Course Description
Course Description
Subject: Accounting
Year-wise Papers and marks distribution.
First Year
Paper Code Paper Title Marks Credits
212501 Principles of Accounting 100 4
212503 Principles of Finance 100 4
212505 Principles of Marketing 100 4
212507 Principles of Management 100 4
212509 Micro Economics 100 4
211501 History of the Emergence of Independent 100 4
Bangladesh
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Detailed Syllabus
1. Accounting – The Language of Business: Definition and Scope of Accounting, Its role
and Functions, History of Accounting, Purpose and Nature of Accounting Information-
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Users of Accounting Information. Branches of Accounting-Nature of Business and
Accounting.
2. Conceptual Framework for Financial Accounting: FASB Conceptual Frame for
Financial Accounting-First Level: Basic Objectives (SFAC- 1); Second Level:
Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information (SFAC-2); Third Level:
Operational Guidelines.
3. The Accounting Process: Double-Entry Accounting System (vis-à-vis Incomplete)
System. Accounting Equation – Effects of Transactions on the Accounting Equation. The
Account-Classification of Accounts-Selection of Account titles-Chart of Accounts-
Coding-Rules of Debit and Credit-Balancing and Normal Balance-Recording
(Bookkeeping) Aspect of Accounting Cycle: Documentary Evidence and Identification,
Analysis, and Recording of Transactions and Other Events-Journalization-Posting to the
Ledger-Preparation of Trial Balance-Limitations of Trial Balance, Errors and their
Rectification.
4. The Adjustment Process and Completing the Accounting Process: Key aspects of the
Accrual basis of accounting, Cash accounting and Break-up basis of accounting-
Adjustments-Adjusted Trial Balance-Preparation of Work Sheet-Closing Entries-Post-
Closing Trial Balance-Reversing Entries.
5. Merchandising Operations and Accounting System: Merchandising Operations and
Classifying Inventory-Purchases, Sales, Other Use or Loss and Returns of Merchandise
Inventory-Periodic and Perpetual Inventory Systems and Journal Entries-Specific
Identification Method and Inventory Cost Flow Assumption (FIFO, LIFO and Average
Cost).
6. Accounting Systems and Special Ledgers: Manual and Computerized Accounting
Systems and their effectiveness-The Voucher System-General Ledgers and Subsidiary
Ledgers: General Ledger Control Accounts and Subsidiary Ledger Individual Accounts.
Special Journals: Advantages of Special Journals-Cash Receipts Journal-Sales Journals-
Purchase Journal-Cash Payments Journal and General Journal.
7. Control of Cash: Controlling cash, Internal control. Petty Cash, Bank Reconciliation
Statement.
8. Accounting for Receivable and Current Liabilities: Receivable-Types of Receivables
valuing and disposing Uncollectible accounts-Allowance for doubtful accounts.
9. Financial Statements: Idea on a Complete Set of Financial Statement. Purpose and
interrelationship of the Financial Statement. Importance, Limitations & Preparation of
Financial Statements. Supplementary Statements/Schedules. Preparation of Financial
Statements for Sole-proprietorship Organizations.
10. Financial Statement Analysis: Horizontal analysis and vertical analysis of comparative
financial statements; Preparation and use of common-size financial statements; Ratio
analysis-Basic Ratios of Liquidity, Activity, Profitability, and Solvency.
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Introduction: Conceptual framework, Financial Decision making, Role of Finance in
a firm. Goal of financial management of a firm, Finance as a discipline.
2. Short Term Financing: Characteristics and sources, spontaneous sources, unsecured and
secured short term loan, Assignment and factoring of accounts receivables and inventory
financing.
4. Time value of Money: Basic concepts, computing present value and future value : Single
amounts-Annuities-Mixed streams.
5. Long Term Financing: Characteristics and uses, Common stock capital, Preferred Stock
Capital and Bond, Valuation of Stock and Bond.
