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MBus Programme HandBook

MBus Programme Objectives year Master’s degree and are conducted in English
• To extend the advanced knowledge pertaining medium in a blended model of classroom and
to Accounting and Finance disciplines. online teaching, learning and assessment. Students
• To impart students with moral qualities and who successfully complete their first year are only
progressive professional knowledge required to eligible to enroll on the second year.
serve organizations operating under uncertainty.
• To embrace the applications of Information Who Should Apply
and Communication Technology to learn
Accounting and Finance. Eligibility to apply for admission to the Degree
• To offer an opportunity for students to obtain a programmes is determined according to the
blended exposure to learning through eLearning following criteria:
and mLearning technology. • A Bachelor’s degree in Business/Management/
• To develop the Accounting and Finance Commerce from a recognized university or
profession by creating and stimulating a • A Bachelor’s degree other than the above from
research culture. a recognized university with at least one-year
post qualifying experience in a managerial
capacity or
Mode of Facilitation • A professional qualification recognized by the
University Senate

The future direction of higher education is rapidly Programme Structure and Design
changing from the traditional mode of learning
and much higher education institutions have The Master of Business Accounting (MBus Acc) and
increasingly embraced online education, and the Master of Business Finance (MBus Fin) programmes
number of students enrolled in online programs is are structured on a semester basis. Candidates are
rapidly rising in universities throughout the world. eligible to obtain a Master of Business Accounting
With response to these changes in enrolment (SLQL 9 – Master’s by course work) by accumulating
demands, many countries, institutions, and 15 credits from common course units and 17 credits
organizations have been working on strategic plans from the Accounting stream, a total of 32 credits by
to implement online education.
selecting the Accounting stream in the academic
Year I.
Having its visionary approach in this future direction,
the DoA introduced a blended teaching and learning Candidates are eligible to obtain a Master of
model coupled with eLearning and Mobile learning Business Finance (SLQL 9 – Master’s by course
technologies for its Master program joining Microsoft work) by accumulating 15 credits from common
Sri Lanka as the technological partner. Other than course units and 17 credits from Finance stream, a
the traditional classroom sessions, this programme total of 32 credits by selecting the Finance stream in
offers online assessments, tutorials and material the academic Year I.
sharing through the Post Graduate Learning
Management System (PGLMS) of the University, Students who wish to follow Master of Business
and video conferencing, Zoom technology and Management in Accounting (MBus Mgt. (Acc) or
discussion tools, etc. as teaching and learning Master of Finance (M. Fin.) Degree need to complete
techniques.
a total of 62 (06 credits Business Research
Methodology and 24 credits Masters’ Thesis)
including 32 credits from MBus Acc and MBus Fin
Duration and Medium of Instructions
programmes for the Masters’ with research MBus
Acc and MBus Fin programmes
The Master of Business Accounting (MBus Acc) and
Master of Business Finance (MBus Fin) programmes
are one-year postgraduate masters’ degrees by
course work with the option of leading to a two-

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