Department of Accounting & Finance

Message from the Department Head

Stern's Department of Accounting offers a wide range of courses and programs for students interested in acquiring the skills that will better enable them to serve the information needs of professional clients and the organizations that employ them.

We offer BA degree with an emphasis in accounting as well as a Diploma degree. Our College is committed to the pursuit of excellence in their teaching and research activities. We pride ourselves in the knowledge that more of our accounting graduates have entered the ranks of senior partner of the major accounting firms than any other business school.

Mission & Philosophy of the Department

The mission of Department of Accounting is to create, debate and disseminate knowledge about the measurement and communication of financial and non-financial information that will inform our students, alumni, managers and capital market participants and facilitate rational financial, economic and policy decisions.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• The program plans to meet the College’s mission of instilling into present and future-leaders’ knowledge of current and future accounting, auditing and finance practices and relevant skills through student–centered high quality, viable programs which are fully recognized internationally and by both the private and public institutions in Ethiopia.

Specific Objectives:

• To produce graduates in its regular degree program to satisfy a portion of demand for accounting and finance graduates.
• To enhance the relevance and timeliness of instruction, as well as the technical competency of the staff, by conducting applied research and developing innovative educational materials and techniques.
• To provide students with sufficient academic, technical, logical, analytical, and professional base from which to pursue a career in accounting and finance and to advance to further study and a potential academic career in accounting and finance.
• To be a major provider of consultancy services to the public.
• To put 80% of its second year complete and third year complete students into internship programs in which students gain practical experiences.
• To establish linkage programs with different stakeholders from which the program will be able to tap resources and share experiences.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Human Resource Management

Message from the Department Head

The course is designed to address the growing demand for strategic human resource professionals with specialized expertise in effectively leading and managing talent in today’s global organizations. Taught by leading scholar-practitioners in human capital management, this human resources diploma program explores the principles of management and organizational behavior, introduces students to data-driven metrics and managerial decision making, and delves into business strategy and ethics to provide students with a significant competitive advantage to succeed in the fast-changing world of business.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• To enable participants acquire basic skills of human resource management by equipping them with various tools and techniques of handling different aspects of HRM.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Marketing

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Secretarial Science

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Library and Information Science

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Information Technology

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Database Administration

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.

Department of Hardware and Networking Service

Message from the Department Head

At PCA, we strive towards marketing excellence by pioneering research in the industry and tackling real-world matters in the classroom. The program is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of how to achieve total customer satisfaction through the use of appropriate marketing skills. It is also aimed to develop flexibility, adaptability and independence to enable our graduates to cope in a rapidly changing economic, social and technological environment in an innovative way. Finally, the program aims at producing marketing professionals that can contribute a lot to the development of modern marketing practices in Ethiopia.

Mission & Vision of the Department

The department is committed to produce ethical and competent graduates with entrepreneurial mindsets, undertake problem solving research, disseminate knowledge, and provide demand-driven, transformative community services.

The vision of the dipartment is to be a renowned center of academic excellence nationally.

Program Objective

General Objective:

• Students of this program will get an exciting opportunity to combine business knowledge with professional expertise and develop the confidence to look forward to a career to understand, create, communicate, and deliver value and satisfaction to customers.

Specific Objectives:

• Be Familiar to the theories, concepts and models of marketing management.
• Apply the fundamental terms, concepts and theories of contemporary marketing activities in selected marketing situations.
• Comprehend behavior of customers that are relevant for marketing decision.
• Carry out marketing management functions in global environment where influences flow across international borders.
• Perform marketing research to generate market information that can facilitate effective marketing decisions.
• Make ethical decisions with respect to marketing activities.
• Manipulate marketing mix variables to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contribute their own share to the development of marketing practices.

Admission Requirements

Anyone who wishes to join the diploma program is required to meet the entry requirements of diploma program stated by Ministry of Education.