6. Risk and Return: Risk and Return fundamentals, Measuring risk; Probability distribution,
Expected value, Standard deviation and co-efficient of variation. Risk premium, Risk and
required rate of return, CAPM. Leverage and Risk-Financial Risk, Business Risk.
7. Capital Budgeting Cash Flows: The Capital Budgeting Decision Process-The relevant
cash flows, finding initial investment, finding the operating cash inflows, finding the
terminal cash flow, summarizing the relevant cash flows.
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4. Markets and Their Buyer Behavior: Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior:
Consumer market Model of consumer behavior. Characteristics affecting consumer
behavior. Types of buyer decision behavior. The buyer decision process. The Buyer
decision process of new products. Business Markets and Business Buyer Behavior ;
Business market. Business Buyer behavior. Institutional and government markets.
6. Products, Services, and Brands: Building Customer value: What is Product? Product and
service decisions. Branding strategy: building strong brands. Services marketing : nature
and characteristics of a service--Marketing strategis for service firms.
7. New Product Development and Product Life Cycle Strategies: New product
development strategy-The new product development process. Product life cycle
strategies. Additional product and service considerations.
8. Pricing: Understanding and Capturing Customer Value and Pricing Strategies: What is a
price? Factors to consider when setting prices. New product pricing strategies. Product mix
pricing strategies. Price adjustment strategies. Price changes.
9. Marketing Channels: Delivering Customer value & Relating and Wholesaling: Supply
chains and the value delivery network. The nature and importance of marketing channels.
Channel behavior and orgainization. Channel design decisions. Channel management
decisions. Retailing-Wholesaling.
11. The Global Market Place: Global marketing today. Deciding whether to go global.
Deciding which markets to enter. Deciding how to enter the market. Deciding on the global
marketing program. Deciding on the global marketing organization.
12. Sustainable Marketing: Social Responsibility and Ethics: Sustainable Marketing. Social
criticisms of marketing. Cousumer actions toward sustainable Marketing. Business actions
toward sustainable marketing.
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Management Science or Art? Is Management a Profession? Management as a Career;
Global management.
3. Basic Elements of Supply and Demand : The demand Schedule : The Demand Curve-
The Supply Schedule : The Supply Curve-Equilibrium of Supply and Demand.
4. Applications of Supply and Demand: Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply : Price
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Elasticity of Demand, Elasticity and Revenue, Price elasticity of Surplus-The Indifference
Curve & Budget Line-Deriving the Demand Curve.
11. How Markets Determine Incomes: Income and Wealth-Input Pricing by Marginal
Productivity.
12. The Labor Market: Fundamentals of Wage Determination-Labor Market Issues and
Policies.
13. Land and Capital: Land and Rent-Capital and Interest-Markets and Economic Efficiency.
2. Proposal for undivided sovereign Bengal and the partition of the Sub Continent, 1947.
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a. Rise of communalism under the colonial rule, Lahore Resolution 1940.
b. The proposal of Suhrawardi and Sarat Bose for undivided Bengal : consequences
c. The creation of Pakistan 1947 .
5. Military rule: the regimes of Ayub Khan and Yahia Khan (1958-1971)
a. Definition of military rules and its characteristics.
b. Ayub Khan’s rise to power and characteristics of his rule (Political repression, Basic democracy,
Islamisation)
c. Fall of Ayub Khan and Yahia Khan’s rule (Abolition of one unit, universal suffrage, the Legal
Framework Order)
7. The mass- upsurge of 1969 and 11 point movement: background,programme and significance.
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e. Contribution of students, women and the masses (Peoples war)
f. The role of super powers and the Muslim states in the Liberation war.
g. The Anti-liberation activities of the occupation army, the Peace Committee, Al-Badar, Al-Shams,
Rajakars, pro Pakistan political parties and Pakistani Collaborators , killing of the intellectuals.
h. Trial of Bangabondhu and reaction of the World Community.
i. The contribution of India in the Liberation War
j. Formation of joint command and the Victory
k. The overall contribution of Bangabondhu in the Independence struggle.
National University
Subject: Accounting
Year-wise Papers and marks distribution.
