The course covers a wide spectrum of the accounting functionality and provides a systematic process of ensuring that adequately trained public sector accounting staff are available to the Ministries and their respective Departments. The qualification is designed if you do not hold a University qualification.
The courseware is customised to fit with the Maltese public sector environment, and covers Maltese financial regulations and applicable legislation. The educational component is designed on a blended learning basis, offering a combination of learning materials to be used by the student alongside a course of classroom-based tuition. In the final year of the course, the students are required to prepare a dissertation, relating the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course to a work-related situation. Besides carrying out active research, students are encouraged to maintain continuous appreciation of current issues, including good and effective governance, service of excellence, evidence-based public management and ethical leadership.
The BA (Hons) Public Sector Accounting covers a wide spectrum of the accounting functionality required within Government and provides a systematic process of ensuring that adequately trained public sector accounting staff is available to the Ministries and their respective Departments. The qualification is designed to meet your needs with appropriate experience if you do not hold a University qualification in the accountancy field.
The courseware is customised to fit with the Maltese public sector environment, and covers Maltese financial regulations and applicable legislation to meet the particular requirements of the public sector. The educational component is designed on a blended learning basis, offering a combination of learning materials to be used alongside a course of classroom-based tuition. In the final year of the course, you are required to prepare a dissertation, relating the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course to a work-related situation. Besides carrying out active research, you are encouraged to maintain continuous appreciation of current issues, including good and effective governance, service of excellence, evidence-based public management and ethical leadership. The overall aim is to provide personnel assigned to Corporate 福利在线免费 with a holistic and professional approach in the exercise of their functions, making you an asset for the institutions in which you operate.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC1101 | Accounting Principles and the Public Sector | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC1812 | Costing Principles and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2294 | Auditing and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PAM2100 | Public Sector Regulations and Legislation | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC2015 | Budgetary Planning and Control and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2231 | Financial Reporting and the Public Sector (1) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2291 | 福利在线免费 Technology and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2301 | Procurement and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| EMA2001 | Introduction to Research | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC2271 | Risk Management and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2292 | Financial Reporting and the Public Sector (2) | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2361 | Introduction to Tax Administration and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL1941 | Corporate, Financial and Public Governance | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC2295 | Performance Measurement and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ECN1005 | Principles of Economics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IOT3110 | Creative and Critical Thinking for Public Officers | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL1083 | Theoretical Aspects of Public Management | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC2293 | Financial Reporting and the Public Sector (3) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2296* | Audit and Assurance and the Public Sector | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC2297* | Financial Management and the Public Sector | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL1082* | Research Methods for Evidence-Based Policy | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PPL2044 | Interpreting Data for Policy Analysis | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| EMA2000 | Standards of Conduct in Business and Government | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC3821 | Company Law for Accountants | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ECN2998 | Economics for the National Public Administration | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL1505 | History of Maltese Public Service | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL3601 | Political and Financial Supranational Governance | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC3132 | Financial Reporting and the Public Sector 4 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC3133 | Management Accounting and the Public Sector | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC3134 | Taxation and the Public Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL3223 | Local Government Financial Regulations and Procedures | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC3136 | Financial Reporting and the Public Sector 5 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC3138 | Managerial Finance and the Public Sector | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ACC3140** | Dissertation | 10 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PPL3016 | European Funding Framework | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ** Work on the dissertation is expected to start in Semester 2 (February 2029) and continue up to the end of Semester 1 of the next academic year (January 2030). | |||||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ACC3137 | Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Institutional Structures | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPL3108 | Regulatory Policy and Institutions | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Public Sector Accounting - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy.
