Allama Iqbal Open University is going to offer Associate Degree in Commerce with specialization in Accounting and Finance, Banking and Finance, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, I.T Management, Hospital Management, Hotel Management and Tourism Management. Prof Dr. Abdul Hafeez, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, in a statement issued here on Saturday said the Associate Degree Program has been designed in consultation with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to develop professionally trained a human resource for the specific needs of the industry.
The Associate Degree is primarily developed for those students who cannot join the four-year program due to specific constraints and want to seek jobs at early stages. He said that after successful completion of the degree the students will not only be able get jobs in industry but may also join the B.S program in fifth semester or the MCom program at any time in future.
He said that Associate Degree is equivalent to two=year graduation. This degree is skill oriented education and better as compared to general graduation. He said that the Associate Degree Program has two year duration and consists of four semesters. Similarly, Department of Commerce will also offer the admissions of M.Com (Accounting & Finance) programme which will consist of four semesters (2 years).