Certificate in Accounting & Finance

Course Code: CAF

Level: Certificate

Duration: 2 Years

Accounting and finance is the life blood of any business. It is the area that facilitates all other business activities. Such activities include payment of salaries, purchase of materials, purchase of equipment and other capital expenditures. It is very important that an organization employs staff with appropriate accounting and Finance skills, in order to make the right entries for every transaction, post them to ledgers, prepare final statements of accounts, and make interpretations of these reports to management. The course also addresses finance related issues such as investment decisions, finance decisions, working capital management, and ability to test the financial health of a Business.

This program is mainly targeting secondary school leavers and certificate level holders, who seek either a higher-level qualification in order the enhance their employment prospects, or who need a strong foundation qualification in accounting and finance studies to prepare them for their Diploma, and subsequently, their University studies in Accounting, Finance, Business and Management programmes.

MODULES

YEAR I SEMESTER I

• CBA111 Introduction to Business Administration
• CAF112 Financial Accounting I
• CBA113 Introduction to Economics
• CCS111 Introduction to Computing & IT
• CJM115 Communications Skills

YEAR I SEMESTER II

• CAF121 Financial Accounting II
• CAF122 Quantitative Methods
• CAF123 Business Finance
• CBA124 Business Economics
• CBA125 Principles of management

YEAR II SEMESTER I

• CAF211 Taxation
• CTH211 Customer Service Management
• CBA213 Business law
• CBA214 Research Methodology
• CAF215 Computerized Accounting

YEAR II SEMESTER II

• CAF221 Advanced Accounting
• CAF222 Audit theory
• CAF223 Cost Accounting
• CEI221 Entrepreneurship Skills
• CAF225 Final Year Project/Thesis

Industrial training

• CAF226 Industrial Attachment (8 weeks)

CAREER PATHS

Students who undertake this program will have Accounting and Financial Services employment opportunities, ranging from banking and sales positions, financial advisers and analyst positions. Typically, the graduates can work in commercial banks, microfinance and other non-bank financial institutions, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), business enterprises and establishments, among other sectors with need for accounting and financial service professionals to account and manage their portfolios and statements and also to audit and regulate financial operations and performance.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Option A

The Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least 5 credits obtained at the same sitting, or it’s equivalent.

Option B

A Certificate from a recognized institution of learning within the same, or in a related field.

COURSE FEES (PER ACADEMIC YEAR)

Semester I

Semester II