Overview
The Financial Accounting module introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of financial accounting. It focuses on the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of financial statements, adhering to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Key Topics
The accounting cycle and double-entry bookkeeping
Preparation of financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
Adjusting entries and closing processes
Asset and liability management
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Ethical considerations in financial reporting.
- Teacher: Yvette Igihozo
This module provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic and diverse fields of hospitality and tourism. It explores the fundamental concepts, principles, and practices that underpin these industries, highlighting their significance and impact on the global economy. Students will gain insights into the history, development, and future trends of hospitality and tourism, as well as the various sectors and career opportunities within these industries.
Key topics covered include the structure and components of the hospitality industry, the role of tourism in economic development, the significance of customer service and guest satisfaction, and the influence of cultural, social, and environmental factors on hospitality and tourism. Through a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical applications, students will develop a solid foundation to pursue further studies careers in hospitality and tourism management.
- Teacher: James KAMANZI
This is an interactive course in Java for advanced programmers. It offers a scaffolding approach to learning, starting with the advancement of computing and gradually progressing to fairly sophisticated problems. All through this learning path, there are many assessment quizzes and programming activities to keep the learners engaged. The course is divided into five modules. In the first module, the learners will know how to set up the Java programming environment, including an IDE, using Eclipse and net-beans as examples. The next four modules cover java swing and awt, database connectivity, frameworks such as struts, spring, and hibernate, various program development strategies, starting with design and then coding, compiling, executing, testing, and debugging. Students will be also initiated to the webs service with the Java programming language; creating graphical user interfaces (GUI), java packages, file input/output (I/O), threads and networking. Programmers familiar with object- oriented concepts can learn how to develop Java application including website design using Servlets and JSP and endup with enterprise application development using EJB using the J2EE tools and this course also includes a comprehensive final exam.
- Teacher: Dr. GATETE Marcel
This course will cover fundamentals of data mining and data
warehousing. Topics will range from statistics to machine learning
to database, with a focus on analysis of data sets exhibiting different
distributions. The course content will be including the conceptual
framework of data mining, descriptions and examples of standard
methods used in data mining, and the role of data mining in real life
application. Additionally, the course will provide exercises
and practical experience with a data mining related research.
Also covered are Data warehousing fundamentals, project
planning, business requirements definition, dimensional modeling,
technical architecture, physical configuration options, product
selection physical database design, data staging process and techniques, end user applications, deployment, management and
growth and this course also includes a comprehensive final exam.
- Teacher: Dr. GATETE Marcel
This module will provide students with an understanding of managing information system, it also intend to equip the students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable students to apply ICT to enhance business and other operations.
The module highly introduces students to the process and tools through which the information needs of managers are satisfied.
Students learn about how a management information system (MIS) allows for an organized approach to the information needs of managers at every level in the organization.
The role of the MIS in organizing, evaluating and efficiently managing the various departments within an organization, is explored, including the security, privacy and ethical aspects of business.
- Teacher: DUSABE Yves