About the Department of Accountancy
The Department of Accountancy (DoA) is one of the five departments in the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya. At present, it conducts the Bachelor of Business Management (Special) Accountancy degree programme. The vision of the department is to make the Accountancy programme, the first choice among the students and stakeholders. The mission of the department is to advance Accountancy education through Bachelor of Business Management (Special) Accountancy degree which provides outstanding Accounting and management education for students, create and disseminate knowledge, promote the understanding and ethical practice of Accountancy profession and serve the community.
DoA is committed to pursue excellence in research, teaching and consultancy services. The greatest strength of the department is its faculty which consists of academic and professional qualified in diverse management disciplines such as Accounting, Finance and Management fields. They are able to blend the theoretical knowledge with the practical exposure which will enhance the efficiency of teaching methodologies. DoA always designs its degree programmes to meet the changing demands of the public and private sector.
DoA was able to win a competitive grant, worth Rs.100 million from the World Bank under the project on Improving Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education (IRQUE) in the year 2005.
The said project has been successfully completed by disbursing total monitory allocations. It is worthy to note that doctoral degree grant recipients returned to the DoA after completing their Ph.Ds related to small business and entrepreneurship. Their research findings are highly relevant to solve current economic problems in Sri Lanka, specially nurturing the small business sector and entrepreneurship development.
DoA has 28 high-caliber staffs whom are involved in teaching and academic research. There are two professors, 10 Ph.D. holders while another 05 are reading for their Ph.Ds. Composition of the academic staff is 02 professors, 17 senior lecturers, 2 lecturers, 5 probationary lecturers and 2 assistant lecturers.
The strengths of the research conducted at DoA are its multidisciplinary in nature. The DoA supports the participation of its researchers at scientific conferences, as this provides them with access to prestigious publication outlets
Availability of technical and support staff
DoA has one technical officer and one general clerk. Apart from that all staff members equipped with technical knowledge of pursuing Accounting, statistical and econometrics analysis by using updated version of MYOB, SAGE, SPSS, Eviews. In the teaching process, practical sessions are embedded into the curriculum in order to give practical exposure to students in order to disseminate knowledge related to commercial applications.
Physical resources
The DoA is equipped with a learning resource center, meeting rooms, lecture theatres, computer lab. The Departmental library has an up-to-date collection books, publications, and reports etc. on recent topics. Besides the main University Computing Center, the DoA also provides computing facilities for students. Students are provided transport facilities to reach training destination and back to the evening lectures on time. Beneficiaries of the motor coach has not been limited to accountancy department but has been spread over the whole university.
- Improving the effectiveness of curriculum and teaching, learning and assessment methods.
- Improving English Language skills of undergraduates
- Digitizing teaching and learning process
- Implementation and formalization of extracurricular activities of Social and Inter Cultural Harmony.
- Creating a research culture among student community, student innovation & commercialization.