8th Worl Congres of Educational Sciences, Madrid, Spain, 4 - 06 February 2016, pp.28
The importance of accounting education has been increased with the rapid development of accounting world. Especially after the world famous accounting scandals, training qualified accountants became the core issue.Undergraduate-level accounting courses are generally given in Business Administration Programs where also accountant candidates are trained. But there are also undergraduate programs devoted to accounting and finance education.The aim of this study is to consider accounting education in the undergraduate accounting programs with respect to International Education Standards (IESs). Firstly, a brief information about International Education Standards is given. Then the curriculum of all the undergraduate programs of State, Private and Foundation Universities in Turkey that are solely about accounting are examined especially in respect to IES 2 which is related with the content of accounting education programs (Learning Outcomes for Technical Competence). Accounting and Finance courses in the curriculums are also analyzed and compared on credit-hour basis. The results are shown in tables. Suggestions for the curriculum are offered.