Second Year
Detailed Syllabus
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Paper Code : 222501 Marks : 100 Credits : 4 Class Hours : 60
Paper Title : Computer And Information Technology (Accounting)
1. Theory of Taxation:
Taxation–An Introduction: Public Finance and Tax as a Source of Public Revenue,
Other Sources of Public Revenue vs. Taxation, Public Finance vs. Private Finance,
Importance of Public Finance, Definition of Tax, Characteristics of Tax, Objectives of
taxation, Principles of taxation, Characteristics of a Good Tax.
Incidence of Taxes: Impact, Incidence and Effect of a Tax–Shifting of Tax Incidence–
Demand and Supply Theory of Tax Shifting–Additional Factors Influencing Tax Shifting
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General Effects of Taxation.
Classification and Choice of Taxes: Classification Taxes (on the basis of: Number of
taxes, Impact and incidence of taxes, Structure of tax-rates, Subject-matter of taxes,
Elasticity of taxes, Classification of tax-bases, Increase or decrease in public revenue,
Single-point vs. Multiple-point taxes, and Collector of taxes); Choice of Taxes between
Proportional and Progressive taxes, Choice of Taxes between Direct and Indirect taxes;
Tax Structure in Bangladesh
3. Income Tax:
3.01 Introduction to Income Tax: Income Tax–Meaning, Nature, Importance in
respect of Contribution to Internal Resource Mobilization–Historical Perspective of
the Income Tax Ordinance, 1984 – Statutory Definitions of Important Terms.
3.02 Income Tax Authorities: Administrative and Judicial Authorities–appointment,
organization structure, power and functions–Taxes Appellate Tribunal–Registered
Income Tax practitioner.
3.03 Charge of Income Tax: Basic Principles, Systems (Conventional Exemption Limit
versus Filing Threshold)–Sources of Income Tax Laws.
3.04 Computation of Total Income: Types of Assessees–Scope of Total Income on
the basis of Assessee’s Residential Status–Income deemed to accrue or arise in
Bangladesh–Deemed Income (unexplained investment etc.)–Non-Assessable
Income–Income under Specific Heads (Salaries, Interest on Securities, Income from
House Property, Agricultural Income, Income from Business or Profession, Share
of Income from Firms, Income of Spouse or Minor Child, Capital Gains, Income
from Other Sources, and Foreign Income)–Set-off and carry-forward of losses.
3.05 Procedure of Assessment: Filing of return of income and Supporting Statements
and Documents. Assessment of Tax: Provisional Assessment, Assessment on
correct return, Universal Self-Assessment, Spot Assessment, Assessment after
hearing, Assessment on the basis of a Chartered Accountant’s Report, Best-
judgment Assessment, Presumptive Assessment–Other issues in assessment:
Assessment in cases of discontinuation of or succession to business, Assessment for
outgoing persons and deceased persons, Assessment of escaped income,
Limitations for assessment–Tax audit.
Rates of Taxes: Tax Rate on Capital gains and Income form winnings–Tax rate on
other income of individuals, firms and companies–Tax Rate on non-resident’s
income, Imposition of Surcharge.
3.06 Investment Tax Credit, Tax Rebate and Tax Relief: Rate of investment tax
credit, Investment allowance items and maximum limit–Tax credit on Small or
Cottage Industries–Tax-free income and tax credit–Tax relief for avoiding double
taxation.
3.07 Payment, Refund and Recovery: Four ways of Tax payment: Tax deducted at
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source (TDS), Advance payment, Payment on the basis of return and payment on
notice of demand, Tax Recovery–TDS as the Final discharge of tax liability (sec.
82C).
3.08 Individual Assessment: Assessment covering all heads of income excluding share
of firm’s income–Clubbing of Income.
3.09 Taxation of Partnership Firms: Set-off and carry-forward of losses by firm–
Assessment of firms–Allocation firm's income among partners–Partners’ total
income including share of firm’s income–Assessment in case of change in firm’s
constitution and in case of constitution of new successor firm.
