Reasons for studying our Program

• Due to general economy’s internationalization and globalization and particularly of accounting, the Pontificia Javeriana University has assumed a leadership role in the analysis of these issues and of their consequences for the professional practice and academic activity.
• The Accounting Sciences Department has lead an analysis process related to the endorsement of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), process that has had many opponents, but of which its high academic quality is recognized, as well as its sense of realistic understanding of economic and accounting phenomena at the present time.
• The Pontificia Javeriana University has been part of the team that has developed the study that the Colombian government is assesing about the endorsement of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in our country.
• Organizations require professionals that are capable of directing change processes that are necessary to participate in international markets.
• The program enables professionals to deveolp skills to perform in organizations that require the financial reports that should be prepared and presented in accordance with international standards.
  

Objective

• To educate in an integral manner, at a superior level, and within high quality and strict international standards, professionals that will outstandingly perform in the International Financial Accounting field with the analysis of accounting practices derived from the new financial reporting schemes and deepening in the study of the changes that have occurred in the business world and its information needs for decision making in a globalized context.

Professional Profile

• The specialist in International Financial Accounting, graduated from the Pontificia Javeriana University, should be a professional capable of executing leadership in interdisciplinary teams, commited with the study, analysis and implementation of business solutions related to accounting that satisfy the most strict international standards.
  

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Job Profile

Specialists in International Financial Accounting will be capable of engaging the following jobs:

• Department directors and/or accounting areas in companies or organizations that participate in international activities.
• Management and business consulting.
• International Financial Accounting consulting
  
  

Curriculum

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING GRADUATE PROGRAM

FIRST SEMESTER	Hours	SECOND SEMESTER	Hours
Accounting Internationalization(Economy, Stock Markets, Financial Architecture)	74	US GAAP	70
Compared Accounting Systems(accounting bases, conversion processes, measurement, remeasurement, translation, comparative analysis, and conceptual frameworks)	52	Transfer prices and taxation	22
Financial Statements preparation and presentation	42	Information Translation (IFRS 1, First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards	48
International Financial Reporting Standards	102	Seminar 1: FAS/IFRS endorsement, practical case	64
		Financial Performance Reports Preparation and Presentation	28
		Seminar 2:Corporate Governance and Professional Ethics code	42
	270		274
Total hours			544

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Lectures

• ALVARO TRUJILLO.
  Certified Public Accountant (Pontificia Javeriana University). Lawyer (Nueva Granada Militar University). Conciliator at the Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Judicial School and the Nueva Granada Militar University (1995 y 2003). Specialist in Commercial Law (Andes University), in the stage of thesis statement review in order to acquire the degree in State Top Management in the Governance School at the Superior School of Public Administration. Broad experience in the Public Securities Market regulation in Colombia, including the development of compared studies with international standards and the preparation of legal statements.
• GABRIEL RUEDA DELGADO.
  Certified Public Accountant (National University). Specialist in Public Management. Research Professor. Broad academic, research, and operational research on International Financial Reporting Standards, Internal Control, Process Design, Economic Management Control, Fiscal Control, Assessment Indicators for enterprise performance, planning and management of human resources, and internal control system assessment. Experience as a teacher in research areas and accounting theory, accounting harmonization, conferences and workshops on IFRS adoption, internal control, and integral auditing for modernizing fiscal control.
  

 

Costs and Registrations

General Information
The Graduate Programs are directed to Public Accountants and professionals with undergraduate degrees in related fields (especially Business Administration, Economy, and Industrial Engineering).

Admission Requirements
Admission form, obtained by the Admissions and Registry Office, including the following documents:

• Professional Degree Diploma and Graduation Act photocopies.
• Original undergraduate grade certification, with a grade average not inferior than three point five (3.5) in the Colombian Grade Scale.
• Two pictures. Size 3 cm X 4 cm.
• ID photocopy (enlarged to half letter size sheet).
• Work certification in which the job title, time, and responsibilities must be included.
• Admission form (adequately filled).
• To have English language comprehension (minimum required proficiency level: 70%)

Semester cost: $4,100,000 Colombian Pesos

Financing options

• Direct financing with the University
• Financing through payment with credit card
• Financing with banks with which the University has agreements

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Duration:

One year distributed in two academic semesters, 272 on - campus hours each (approximately 20 weeks per semester).

Selection Process:

The candidate selection criteria are based on the academic performance during the undergraduate studies, on the personal, professional, and work experience, and the personal interview which will corroborate the candidate’s expectations with the profile that the program offers.

Class Schedule

Wednesdays (6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m), Fridays (6:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m), and Saturdays (8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m).

Calendar

Enrollment period	April 16 - May 31, 2007
Candidate selection	June 6, 2007
Matriculation period	July 9, 2007
Class initiation	July 18, 2007

Online registration / Online form

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