Programme Description
The overall objective of Bachelor of Commerce in Finance programme is to prepare a cadre of high-quality knowledge in the accounting, finance, and business arena. Graduates from this programme should be able to use analytical knowledge and skills for effective decision- making planning, analysis, and interpretation of financial reports and policy formulation in the context of Tanzanian accounting, corporate finance, and baking standards to comply with international standards.
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare, analyse, evaluate, interpret, and present financial statements using IFRS and other professional pronouncements and present international dimensions of the Corporate Financial Markets and Treasury functions and assess investment performance.
- Apply lasting methods to provide information to the management for planning, performance evaluation, and decision making.
- Apply principles of public finance and fiscal administration in business and non- business organizations, private and public.
- Make valuable management and apply techniques in the analysis of matters related to the provisions of audit and assurance, including business ethics and good governance.
- Apply skills and knowledge in designing and practicing strategic management for an effective strategic plan.
- Apply the theories of the firm, decision making, and different approaches to arrive at the most appropriate answers to problems.
- Apply skills and concepts of accounting and finance of non-profit organisations.
Programme Structure
Year 1
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| DS 102 |
Development Perspectives |
Core |
7.5 |
| EN 111 |
Introductory Microeconomic Analysis I |
Core |
9 |
| EN 112 |
Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis I |
Core |
9 |
| AF 111 |
Introduction to Financial Accounting |
Core |
9 |
| BS 111 |
Business Communication |
Core |
7.5 |
| MT 1114 |
Business Mathematics |
Core |
9 |
| EMM 111 |
Principles of Marketing |
Core |
9 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| AF 121 |
Financial Accounting |
Core |
9 |
| IT 111 |
Introduction to Information Technology |
Core |
7.5 |
| ST 1208 |
Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions |
Core |
9 |
| MG 121 |
Principles and Practices of Management |
Core |
9 |
| MG 122 |
Introduction to Business |
Core |
9 |
| AF 122 |
Accounting Information Systems |
Core |
7.5 |
| EN 122 |
Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis II |
Core |
9 |
Year 2
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| AF 211 |
Cost and Management Accounting |
Core |
9 |
| AF 212 |
Financial Management |
Core |
9 |
| AF 214 |
Financial Services |
Core |
9 |
| EME 211 |
Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship |
Core |
9 |
| LW 2108 |
Business Law and Good Governance |
Core |
9 |
| MS 211 |
Operation Research for Business Decisions |
Core |
9 |
| AF 219 |
Law Related to Banking and Financial Services Elective |
Other |
8 |
| AF 218 |
Governance, Risk, and Ethics |
Elective |
8 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| AF 222 |
Risk and Insurance |
Core |
8 |
| AF 223 |
Computerized Accounting Applications |
Core |
1E+1 |
| AF 226 |
Money and Capital Markets |
Core |
8 |
| AF 227 |
Performance Management |
Core |
9 |
| AF 228 |
Microfinance |
Core |
8 |
| MS 221 |
Business Research Methods |
Core |
9 |
| AF 221 |
Auditing Principles and Practice |
Core |
8 |
| AF 224 |
Intermediate Accounting |
Elective |
8 |
| MG 221 |
Organizational Behaviour |
Elective |
8 |
Year 3
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| AF 312 |
Public Finance and Taxation I |
Core |
9 |
| AF 313 |
Financial and Business Valuation |
Core |
8 |
| AF 314 |
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management |
Core |
8 |
| AF 318 |
Investment Analysis |
Core |
8 |
| MG 311 |
Strategic Management |
Core |
9 |
| MG 313 |
Field Practical with Research Component |
Core |
12 |
| AF 315 |
Bank Financial Management |
Elective |
8 |
| AF 317 |
Accounting for Oil and Gas |
Elective |
8 |
| AF 319 |
Entrepreneurial Finance |
Elective |
8 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| AF 321 |
Corporate Finance |
Core |
9 |
| AF 323 |
Insurance Management |
Core |
9 |
| AF 325 |
Lending Management |
Core |
8 |
| AF 326 |
Personal Finance |
Core |
7.5 |
| AF 327 |
International Business Finance |
Core |
9 |
| AF 332 |
Public Finance and Taxation II |
Core |
9 |
| EME 322 |
Innovation Management in Entrepreneurship |
Core |
9 |
Practical Training
Field Practical and Research Component (FP & RC) provides students with an excellent opportunity to witness and take part in the real-life implementation of theories taught in class. This is a 6-week programme conducted towards the end of the academic year after the completion of second semester examinations. Students are allocated to pertinent organizations, firms, agencies, etc. in order to gain hands – on experience in all works related to the theory and practice of the programme. During the PT, students work and write a comprehensive report under the close supervision of professional training officers at their respective placements. To complement the supervision provided by the professional training officers, the students are visited by an academic supervisor from the college/department at least once. To ensure adequate coverage in terms of depth and breadth of the training, the students are exposed to a wide variety of activities related to the programme. The FP & RC is part and parcel of the assessment requirement of the course, namely, Field Practical with Research Component (MG 313), which provides students with an excellent opportunity to link the theories taught in class to practice through 8 research undertaking procedures, including proposal writing, preparation of data collection tools, field data collection, data analysis, and report writing.
