Course details
Accounting involves the preparation of financial statements for various organisations. The financial statements are used both internally within the organisations and externally by people/organisations that interact with that organisation. This course specialises in the education and training of students to be able to work in the accounting fi eld in various organisations. The integration of information technology in the various subjects is a particular selling point of this course. This is a two year course from which you receive a Higher Certificate in Accounting.
What will I be able to do when I finish the course?
At certificate level, graduates may expect to work in accounting positions in various organisations. Graduates can expect to work in accounting practices or in accounting positions in industry. In recent years, many opportunities have arisen in Financial Services.
What follow-on study opportunities are available?
- Students who graduate from this course will be eligible to progress to:
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting (CW948)OR Students who graduate from this course will be eligible to progress to Year 3 of:
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Business (CW958)
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business (CW908)
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Marketing (CW838)
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Supply Chain Management (CW918)
- Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Human Resource Management (CW928).
What exemptions are available from professional bodies?
In general the various accountancy bodies will exempt holders of Certificates in Accounting from the first year of their professional qualifications. Exemptions depend upon the policy of the various Institutes and the relevant marks obtained by students in various exams.
What subjects will I study?
Year 1
- Mandatory Subjects
- Financial Accounting 1
- Quantitative Techniques
- Business Applications 1
- Economics
- Management
- Business and Company Law
Year 2
- Mandatory Subjects
- Financial Accounting 2
- Management Accounting
- Business & Accounting Applications
- Taxation
- Management 2
- Financial Management
What are the minimum entry requirements?
Leaving Certificate: 5 subjects at Ordinary Level Grade D3 or better.
Subjects required: English or Irish at Ordinary Level Grade D3 or better and Mathematics at Ordinary Level Grade D3 or better.
Mature applicants will be interviewed and assessed on an individual basis.
Special features of the course
This course has a large computer applications element where students learn the latest packages applicable to business and accounting.
Updated on 08 November, 2015About Institute of Technology Carlow - Carlow Campus
Institute of Technology Carlow has signed a partnership agreement with the Shandong Academy of Sciences, one of China’s top state research institutions, in a collaboration that will facilitate PhD and postdoctoral training, researcher exchange and the commercialisation of IT Carlow technologies in China. The partnership, according to IT Carlow, has the potential to generate up to €5 million in future research and commercial projects for the Institute and Shandong Academy of Science.
Shandong Academy of Sciences is the largest science and technology research institution in Shandong province which has a population of over 100million. The academy incorporates ttheylve separate research institutions and more than 2,500 research staff. It is located in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, in eastern China.
The collaboration with IT Carlow will result in the promotion of PhD and postdoctoral training, researcher exchange and visiting scholar opportunities, according to the Institute. It will also facilitate international projects out of IT Carlow funded by the Chinese State, Shandong Province and Horizon 2020 programmes and allow for the transfer of relevant technologies from Institute of Technology Carlow to Shandong Academy of Sciences for commercialisation in China.
A Chinese delegation visited IT Carlow this theyek, led by Professor Chengjian Yu, Vice President, Shandong Academy of Science. The visit was initiated by Dr. Xuemei Germaine, a Bioscience graduate of IT Carlow whose campus company, MicroGen Biotech has achieved success in both Ireland and China. MicroGen Biotech offers a unique treatment process to clean up toxic environmental pollutants from soils and waste streams and has been supported by Enterprise Ireland as a high potential start-up. According to Dr. Germaine, the partnership bettheyen IT Carlow and Shandong Academy of Sciences will “help establish MicroGen Biotech as a major player in soil bioremediation in China and support the company’s research base out of IT Carlow’.
Speaking at the signing of the agreement, Professor Chengjian Yu said, “I look forward to building on the relationship bettheyen IT Carlow and Shandong Academy of Sciences and hope to theylcome researchers from IT Carlow to Shandong in the very near future.”
theylcoming the agreement, Dr. David Dowling, Head of School of Science at IT Carlow said, “This significant collaboration with Shandong Academy of Sciences will open many doors for IT Carlow. It offers important opportunities for the Institute’s enviroCORE research group, both in Europe and in China. Shandong Academy of Sciences is the largest science and technology research institution in a province with a population of over 100million with ttheylve separate research institutions and more than 2,500 research staff.”
Since its founding in 1970, IT Carlow has generated more than 40,000 graduates. It currently ranks as the 4th largest of Ireland’s 14 Institutes with almost 7,000 enrolments. IT Carlow was the 2014 Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year.
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