The Department of Banking and Financial Sciences - College of Administration and Economics

About the department

The Department of Banking and Financial Sciences was established in the College of Administration and Economics University of Baghdad, as a result of the urgent need to provide competent graduates with the ability to perform and skillfully work in the financial sector in Iraq, and make it one of the leading divisions in the local economy.

Therefore, the efforts of 4 years of culminated hard work in preparing the department’s curricula that are comparable to the curricula in international universities, as well as the efforts made by the Dean of the College in obtaining official approvals to open this department. According to the Department of Banking and Financial Sciences administrative Order No. PK / 2688 on 10-5-2017 the most important characteristic of the Finance and Banking Department is its reliance on the curriculum system, instead of the annual system approved in all the various departments and colleges, as well as the other corresponding departments in Iraq.

In order for the student to graduate from the department, it is necessary to collect 132-136 units (hours) and not exceeding 12 semesters, where the minimum period for the student’s graduation is based on the student’s ability to successfully collect the units required for teaching.

Teaching relies heavily on the use of the English language in order to raise the level of the student in the foreign language and enable the students to continue to develop their ability to read foreign research and books. Moreover, foreign language skills enable the graduates to obtain easier and faster job opportunities and enable them to keep pace with the tremendous and rapid progress in the financial sector.

Students begin studying in the Finance and Banking Department as of November 6, 2013, with two sections for the morning study, and (7) qualified professors were appointed to teach. Lastly, the position of department head was assigned to (Professor Mahmoud Dagher Muhammad).

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the department vision

Advance global financial and banking education

the Department message

The development of financial and banking is inseparable from the world and from the rapid developments of it, especially in its cognitive dimension due to its overlapping and integrated relationship at the theoretical and operational level. Working towards preparing specialists in the financial and banking fields, through academic programs and curricula specializing in financial and banking affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in finance and banking for morning and evening studies.

Department Objectives

Attracting scientific competence from holders of postgraduate degrees.
Multiplying the number of highly qualified and competent graduates in the field of finance and banking.
Providing learners with diverse knowledge and skills in the field of finance and banking.
Distinguishing education that promotes and activates the labor market.
Providing advisory services and contributing to the continuous educational programs to develop expertise in various economic sectors and public society
Catering an environment suitable for the various interactions between students, professors and staff.
Encouraging constructive critical thinking and respecting diverse opinions.
cooperating with departments at the local and global levels

Acceptance Inputs

According to the central admission of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the department accepts secondary schools graduates according to competitive grade

Secondary school / scientific branch
Secondary school / Arts
Commercial study / management branch

Learning Outcomes

The department will obtain On the way to obtain the academic accreditation of the bachelor’s degree from (THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVACE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS-aacsb).
The existence of quantitative indicators of innovation and improvement practices, as shown in the following (for example):

– An introduction course in accounting: giving homework for recording financial transactions, preparing final accounts and preparing reports, which contributes to students acquiring analytical thinking and reasoning skills, with the adoption of standards to measure students’ performance as follows (acceptable, average, good, very good, excellent)

– An introduction course in statistics: giving descriptive homework for realistic problems for which solutions are required to be found, which will help them to quickly recall the appropriate information and the intuitive speed of answering and facing new situations with the adoption of standards to measure students’ performance as follows (acceptable, average, good, very good, excellent

-An introduction to Business Management: giving classroom and home study cases related to analyzing the internal and external environment of the researched organization and presenting problems from the practical reality asking them to find solutions to them, which contributes to creative thinking and objective analysis of variables and the ability of the student to sequence ideas and link between topics with the adoption of standards to measure students’ performance as follows ( Fair, average, good, very good, excellent

-Introduction to Economics The scientific Department has an integrated description of the curriculum.