Mission and Learning Goals

The Department of Accountancy aims to consistently provide quality education and training that is at par with the premier universities not only in the country but also internationally. Our objectives is to produce beginning competent professional accountant who demonstrates understanding of professional knowledge, skills, values, ethics and attitudes that will allow them to qualify in the in the CPA through Licensure Examination and for employment as entry-level accountant.

The department aims to educate students and graduate them in the principles of and practices of accounting, Business Law and taxation, Information Technology and Ethics. To enable them to perform effectively and ethically as business professionals who will be to competently meet the requirements of the clientele of the nation and the international community.

The department aims to provide quality educational opportunities to students discover and disseminate knowledge about the field of accounting through research and effective teaching and provide relevant public service to the community. The department strives to develop the students in becoming highly-qualified and morally-upright professionals who can be globally competitive and be able to face the challenges of international market.

Objectives

To realize the mission of the Department of Accountancy the following objectives must be achieved:

• Aim to produce competent professional accountant who demonstrates understanding of the knowledge, skills, values, ethics and attitudes that will help them to pass the CPA licensure Examination and to qualify for enrollment as entry- level professional.
• Aim to improve the CPA Licensure Examination results by producing top-notched CPAs and by meeting the required percentage of CPA passers in order to be recognized by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as one of the top performing schools and eventually as Center of Development or Center of Excellence by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) nationwide.
• Aim to achieve academic excellence by providing high- quality accountancy education through competency-based curriculum and meaningful internship experience.

Learning goals in the Department of Accountancy were achieved by means of the following:

• Maintaining a lineup of highly qualified faculty members by encouraging faculty members to finish their masterate and doctorate degrees and hiring practitioners from the industry.
• Continuing syllabi review/revision to evaluate major courses offered.
• Continuing curriculum revision/enrichment per CHED Memorandum Order,
• Adopting practicum program to develop the managerial skills as well as multi-tasking abilities of the students and likewise enhance their skills in communication, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
• Using instructional methods that are interactive/participative, facilitative, integrative and which enhance the higher-order thinking skills of applying, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and creating.
• Maintaining a state-of the-art library with a rich collection of print and non-print resources
• Forging and maintaining linkages with external parties, such as government and non-government organizations, business and professional associations, business firms, in the Philippines and abroad.
• Maintaining an environment conducive to learning.
• Administering annual comprehensive examinations for 5th year graduating students and qualifying examinations for incoming 5th year, 4th year and 3rd year students.
• Updating faculty members with the latest trends in the industry by attending institutionalized seminar and trainings and conferences.

Among the measuring instruments or metrics used by the Accountancy Program in the pursuit of its mission and objectives are as follows:

• Monitoring of faculty members pursuing graduate studies.
• Evaluating faculty performance regularly by students, peer, chair and dean.
• Evaluating students' performance in their Practicum by using a Performance evaluation to determine how well the graduating students are performing on their assigned tasks.
• Conducting round table conferences.
• Administering annual comprehensive and qualifying examinations.
• Adhering to admission and retention policies.
• Conducting tutorial classes for accounting subjects.

These metrics drove the students to perform well and excel academically. They wanted to be retained in the BSA program so they study well and maintain their high grades. The retention and admission policy tell who are the students who can really cope the BSA program.

Results in the CPA licensure examinations show that we are always above the national passing percentage and sometimes Holy Angel University landed as among the top performing schools in the licensure examination. We have also some graduates who were topnotchers and this encourages our students to perform better in their studies because they too want to land as top performers in the licensure examination.