establishments. Our curriculum reflects many years of teaching experience and is continually updated to incorporate the latest development in accounting and important innovations in academic research
Philosophy and Objectives of the Department
Philosophy:
The philosophy of the Department of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Chrisland University (CLU), is to strengthen the intellectual capacity of the students in the accounting and banking and finance discipline so as to equip them with the adequate knowledge needed for an understanding and analysis of the basic issues in the private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Objectives:
The Department of Accounting aims to produce high-level graduates in Accounting, Taxation, Entrepreneurship and Financial Management who will contribute, through research and publications to the growth of Accounting knowledge and the improvement of the quality of professional practice in Nigeria and on the international scene.
Other specific objectives are to: Expand the scope of application of the Accounting, Taxation, Entrepreneurship & Financial Management disciplines in order to promote and enhance national economic development.
In this regard the Department seeks to stimulate interest, and provide needed leadership in research and experimentation in all branches of Accountancy, Taxation, Entrepreneurship and Financial Management; Sensitize on the need of the professional in Accounting and Taxation to see himself/herself as a member of the organizational team whose collaborative effort is required in order to achieve organizational objectives.
This requires that the Accountant or Taxation expert should have a reasonable grounding in all aspects of Economics, Computer and Management in addition to his/her specialization; Inculcate requisite attitudes, ethics and skills of professionalism in accounting.
To this end, student and staff interaction with the everyday practitioner is encouraged and facilitated through the Industrial Training Programme of the Department; Inculcate moral and spiritual values in the graduates of the Department.
Such values are expected to permeate their thinking, and moderate their behaviour always, whether in the classroom, industry or private practice; Facilitate the creation of the entrepreneurial spirit among young men and women who can help to exploit the available resources and opportunities in the country and elsewhere; Produce accounting and taxation teachers and researchers in order to keep pace with the ever-rising standards for accounting and taxation education in the world; Facilitate the education and training of accountants, taxation practitioners and financial managers and SME owners; and Help produce teaching materials and literature more appropriate to the Nigerian environment through research and cross fertilization of ideas in the classroom.
