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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Principles of Taxation

  • This course provides a sound introduction to the policies and principles of income taxation. The course includes an overview of the principles relating to constitutional aspects of taxation, the taxation of capital gains and losses, tax administration and tax collection.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting

  • This course is designed to introduce you, to the fundamental principles and underlying assumptions of financial accounting. It introduces topics such as Accrual Accounting, Financial Statements, Accounting for Sales, Interoperate Investments and Consolidations, and Financial Statement Analysis.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Cost Accounting

  • This course serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of cost accounting, with emphasis on costing systems in the service, merchandising, and manufacturing sectors. The use of budgets and standards are studied as keys to planning and control, including flexible budgets and variance analysis.

  • 6 Credits

  • Principles of Accounting

  • Accounting is challenging and requires considerable understanding of accounting concepts. This course will introduce you to accounting systems, internal control, cash, accounts receivable, inventories and costs of goods sold, plant and equipment, natural resources, intangible assets, and current liabilities.

  • 6 Credits

  • Special Topics in Accounting

  • This course is specially designed to familiarize you with the diversified knowledge in Accounting. It includes topics such as Equity and debt Financing, Accounting cycle, Internal Planning and Measuring Tools and External Reporting Issues.

  • 6 Credits

  • Financial Statement Analysis

  • This course presents financial statement analysis from the point of view of the primary and everyday users of financial statements: company managers, lenders, and stock investors. The course reviews basic financial statements and covers issues such as revenue recognition, earnings quality, cash flow, and ratio analysis.

  • 6 Credits
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Principles of taxation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to taxation.
    The tax practice environment.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Determining gross income.
    Employee compensation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Business expenses.
    Property acquisitions and cost recovery deductions.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Property dispositions.
    Tax-deferred exchanges.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Taxation of corporations.
    Sole proprietorships and flow-through entities.
    Income taxation of individuals.
    Wealth transfer taxes.

Introduction to financial accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting: the language of business
    Measuring income to assess performance
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Recording transactions
    Accrual accounting and financial statements
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Statement of cash flows
    Accounting for sales
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inventories and cost of goods sold
    Long-lived assets and depreciation
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Liabilities and interest
    Stockholder's equity
    Intercorporate investments and consolidations
    Financial statement analysis

Introduction to cost accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
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Principles of accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting and the business environment
    Recording business transactions
    The adjusting process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Completing the accounting cycle
    Merchandising operations
    Merchandise inventory
    Accounting information systems
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Internal control and cash
    Receivables
    Plant assets and intangibles
    Current liabilities and payroll
    Partnerships
    Corporations: paid-in capital and the balance sheet
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Corporations: retained earnings and the income statement
    Long-term liabilities
    The statement of cash flows
    Financial statement analysis
    Introduction to management accounting
    Job order costing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Process costing
    Cost-volume-profit analysis
    The master budget and responsibility accounting
    Flexible budgets and standard costs
    Activity-based costing and other cost management tools
    Special decisions and capital budgeting

Special Topics in Accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The business environment.
    Basic concepts of accounting financial reporting.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organizing a business: equity and debt financing.
    Planning for and predicting performance.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Recording accounting data.
    Completing the accounting cycle and preparing financial statements.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Using analytical data review for internal financial decisions and planning for cash.
    Analyzing financial statements for profitability, liquidity, and solvency.
    Using relevant information for internal operational decisions.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Internal planning and measuring tools.
    Internal allocation of scarce resources.
    External reporting issues.
    Using information for external decisions and comparison of companies.

Financial statement analysis

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The economic and institutional setting for financial reporting.
    Accrual accounting and income determination.
    Additional topics in income determination.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Structure of balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
    Essentials of financial statement analysis.
    Role of financial information in valuation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Contracting.
    Receivables.
    Inventories.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Long-lived assets and depreciation.
    Liabilities.
    Leases.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Income tax reporting.
    Pensions and postretirement benefits.
    Owners' equity.
    Inter-corporate equity investments.
    Cash flow statement.
    Overview of international financial reporting differences and inflation.