Description
The Bachelor of Accounting (Chartered Accountancy) is intended for students who wish to pursue careers in Accounting in the
public practice (chartered accountant), including auditing and taxation. The programme represents a coherent introduction to
the broad knowledge, concepts and problem‐solving techniques in the core areas of Management Accounting, Financial
Accounting, Taxation and Auditing. Students will have the opportunity to develop the required cognitive/intellectual skills,
practical skills and key transferable skills, and apply these to complex accounting issues in public practice mainly in the auditing
firms.
The Bachelor of Accounting (Chartered Accountancy) specifically aims at:
o providing students with a sound foundation in the fundamental concepts, theories and frameworks of the four sub‐
systems of accounting;
o developing the ability of students to analyse information from a wide range of sources;
o equipping students with the requisite skills to work effectively as individuals and as members of a team;
o enabling students to communicate effectively in the workplace.
The programme also intends to provide a diverse range of skills and competencies that are both discipline‐specific and job‐
related and facilitates the development of highly generic cognitive and intellectual skills that would enable graduates to apply
their knowledge and learnt competencies to the practices of Auditing, Taxation, Financial and Management Accounting at a more
complex level compared to the general programme, taking into consideration international generally accepted accounting
practices. The revised programme has been endorsed by members of the Programme Advisory Committee and the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Namibia (ICAN), while tertiary institutions in the SADC region were also consulted for purposes of
benchmarking (please find evidence of consultation and support attached).
