About | Depertment of Department of Accountancy, NCKU

Introduction

The Department of Accounting, originally called the Department of Accounting and Statistics, was one of the departments of the Taiwan Provincial College of Engineering before 1952. The College of Business was established when this school was reorganized into the Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University in 1956. The Department of Accounting and Statistics then became one of the departments in the College of Business at that time. In August 1966, the evening school of the Department was established. In 1969, the Department of Accounting and Statistics was divided into the Accounting Section. In August 1974, the Department was formally divided into the Department of Accountancy and the Department of Statistics. In August 1980, the College of Business was renamed the College of Management Science. In August 1992, the Graduate School of Accountancy was founded and was divided into two programs: the Accounting information program and the finance program. In 2000, the Graduate School of Finance was formally founded.

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Our Mission

Mission Statement for Undergraduate

Explore and advance theories and practices in accounting to cultivate competitive accounting professionals with ethical integrity, innovation capabilities and international perspective and expertise to meet global business and social needs.

Mission Statement for Graduate

Cultivate accounting professionals with diverse academic backgrounds for an accounting or auditing career in the public, private, government or not-for-profit sectors. Offer a solid and comprehensive academic training in accounting with an emphasis on ethics standards in order to cultivate students to be innovative and internationalized.

Mission Statement for Ph.D

Cultivate accounting scholars and educators with a sense of academic integrity and innovative, internationalized mindsets for future educational demand in Taiwan and Asian countries.

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Our Vision

Teaching Objectives for Undergraduate

1. Educate students in business concepts in courses including accounting, finance, economics, statistics, managements and computer skills. 2. Provide students with creative philosophies including leadership, international communication skills and critical thinking skills. 3. Develop students with an appreciation for the roles of ethics and corporate social responsibility in both the accounting profession and the business world. 4. Help students meet the qualifications for entry into top-tiered international accounting firms in Taiwan and Asian countries.

Teaching Objectives for Graduate

1. Develop students with appropriate research skills, analytical problem-solving capabilities and effective communication skills in oral presentations and writing needed for professional practice. 2. Emphasize the issues of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. 3. Encourage students’ critical thinking and innovations by inviting outstanding practitioners to offer cutting-edge accounting knowledge. 4. Educate students in global and diversity issues in accounting and business.

Teaching Objectives for Ph.D

1. Educate students with advanced and cutting-edge accounting theories and practice to prepare them for successful careers in accounting research and education. 2. Stimulate students’ interests and creativity in research through the short courses and talks of various outstanding scholars from global research institutions so as to have higher opportunities of publications. 3. Inculcate in students a lifelong commitment to professional development and an awareness of academic ethics. 4. Encourage students’ participation in well-known international conferences, workshops, and government-sponsored study abroad.

Research and Future Development

Preparation of Accounting Information System (AIS) Laboratory

Modern computer technology changes dramatically and there is always something new to be found in old accounting theories. At present, computerized accounting is the prevailing tendency. Accordingly, this Department plants to upgrade an AIS Lab with a view helping students to process accounting information and integrate this information by using computers. Thus, students may prove what they have learned about accounting theory in actual practice. Our current goals are:
- To establish a network linking with the library, campus, inter-scholastic, and international networks.
- To increase teaching effectiveness by collecting, researching and developing accounting software in coordination with the teaching of accounting and the provision of opportunities in processing accounting information by using computers.
Preparation of Graduate School

In order to meet the needs of an internationalized and liberalized future, the cultivation of senior professional financial personnel has been an essential part of current education. The Department established a Ph.D. program in 1996 corporation with the government's policy to strengthen economic construction. The Ph.D. program in Accountancy is designed to educate scholars for university faculty positions, and to represent a set of minimum competencies that are necessary for an individual to succeed as an accountancy teacher/researcher. The program emphasizes the economics, finance, and behavioral-science roots of the accountancy discipline, and provides the institutional background and knowledge about research methods and economic, finance, and behavioral-science theories necessary for success in an academic career.1

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