3.10 Corporate Taxation: Definitions of Company and related terms–Determination of
Total Income–Tax Rates and Tax Rebates.
3.11 Appeals And References: Appeal to Appellate Joint Commissioner of Taxes or
Commissioner of Taxes (Appeals), Appeal to Taxes Appellate Tribunal, Reference
to High Court Division and Appellate Division–Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR).
3.12 Miscellaneous Issues: Default and Penalty–Offence and Prosecution–Methods of
Accounting–Filing of Return of Withholding Tax–Filing of Annual Information
Return–Tax Avoidance–Bond Washing Transactions. Tax-holiday Scheme:
Industrial undertakings, Physical infrastructural facility and Cooperative society.
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assets; Natural Resources–Acquisition cost, Depletion; Intangible Assets–Amortization of
Intangibles;
3. Accounting for Investments: Requirements under IAS 40 Investment Property, IFRS 9
Financial Instruments and IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement
Investment in Debt Security- Held-to- Maturity Securities, Available-for-sale Securities,
Trading Securities. Investment in Equity Securities-Fair Value Method, Equity Method.
Other reporting Issues-financial Statement Presentation, Impairment of value, transfers
between Categories, Fair Value Controversy.
4. Current Liabilities and Contingencies: Different Types of Current Liabilities,
Contingencies-Gain Contingencies-Loss Contingencies. Presentation of Current Liabilities
and Contingencies. IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent liabilities and Contingent Assets
5. Accounting for Long Term Liabilities: Bond: Nature, Recording at issue, Determining
interest–Effective interest method, Zero-coupon bond, Bonds sold at premium or discount;
Long-term Notes; Convertible Bonds; Other long-term liabilities; Requirements under
IFRS 9 and IAS 39.
6. Partnership Accounting: Basic features of Partnership Accounting–Changes in
Partnership structure: Admission & Retirement: Treatment of goodwill, revaluation of
assets and liabilities.
7. Preparation of Cash Flow Statement: Purpose of Cash Flow Statement–Types of Cash
Flows: Operating activities, Investing activities, and Financing activities–Preparation of
Cash Flow Statement: Direct and Indirect methods–Analysis of Cash Flow Statement.
8. Preparation of Value Added Statement: Purpose and format–Preparation of value added
statement.
9. Accounting aspect of VAT: Preparation of different statements (Purchase Account Book,
Sales Account Book, Invoice Book and Account Current) under the VAT laws, Accounting
Treatment of VAT at Purchase, Sales, Withholding, Treasury Deposit, Tax Credit and Tax
Refund or Adjustment through Account Current.
1. Number System: Introduction, Prime, Rational and Irrational number, even and odd
numbers and their properties. Imaginary and complex numbers; sequence, series,
Divergence of a sequence, sigma notation, Sum of natural numbers.
2. Indices and Logarithms: Indices, laws of indices, positive and fractional indices,
operation with power functions. Introduction, Laws of operations, use of logarithm tables,
Anti-logarithm, Exponential series, logarithmic series.
3. Theory of Sets: Different types of sets, union, difference intersection, Cartesian products,
Venn diagram, Application in business problems.
4. The Straight Lines & Linear Equations: Different forms of Equations-Parallel and
perpendicular form of Equations-Point of intersection of lines-Interpretation of Slope of
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different business problems and Marginal Concept analysis, Solution of linear equations,
solution of simultaneous linear equations.
4. Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis: Concepts; Moments from Arbitrary Value; Moments
from Mean; Relation between Moments; Measures of Skewness and its Uses, Measures of
Kurtosis and Its Application.
5. Correlation Analysis: Meaning and concept; Significance of the Study of Correlation and
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Causation; Types of Correlation; Scatter Diagram Method; Karl Pearson's Coefficient of
Correlation; Rank Correlation Coefficient.
8. Index Number: Price Index; Quantity Index; Value Index; Cost of Living Index Numbers;
Chain index Numbers; Base Shifting-Splicing and Deflating the Index; Test of Index
Numbers; Limitation and Uses.
