Bachelor of Accountancy
Graduates of the Bachelor's Degree in Accounting will have the comprehensive training to intervene as advisors in financial functions at the international level, promoting the efficiency and profitability of organizations, through their intervention in processes for the allocation of resources necessary to ensure the success of companies, seeking their placement in management positions or the creation of an independent business.
Main Certifications
This program is nationally accredited by CACECA (Consejo de Acreditación en la Enseñanza de la Contaduría y Administración).
ENTRY PROFILE
People who are interested in studying Accounting at UP should:
- Have numerical skills and interest in the accounting ecosystem.
- To be analytical leaders with a high sense of social responsibility.
- To be willing to generate changes in the environment, through professional practice, based on ethics and being a preponderant actor within the company.
GRADUATE PROFILE
The graduate of the Bachelor's Degree in Accounting will have the following knowledge, abilities, attitudes and skills:
Knowledge of:
- The different accounting techniques for their correct interpretation and application in accounting projects.
- The fundamental concepts for complete and proper tax returns.
- The necessary aspects to interpret the legal framework in which the business dynamics are developed.
- Basic notions necessary for the preparation of accounting and administrative audits in accordance with the nature of the company.
- Elements for the design of financial statements and the correct interpretation of their results.
- Basic aspects of cash flows and their relationship and impact on accounting information.
- The sources of short and long-term financing, related to working capital and fixed assets for their correct interpretation and application.
- The principles of economic theory and modern management theories for their correct application within the company's activities.
- The diversity of contexts in which administrative projects are developed in order to understand their particular dynamics and be able to make relevant interventions.
Skills for:
- Formation of working groups to efficiently follow up the company's objectives.
- Professional communication of the company's needs in multicultural environments.
- The development of numerical and logical-mathematical reasoning skills necessary for the elaboration of administrative and financial projects.
- Efficient use of information and communication technologies related to their professional field for the elaboration of projects.
- Reflection on the diversity of cultural components that integrate national and international contexts for the achievement of assertive communication.
- The evaluation of cases and problems present in the different areas of administration with a critical and objective sense.
- The development of capabilities to creatively face the challenges present in the company's activities and the administrative process.
- Provide answers and solutions for negotiation and conciliation appropriate to the situation that arises within the professional field.
- The use and administration of the company's resources to develop projects aimed at achieving its objectives.
- Assertive and leadership participation in the activities of the company or in the undertaking of one's own business.
- The design and implementation of quality measures to detect and prevent deviations in the financial and economic activities of the organization.
- Independent advice to intervene assertively in issues related to accounting, tax, financial and organizational aspects of the company.
Attitudes of:
- Prudence to intervene in the company's own activities and decision making.
- Willingness for constant innovation in multicultural contexts and the generation of ideas for the design of new alternatives.
- Responsibility for the proper handling of the methods and systems used in the solution of problems and interpretation of the results obtained.
- Creative sense to intervene with relevant contributions to the particular situation, seeking to obtain solutions in line with the mission and objectives of the organization.
- Integrity to perform the requested activities with willingness, initiative and leadership.
Skills for:
- Lead work teams focused on achieving the company's objectives.
- Design management projects using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's).
- Make strategic decisions to meet the national and international needs of the organization in the face of cultural differences.
- Lead work teams promoting assertive and effective communication for the achievement of objectives.
- Implement preventive and corrective actions in the financial and economic activities of the organization.
FIRST SEMESTER
- History of Culture
- Fundamentals of Calculus
- Strategic Management
- Financial Accounting
- Introduction to Law
- Marketing Fundamentals
- Management Workshop
- Writing and Speaking Workshop
SECOND SEMESTER
- Person and Society
- Differential and Integral Calculus
- Business Administration
- Human Resources Management
- Control of Financial Information
- Financial Mathematics
- Fundamentals of International Business
THIRD SEMESTER
- Ethics
- Matrix Algebra
- Cost Analysis
- Introduction to Economic Science
- Commercial Law
- Financial Analysis
- New Product Development and Innovation
- Research Workshop
FOURTH SEMESTER
- Theological Anthropology I
- Probability and Descriptive Statistics
- Intermediate Accounting
- Financial Reporting Standards
- Budgets Microeconomics
- Labor Law Regulations
- Technological Tools for Information Management
FIFTH SEMESTER
- Theological Anthropology II
- Inferential Statistics
- Strategic Cost Management
- Audit
- Income tax for corporations
- Macroeconomics
- Tax Law
- Corporate Finance
SIXTH SEMESTER
- Social Philosophy
- Operations Research
- Development of Management Competencies and Professional Practice
- Financial Statements Opinion
- ISR Individuals
- Financial Evaluation of Investment Projects
- Information Technology
- Entrepreneurs
SEVENTH SEMESTER
- Man and the Contemporary World
- Operations Management
- Business Taxes
- Social Security
- Corporate Accounting
- Elective
- Elective
EIGHTH SEMESTER
- Professional Ethics
- Management Action Analysis
- International Accounting Standards
- Indirect Taxes
- Procedural Tax Law
- Elective
- Elective
NINTH SEMESTER
- Strategic Simulation
- Corporate Governance
- Special Accounting
- International Taxation
- Customs Law
- Elective
- Elective
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