Admission Circular of Accounting For Non-Accounting (AFNA) A Six Week Course by IBA, University of Dhaka.
As part of its continuous commitment to enhance management efficiency in changing economic and business dynamics, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka is offering a certificate course on “Accounting For Non-Accountants (AFNA)”. The course has been designed for all who have no or little accounting literacy but need to understand and appreciate how business transactions are recorded, summarized, and interpreted for commercial decision-making purposes.
Overview:
No-one in business will succeed if s/he is not financially literate – and no business will succeed without financiallyliterate people. This is the ideal course for managers and others who don’t have an accounting qualification or background but who nonetheless need to understand accounting practices, to interpret accounting information and to take decision using accounting information. In general, the course seeks to enable participants to explain and apply the basic principles, tools, and techniques of the accounting process. The course will broadly cover the basics of Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting and
Management Accounting. Specifically, the course will equip the participants with understanding on accounting system, financial statements, annual report, financial performance, cost concept & behavior, costing techniques, budgeting process, variance analysis and thus enhancing managerial decision making skills.
Course Schedule:
The course will be taught over six weeks (weekend evenings only). A total of 12 classes will be held and
duration for each class will be 2 hours 30 minutes. Classes will be held at IBA premises on Fridays and Saturdays from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. The last date for submission of application is May 10, 2014. Classes will start from Friday, May 23, 2014.
Eligibility Criteria:
Prospective candidates must fulfill the following criteria for admission:
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline;
- Minimum 2 (two) years of work experience with reputed organization/s (work experience can be relaxed for exceptional candidates);
- Applicants must have CGPA of 2.50 out of 4.00 or 3.00 out of 5.00 in all public examinations. Applicants with third division in any public examination (up to bachelor’s level) are not eligible.
Application Procedure:
Candidates fulfilling the above requirements should apply using the prescribed application form available at www.ibadu.edu. Completed applications are to be submitted at MDP Office, Room# 402 (3rd Floor), IBA, University of Dhaka on any day between 10:00 am to 7:00 pm till Saturday, May 10, 2014.
Admission & Course Fee:
Eligible candidates will be called to appear before an interview board for final selection. Selected applicants will have to pay total Tk. 24,000 as course fee.
Assessment & Certification:
On successful completion of the course participants will be awarded a certificate for the course.
Key Resource Persons:
The resource persons for the program comprise faculty members from IBA, University of Dhaka and other reputed business schools of Bangladesh. Leading accounting practitioners from the industry will also conduct business sessions.
Contact Details:
For application and other information please contact:
Management Development Program (MDP)
Room# 402, IBA
University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000
Phone: +88-02-9664691
Cell: +88-01766993390
E-mail: mdp@iba-du.edu
Website: www.iba-du.edu
