• This introductory module provides students with an understanding of the basic concepts and principles of accounting.  The main topics include double-entry book-keeping, the accounting process, preparation of financial statements, measuring profits, special journals, cash and internal controls.

• In this course, you will learn to thrive in today’s fast-paced business environment. In the context of solving realistic business case problems, you will learn how to deliver a wide range of business documents, e-mails, and oral presentations. In the process, you will use technology to communicate effectively, address the needs of diverse audiences, and consider the ethical implications of your communication practices.

• To ground students in fundamental knowledge of business computing and information concepts
• To provide students with an introduction to microcomputer hardware and commercial software applications

• This course provides the student with the underlying concepts, theories, and examples for market structures, product pricing, resource pricing, behavior and the organization of industry, current economic problems and an introduction to international economics.

• In this course, you will learn to thrive in today’s fast-paced business environment. In the context of solving realistic business case problems, you will learn how to deliver a wide range of business documents, e-mails, and oral presentations. In the process, you will use technology to communicate effectively, address the needs of diverse audiences, and consider the ethical implications of your communication practices.

• To develop the student’s understanding of the underpinning systems of organization and management, and the ways these can evolve in progressive organisations.

• Examine the ten principles of economics and the interdependence and the gains from trade. How market works: the market forces of supply and demand.
• The data of macroeconomics: how to measure a nation's income and cost of living.
• Production and Growth, Saving, Investment, and the Financial System.
  The Basic Tools of Finance, Unemployment and Its Natural Rate, The monetary system and the prices.
• The macroeconomics of open economy, Basic Concepts: A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy.
• Economic Fluctuations: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply, The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand, The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment.
• Debates over Macroeconomic Policy.

ICEM 221 Essentials of E-Business
Level: Diploma
Year: 1
Stage: 3

• To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of e-business entrepreneurship

AFMC 215 Managerial Accounting
Level: Diploma
Year: 1
Stage: 3
Pre-requisites: AFPA121

• This course provides the student with the underlying concepts, theories, and procedures on accounting for cash, trade and notes receivable and payable, merchandise inventories, payroll etc.

• To provide students with an appreciation of the development of marketing and its changing
  role within a variety of organisations.
• To provide students with an awareness and consideration of the various tools of the marketer and an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses.
• To ensure students are able to recognise the impact achievable through modifying the marketing mix for (re)positioning the product and service offerings.
• To introduce students to the importance of planning in the management of the marketing activity.
• To develop an awareness and understanding of the impact of information technology on the marketing mix decisions.
• To enable students to realise the importance of customers and their behaviour relating to marketing decisions.

AFFA 331 Financial Accounting I
Level: Diploma
Year: 2
Stage: 4
Pre-requisites: AFPA121

• The objective of the course is to introduce the language of business and to train you in the analysis of financial statements. Accounting attempts to measure and report corporate performance. Users demand the performance measure in a variety of decisions they make. For example,
• Managers use accounting information in making investment decisions;
• Investors use accounting information in valuing stocks;
• Bankers rely on accounting information in deciding whether to lend money to a business and in assessing the risk of the loan; and
• Accounting information is crucial in evaluating the performance of employees at various levels in an organization
• In making all of these decisions, an interdisciplinary understanding of the entire business is necessary. Toward this end, the course also introduces concepts from finance and economics (e.g., cash flow discounting, risk, valuation, and criteria for choosing among alternative investments) throughout the course, which will enable students to place accounting in the context of a business.

• Introduces the basic concept of customer relationship management and its strategic importance in today’s business environment. It also discusses the various tools commonly employed by organisations to manage customer data, develop customer loyalty and improve customer profitability.

• Provides a basic understanding of key financial markets such as equity market, bond market, money market, foreign exchange market and derivatives market. Module also covers the features of various financial instruments and their usefulness.

• Introduces the students to the principles and current practices of personal financial planning. It provides an overview of risk management, insurance planning, tax planning, retirement planning, estate planning and credit management.

• Introduces the important topic of Time Value of Money using four approaches to reinforce the concept-interest tables, financial calculator keystrokes, and investment analysis.

• To achieve a sound appreciation of the theoretical and practical aspects of corporate governance, and to develop an understanding of the main theories and frameworks associated with the management of both financial and non-financial risk.

• To equip the students with the ability of analyzing, creating and amending business contracts.
• To identify the practical use of relevant business scenarios, the application of the law to
  different practical situations.
• To allow students to apply their learning to analysing the legal prospects of various business scenarios.
• To provide students with an understanding of the law relevant to the business organisation and its operations.
• To provide students with an understanding of law relevant to personal property.

• To develop an understanding of the role of financial strategy in the investment, finance and resource allocation decisions within an organisation.