3. The short run: Goods market, composition of GDP, the demand for goods, determination
of equilibrium output, investment and savings, financial market, monetary policy, demand
for money, determination of interest rate, goods market and lS relation, Financial Market
and LM relation, IS-LM model.
4. The medium run: the labor market, movements in unemployment, wage determination,
price determination, the natural rate of unemployment, business cycle theories, the AS-AD
model, equilibrium in the short run and medium run, the effects of a monetary expansion,
the natural rate of unemployment and the Phillips curve; inflation, activity and nominal
money growth etc.
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5. The long run: The factors of economic growth; saving, capital accumulation and output,
technological progress and growth, the relationship of technological progress with wages
and unemployment etc.
Subject: Accounting
Year-wise Papers and marks distribution.
Third Year
Paper Code Paper Title Marks Credits
232501 Audit and Assurance 100 4
232503 Advanced Accounting-I 100 4
232505 Cost Accounting 100 4
232507 Management Accounting (In English) 100 4
232509 Business and Commercial Laws 100 4
232511 Entrepreneurship 100 4
232513 Financial Management 100 4
232515 Banking and Insurance Theories, Laws and 100 4
Accounts
Total = 800 32
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Detailed Syllabus
Paper Code : 232501 Marks : 100 Credits : 4 Class Hours : 60 hrs.
Paper Title : AUDIT AND ASSURANCE
1. The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services: Definition of auditing, Nature of
Auditing, Distinction Between Auditing and Accounting, Economic Demand for Auditing,
Assurance Services, Types of Audits and Auditors.
2. The Auditing Profession: Chartered Accountant (CA) Firms and their Activities, Structure
of CA Firms, Role of BSEC in relation to auditing, BSEC’s Corporate Governance
Guidelines and Audit vs. Non-audit Activities, ICAB, US GAAS, International Standards
on Auditing (ISA) and Bangladesh Standards on Auditing (BSA), Statutory Cost Audit.
3. Audit Reports: Parts of the Audit Report, Categories of Audit Reports, Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting, Unqualified Audit Report with Explanatory Paragraph
or Modified Wording, Conditions Requiring a Departure from Unqualified Opinion, Audit
Reports other than Unqualified: Qualified Auditors’ Reports (Qualified, Adverse and
Disclaimer) and Auditors’ Reports with emphasis on materiality.
4. Legal Liability: The legal environment of audit profession, Auditors’ Liability to clients,
Auditors’ Liability to third parties under common law, Auditors’ Civil liability, Auditors’
Criminal liability, Profession's response to liability.
5. The Audit Responsibilities and Objectives: Objective of Conducting an Audit of
Financial Statements, Steps to Develop Audit Objectives, Management’s Responsibilities,
Objectives of the Auditor, Auditor's Responsibilities, Financial Statement Cycles, Setting
Audit Objectives, Management Assertions, Transaction-Related Audit Objectives,
Balance-Related Audit Objectives, Presentation and Disclosure-Related Audit Objectives,
How Audit Objectives are met, Phases of a Financial Statement Audit.
6. Audit Evidence: Definition of Evidence, Distinguishing among scientific, legal and audit
evidence, Audit Evidence Decisions, Audit Program, Persuasiveness of Evidence, Types
of Audit Evidence, Application of Types of evidence to the Evidence Decisions, Audit
Documentation, Audit File Contents and Organization.
7. Audit Planning and Analytical Procedures: Steps in Planning an Audit and Designing
an Audit Approach, Initial Audit Planning, Obtaining an Understanding with the Client,
Developing Overall Audit Strategy, Understanding of the Client’s Business and Industry,
Assess Client Business Risk, Preliminary Analytical Procedures.
8. Audits of Internal Control and Control Risk: Internal Control Objectives,
Management’s Responsibilities for Establishing Internal Control, Management’s
Assessment of Internal Controls, Auditor Responsibilities for Understanding Internal
Control and Testing Internal Control, Components of Internal Control, Process for
Understanding Internal Control and Assessing Control Risk, Obtain and Document
Understanding of Internal Control.
