• University of Tunis University of Tunis

Accounting Major

Accounting Major

Learning outcomes for accounting major

Student seeking a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a Major of accounting are expected to acquire the following learning outcomes:

  • Students will demonstrate knowledge on the fundamentals of accounting
  • Students will demonstrate ability to analyze financial statements and accounting aspects related to business investment decisions
  • Students will demonstrate ability to communicate accounting information for managerial decision
  • Student will develop numerical and IT skills including quantitative and graphical analysis of accounting information
  • Students will demonstrate ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the accounting information systems
  • Students will demonstrate teamwork and managerial skills

Curriculum for accounting major

Freshmen Level

Course Earned credits Contact hours/week
Intensive General English 3 9
Debating Skills 1 1.5
Calculus for Business 3 4.5
French I 1 3
Algorithms and Data Structures 3 4.5
TBS Organization Seminar 0 1
Principles of Management 3 4.5
Linear Algebra for Business 3 4.5
Financial accounting 3 4.5
Introduction to Microeconomics 3 4.5
Probability & Statistics for Business I 3 4.5
French II 1 1:30
Information System Design & Database 3 3

Sophomore Level

Course Earned credits Contact hours/week
Business English 2 1:30
Managerial Accounting 3 4.5
Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 4.5
Web Development 3 3
Probability & Statistics for Business II 3 4.5
Introduction to Management of Information Systems (MIS) 3 4.5
Business law 3 3
Fundamentals of Marketing 3 4.5
Business Optimization 3 4.5
Principles of Finance 3 4.5
Technical writing 2 3
Advanced Web Development 3 3

Junior level

Course Earned credits Contact hours/week
Advanced Managerial Accounting 3 4.5
Intermediate Accounting I 3 4.5
Financial Statements Analysis 3 4.5
Accounting Information Systems 3 4.5
Intermediate Accounting II 3 4.5
Taxation I 3 4.5
Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping 3 4.5
Taxation II 3 4.5

Senior level

Course Earned credits Contact hours/week
Advanced Accounting 3 4.5
Special topics in Accounting 3 4.5
Taxation III 3 4.5
Auditing 3 4.5
Capstone Project 6 or 12 NA

The Capstone project is worth 12 credit hours when taken as an internship project. The student may also take a project at the school having 6 credits and must supplement the needed credits to satisfy graduation requirements of 130 credits.

Minors

Minor Finance

Junior level Senior Level
Course Course
Financial Markets International Financial Management
Corporate Finance Financial Statement Analysis
Investments and Portfolio Management
Reporting Skills

Minor IT

Junior level Senior Level
Course Course
Business Intelligence and Database Administration Object-Oriented Programming
System Administration (Linux) Standards for IT Project Management or Web Services
Information Systems Assurance and Security
Reporting Skills

Minor Business Analytics

Junior level Senior Level
Course Course
Decision & Game Theory Supply Chain Management
Data Analysis
Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Reporting Skills