ACCA Diploma in Accounting & Business

Course details

The Diploma is suitable for those aspiring to work or already working in the following types of roles:

• basic bookkeeping;
• trainee accountant in a commercial organisation or accounting practice;
• accounts clerk in public or private sector.

The Diploma in Accounting and Business is broadly equivalent to HND level/equivalent to the first year of a degree.

SUBJECTS

• F3 Financial Accounting (FFA);
• F2 Management Accounting (FMA);
• F1 Accounting in Business (FAB) and
• Foundations in Professionalism (offered entirely online via ACCA).

PROGRESSION

• Students who successfully complete the Diploma in Accounting and Business via Foundations in Accountancy can either:
• transfer to the ACCA Qualification and commence their studies at F4 onwards of the ACCA Qualification

OR

• continue to study for the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Qualification.

However, please note students who continue with the CAT Qualification will have to complete a further 6 CAT exams and gain one year’s relevant work experience. The CAT qualification involves completing 9 exams, three of which you will have completed as part of the Diploma in Accounting in Business, and one year’s relevant work experience.

AWARD

• Diploma in Accounting & Business

Department(s)

• Organisation and Professional Development