9. Overall Audit Plan and Audit Program: Audit Tests, Types of Audit Tests: Risk
assessment procedures and Further audit procedures, Relationship Between Further Audit
Procedures and Evidence, Audit Assurance at Different Levels of Internal Control
Effectiveness, Impact of Information Technology on Audit Testing, Audit Program.
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Completing the Audit: Performing audit tests related to presentation and disclosure,
Review for contingent liabilities, Post-balance-sheet review for subsequent events, Issuing
the Audit Report, Communicate with the audit committee and management.
3. Revenue Recognition (IAS 18): Guidelines for Revenue Recognition, Revenue Recognition
at Point of Sale (Delivery): Sales with Discounts, Sales with Right of Return, Sales with
Buybacks, Bill and Hold Sales, Principal-Agent Relationships, Trade Loading and Channel
Stuffing, Multiple-Deliverable Arrangements; Revenue Recognition Before Delivery:
Percentage-of-Completion Method, Completed-Contract Method, Long-Term Contract
Losses, Completion-of-Production Basis; Revenue Recognition after Delivery:
Installment-Sales Method, Cost-Recovery Method, Deposit Method; Revenue
Recognition for Franchises.
5. Accounting Changes and Error Analysis (IAS 8): Accounting Changes: Changes in
Accounting Principle, Retrospective Accounting Change Approach; Changes in Accounting
Estimate: Prospective Reporting; Change in Reporting Entity; Correction of Errors. Error
Analysis: Balance Sheet Errors, Income Statement Errors, Balance Sheet and Income
Statement Errors, Counterbalancing Errors, Non-counterbalancing Errors, Preparation of
Financial Statements with Error Corrections.
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6. Accounting for Operating Segments (IFRS 8): Definition of operating segments,
Reportable segments: Defined operating segments, Aggregation criteria, Quantitative
thresholds.
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8. Job Costing: Building-Block Concepts of Costing Systems, Job-Costing and Process-
Costing Systems, Job Costing: Evaluation and Implementation, Time Period Used to
Compute Indirect-Cost Rates, Normal Costing and Actual Costing, Normal Job-Costing
System in Manufacturing, General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledgers, Batch Costing and
Contract Costing.
9. Process Costing: Process Costing, Physical Units and Equivalent Units, Calculation of
Product Costs, Journal Entries; Weighted-Average (WA) Method and First-In, First-Out
(FIFO) Method, Transferred-In Costs in Process Costing, Spoilage and Scrap, Normal and
Abnormal Spoilages, Procedure for Process Costing with Spoilage and Scrap.
10. Service Costing : Accounting Systems of Transport Company, Educational Institute &
Hospital.
1. Introduction: Definition of Management Accounting and Its Relation with Financial and
Cost Accounting, Management Accounting and Decision Making, Importance of Ethics,
Management Accounting in Service and Nonprofit Organizations, Cost-Benefit and
Behavioral Considerations, Management Process and Accounting, Planning and Control for
Product Life Cycles and the Value Chain, Career Opportunities in Management Accounting,
Changes in Business Processes and Management Accounting, Management Accounting
Profession.
2. Cost Concepts and Classifications: General Cost Classifications- Cost Classifications on
Financial Statements - The Flow of Cost in a Manufacturing Company- Cost Classifications
Predicting Cost Behavior- Cost Classifications for Decision Making.
3. Absorption and Variable Costing: Variable and Absorption Costing, Variable vs.
Absorption Costing: Operating Income and Income Statements, Absorption Costing and
Performance Measurement, Comparing Inventory Costing Methods: Absorption &
Variable, Costing, and Actual, Normal & Standard Costing; Reconciliation of profit under
both methods.
4. Activity-Based Costing: Broad Averaging and Its Consequences; Under-costing and
Over-costing, Product-Cost, Cross-Subsidization, Simple Costing System Using a Single
Indirect-Cost Pool, Refining a Costing System–Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Systems,
Implementing ABC; Comparing Alternative Costing Systems.
5. Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships: Identifying Resources, Activities, Costs, and Cost
Drivers, Variable and Fixed Costs, CVP Analysis: Computing the Break-Even Point (BEP),
Graphing the BEP, Changes in Fixed Expenses, Changes in Unit Contribution Margin, Target
Net Profit and an Incremental Approach, Multiple Changes in Key Factors; Additional Uses
of CVP Analysis: Best Cost Structure, Operating Leverage, Margin of Safety, Contribution
Margin and Gross Margin; Sales-Mix Analysis, Impact of Income Taxes.
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6. Relevant Costs for Decision Making: Management’s Decision-making Process-
Identifying Different Costs and Benefits- Different Costs for Different Purposes-The
Incremental Analysis Approach-Types of Incremental Analysis- Accept an Order at a
Special Price, Make or Buy, Sell or Process Further, Retain or Replace Equipment,
Eliminate an Unprofitable Business Segment, Allocate Limited Resources.
7. Budgeting and Budgetary Control: Budgets and the Organization; Potential Problems in
Implementing Budgets, Planning Horizon (Strategic Plan and Long-Range Planning); Types
of Budgets: Master Budget and Continuous Budgets (Rolling Budgets); Components of a
Master Budget: Operating Budget/Profit Plan (Sales budget, Purchases budget, Cost of goods
sold budget, Operating expenses budget, Budgeted income statement), and Financial budget
Cash budget, Budgeted balance sheet); Preparing the Master Budget; Activity-Based Master
Budgets (Functional Budgets and Activity-Based Budgets)..
8. Flexible Budget: Flexible Budget and Fixed Budget-Characteristics of Flexible Budget-
Advantages of Flexible Budget-Segregation of Semi-variable Cost-Preparation of Flexible
Budget.
9. Standard Costing: Concepts-Standards and Budgets-Advantages of Standard Costing-
Analysis of Material, Labor and Overhead Variances.
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6. The Bangladesh Labor Act, 2006: Important Statutory Definitions: Factory, Worker,
Employer, Commercial Establishment, Industrial Establishment; Summary of major
provisions on: Employment and Conditions of Services, Employment of Adolescent,
Provisions of Health, Hygiene, Safety and Welfare Measures, Working hours and leave,
Trade Union and Industrial relations, Dispute resolution, Workers’ Participation in
Companies’ Profits.
7. The Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995: Restrictions on manufacture,
sale etc. of article s injurious to environment–Remedial measures for injury to ecosystem–
Environmental Clearance Certificate.
8. The Arbitration Act, 2001: Arbitration agreement, Subject matter of arbitration, Different
methods of arbitration, Arbitration Tribunal, Arbitral proceedings, Arbitral award, Appeals.
9. The Competition Act, 2012: Objective of the Act–Agreement against Competition–Abuse
of Dominant Position–Bangladesh Competition Commission–Complaint, Inspection and
Disposal–Appeal.
3. Introducing Small Business : Definition, Types, Forms of Small Business, Advantage and
disadvantage of Small Business.
4. Planning of Small Business: Definition, Importance, uses and features of a business plan,
how to prepare a business plan, pitfall to avoid in making business plan.
6. Financing Small Enterprises: Planning financial needs, using capital in small business,
Sources of financing for small firms, working capital and request for institutional loan.
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Lease Financing: Definition of Lease, Types of Lease, Leasing Arrangements,
Advantages and Disadvantages of Lease, Lease versus Purchase Decision, Leasing in
Bangladesh-Problems and Prospects.
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Fourth Year Syllabus
Department of Accounting
National University
Subject: Accounting
Year-wise Papers and marks distribution.
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Paper Code : 242505 Marks : 100 Credits : 4 Class Hours : 60 hrs.
Paper Title : ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Key elements of OB : Organizations, Ownership, size, organizational structure, goals
and plans, understanding OB, history, OB and related disciplines.
2. Anthropology: Evolution of man, transformation of society, man and interactions, Darwin,
Lamarck, George Herbert Mead’s sociology of thinking.
