Master in Accounting  

Program Goals

1. The program aims to provide the labor market with scientifically and professionally qualified cadres who are familiar with the ethics of the profession.

2. The program helps graduates prepare for professional exams in the fields of accounting.

3. Develop graduates' abilities with regard to effective communication and the development of written and oral skills.

4. Developing the capabilities and skills of graduates in the research field.

Program beneficiaries:

 Admission requirements

1. The applicant must be a Saudi or an official scholarship for postgraduate studies if he is a non-Saudi

2. The applicant must hold a bachelor's degree in accounting from a Saudi university or from another recognized university on a regular basis.

3. Students from the finance major may be accepted, provided that the applicant has practical experience of no less than three years in the field of accounting or passes the supplementary courses specified by the department.

4. To submit two scientific recommendations from professors who have taught him previously.

5. The approval of his reference to study if he is an employee. In cases of extreme necessity, it is permissible to postpone bringing the student the approval of his reference to study until the start of his registration for courses (supplementary or postgraduate studies).

6. Fulfilling the main conditions stipulated in the university's postgraduate programs.

7. Pass the program tests.

8. It is required to have a score of 4 in (IELTS) or its equivalent in (TOFEL) test.

Degree requirements

Passing (42) hours, including 27 compulsory hours, 12 hours chosen from accounting subjects and various subjects related to financial and administrative sciences, and 3 hours for the graduation research project.

The importance of the program

1) Eastern region need for the program

2) The shortage of accountants with professional certificates (holders of professional certificates).

3) Increasing the legal requirements surrounding the financial reporting environment.

4) Accountancy as a unified and evolving global profession.

5) Society's need for a master's program in accounting to fill leadership positions in the public and private sectors.

6) The accession of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to many international agreements, which requires the preparation of national cadres with sufficient knowledge of financial and accounting issues.

Program Description

4 semesters

program duration

42 hours

A number of credit hours in the program (including thesis or project):

Program funding:

The program is offered for tuition fees determined in accordance with the rules in force at King Faisal University

Program lecture times:

Hours

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

-First semester:

• Financial accounting in accordance with international financial reporting standards

• Advanced Management Accounting

• Advanced Financial Accounting

• internal audit

-Second Semester:

• Advanced accounting information systems

• Scientific Research Methods in Accounting

• Corporate Governance

- 1 elective (3 hours)

Third semester:

• Advanced study in Zakat and tax accounting and the jurisprudence of transactions

• Financial and accounting analysis

• Electives (3 hours)

Fourth semester:

• Elective course (3 hours)

• Elective course (3 hours)

• Graduation Research Project

Compulsory courses:

3

3

3

3

3

-Contemporary issues in accounting:

-         Earnings management, fraud detection and manipulation prevention.

-         Accounting theory (measurement, procedures and concepts).

-         Corporate finance.

-         Strategic management accounting.

-         Commercial systems.

                 Elective courses: