Review of the Learning Method in the Accountancy Profession Education (APE) Programs and Connection to the Students Soft Skills Development

This paper aims to provide an overview of the learning process in Accountancy Profession Education (APE) Programs at Widyatama University of the academic year 2004/2005 up to academic year 2010/2011, in which the output of education is expected to become professional accountants. Accountants is a professional job that requires working, required to have the ability hard skills and soft skills are adequate. It is listed in the International Education Standards (IES) issued by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). One way is good enough to develop the soft skills of students, especially accountant candidate students is through lectures with all the activities in this regard is education in APE Program.The research method used in this paper is a descriptive analysis, while the techniques of data collection is done by the literature study and field study through observation and interviews. After a review of the author, then a conclusion that can be obtained on the lecturing method of teaching systems in APE Widyatama in use today, lack of support the development of students soft skills so it needs to be a new concept teaching method that integrates aspects of scientific ability (hard skills) with affective aspects (soft skills).