Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Professional Scheme

School
The Business School

Course Length
3 years full-time
Additional 1 year work placement option for full-time students
5-6 years part-time (duration depends on level of previous ACCA study or exemptions)

Number of Places
60

Contact
Departmental Secretary
Telephone: 01484 472840
Fax: 01484 473062
E-mail: accountancy@hud.ac.uk

Entry Requirements
You need to be a registered student of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Year 1 eligibility:

• Entry qualifications are 220 Curriculum 2000 points including two 6-unit awards plus Mathematics and English GCSE at grade C or above.
• Equivalent qualifications to these are acceptable, for example, AVCEs, professional body technician level qualifications, holders of degrees in disciplines other than Accountancy/Finance/Business and appropriate overseas qualifications.

Year 2 eligibility for direct entrants:

• Students holding passes or exemptions against at least five papers from ACCA Fundamentals.

Year 3 eligibility:

• Students progressing from year 2, direct entrants holding at least 9 ACCA papers or holders of Honours degrees in Accounting and Finance providing exemptions from all of the Fundamentals level.

Introduction

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is one of the largest professional accounting bodies in the UK with members in over 170 countries worldwide. Membership of the Association is obtainable only by examination and relevant practical experience. The Business School holds ACCA Gold status.

Course Structure

Year 1
4 papers

• F1 – Accountant in Business
• F2 - Management Accounting
• F3 - Financial Accounting
• F4 - Corporate and Business Law

Year 2
5 papers

• F5 - Performance Management
• F6 -Taxation
• F7 - Financial Reporting
• F8 - Audit and Assurance
• F9 - Financial Management

Year 3
5 papers

Core papers:

• P1 - Professional Accountant
• P2 - Corporate Reporting
• P3 - Business Analysis

Option papers:

Up to two options from the following -

• P4 - Advanced Financial Management
• P5 - Advanced Performance Management
• P6 - Advanced Taxation
• P7 - Advanced Audit and Assurance

Two papers will be examined in December and three in June.

All examinations are set by ACCA. We are an ACCA registered computer-based exam (CBE) centre and offer CBEs in papers F1, F2 and F3.

Teaching and Assessment

It is your responsibility to enter yourself for the external professional examinations by the deadlines set by ACCA. As a registered student ACCA will send you reminders and you can enter for the examinations through ACCA’s website. Details appear in ACCA’s student newsletter.

For more information contact ACCA’s Education Services Department on 0141 582 2000. Their website address is www.accaglobal.com.

Career Opportunities

On successful completion of all 14 papers and an online Professional Ethics training module you will be able to apply for full membership of ACCA, as long as you are able to satisfy the practical experience requirements. Accountants are very much in demand and the course provides a suitable professional qualification to enable you to develop a career within the profession, in industry or the public sector.

Further Studies

The MA in Accounting and Finance is available for students who have successfully completed all 14 papers of the ACCA. This enables you to top up your ACCA qualification to a Master’s degree by research methods and dissertation modules from the following September.

Other Information

Part-time students attend either day release or evening, subject to numbers enrolled. Full-time students attend primarily during the day with some evening classes.

Prospectus

You can also request a printed prospectus by filling in our web form, and have it delivered to your address.

24 Hour Prospectus Enquiry Telephone Line:
+44(0)870 901 5555