COURSE OUTLINE
Kulliyyah / Institute
Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
Department / Centre
Department of Accounting
Programme
Bachelor of Accounting
Name of Course / Mode
Integrated Case Studies
Course Code
ACC 4291
Name (s) of Academic staff / Instructor(s)
Professor Dr. Shamsul Nahar Abdullah
Office: A341
Tel. No.: 03-61964673
E-mail: shamsulnahar@iium.edu.my/snahar77@gmail.com
Consultation hours: walk-in or by appointment.
Professor Dr. Nik Nazli binti Nik Ahmad
Dean’s Office, KENMS
Tel. No. : 03-61964778/4777
E-mail: niknazli@iium.edu.my/nazliahmad@gmail.com
Consultation hours: Mon/Wed 3.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
ALL OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Rationale for the inclusion of the course / module in the programme
The course is required by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants to ensure that accounting graduates have adequate communication, critical thinking, problem solving and analytical skills. The main rationale of the course is to act as a capstone course to enable students to apply their various skills acquired to solve ‘real-world’ business problems.
Semester and Year Offered
Semesters I and II
Status
Core
Level
4
Proposed Start Date
Semester II 2010/2011
Batch of Student to be Affected
Intake of 2007/2008 onwards
Total Student Learning Time (SLT)
Case analysis seminar
In-class case analysis / discussion
Others (Term case etc)
Total Guided Learning = 42
Total Independent Learning = 84
3
30
9
Total SLT = 126 hours
Credit Value (hours)
3
Pre-requisites (if any)
ACC 3511 Decision Making and Control
ACC 4001 Accounting Theory and Policy
ACC 3541 Malaysian Taxation
ACC 3531 Auditing Fundamentals
Co-requisites (if any)
MGT 4760 Strategic Management
MGT 4810 International Business and Globalization
Course Objectives
This course is designed to enable students to integrate knowledge from various related disciplines and sub-disciplines and to enhance their technical core competencies as well as