3. Cognitive System : Memory, working, memory, long term memory, cerebral cortex,
information processing approach, implicit memory and explicit memory, physiological
basis of learning, bounded rationality, cognitive development, socio-biological differences
in man, cognitive development, internal conversation theory.
4. Self-interest behavior : Agency relation, division of labor, separation of ownership from
control, asymmetry of information, social stratification, moral hazard and adverse
selection, Kenneth Arrow’s signaling theory and uncertainties, anthropology and agency
relation, division of labor, Adam Smith, Berlee and Means, Michael Jensen, agency costs.
5. Belief versus knowledge : Rituals, fixed beliefs, revision of belief, justified belief,
information vs knowledge, imperfections of knowledge, independent reasoning, David
Hume’s theory of understanding, Emmanuel Kant’s pure reason, Friedrich Hayek,
Aristotle.
6. Personality : Types, traits, disorder, development, narcissistic, theories.
7. Attitudes, Perception : Perceptual set and assumptions about behavior, sex, appearance,
attractiveness, discrimination, errors, communication, interpersonal communication.
8. Selection, Staffing and Training : Planning of needs, advertisement, applications,
process, committee system, training design, methods, evaluation.
9. Work conditions and job satisfaction : Job analysis, satisfaction assessment, effects,
organizational commitment, organization citizenship behavior.
10. Group Behavior : Various groups, structure, process, decision making, external conditions
imposed on groups, teams vs groups, Hawthorn study.
11. Labor-management relations : Collective bargaining agent, process, labor management
committee, regulation, employment law, negotiation skill.
12. Conflicts and negotiations : Functional and dysfunctional conflicts, coordination conflict
model.
13. Leadership: Theories, style, contingency theory, traits, skills.
14. Culture, power and politics : Various types of power, person culture, role culture, task
culture, corporate culture, national culture.
15. Motivation Theories: Maslow, Hertzberg, expectancy theory, equity theory, goal setting
theory, refinement theory.
16. Stress and counseling: Work schedules, job stress, burnouts, health and safety, accidents,
types of counseling.
17. Grievance System : Non-union grievance system, open door policy, ombudsperson,
hearing officer, peer decision making committee, outside arbitration, organizational justice,
distributive, procedural, interactional.
18. Appraising and rewarding performance : Individual and organization performance,
measures of performance, reward systems, performance related pay.
19. Change Management : Causes, resistance, dealing with resistance, strategic change,
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business process reengineering.
20. Corporate social responsibility : Shareholders vs stakeholders, environment, disclosures,
economic, legal, ethical, discretionary responsibilities, evaluation.
21. Behavior in Accounting : Imposed vs accepted budget, budget slack, disclosure,
limitations of accounting measures of performance, responsibility accounting, accounting
covenants, control.
A. Financial Accounting
1. Valuation of Goodwill and Shares : Nature of Goodwill, Types of Goodwill, Methods of
Valuing Goodwill, Valuation of Shares, Need for Valuation, Methods of Valuation.
2. Royalty Accounts : Royalty, Minimum Rent, Short workings, Recoupment of Short
working, Accounting Entries in the Books of Leassee and Landlord, Sub-lease.
3. Business Combination : Accounts for Business Purchase, Amalgamation, Absorption and
Reconstruction of Companies (IAS)#, Introduction to Inter-Corporate Investment and
Business Combinations, Consolidated Statements on Acquisition Date and After
Acquisition Date, Intercompany Sale of Inventory, Land and other Assets, Intercompany
Profits in Depreciable Assets.
4. Double Account System : Features of Double Account System, Differences between
Single Account System and Double Account System, Double Account System and Double
Entry System, Advantages and Disadvantages of Double Account System, Preparation of
Revenue Account, Net Revenue Account, Capital Account and General Balance Sheet,
Extension and Replacement of Fixed Assets.
5. Branch and Department Accounts :
6. Accounting for Foreign currency Transactions ad Reporting of Foreign Operations.
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