Course details

The Higher Diploma in Business in Accounting is a taught programme aimed at preparing graduates for entry into the accounting profession.

The programme is designed for non-accounting graduates interested in pursuing a career in accountancy through professional qualifications, with graduates of this programme exempted from a significant number of professional accounting bodies’ exams.

The programme is intensive, with an emphasis on self-directed learning, but with excellent teaching staff and a low staff to student ratio. The small class sizes offer the opportunity of greater learning from lecturers and fellow students in an exciting and stimulating environment.

Modules

The subjects comprising the programme focus on core topics faced by accountants, and are pided into twelve 5-credit modules, listed below. All modules are 100% assessed through a final 2-hour examination and, in line with many professional accounting bodies’ exams, the pass mark has been set at 50%. There is no provision for compensation between modules.

Outline

Semester 1

  • Financial accounting (x2)
  • Business finance

Semester 2

  • Financial reporting
  • Corporate & capital gains taxes and VAT
  • Applied finance

Semester 3

  • Management accounting
  • Personal income tax
  • Law

Semester 4

  • Management accounting (x2)
  • Company law

Entry Requirements

  • The standard minimum entry requirement is an Irish level 8, honours Bachelors degree, second class, grade 1, in a non-accounting field (or equivalent).
  • Applicants whose first language is not English must submit evidence of competency in English.
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Waterford Institute of Technology

We_They is a university-level institution in the South-East of Ireland with over 10,000 students and 1,000 staff.

We_They offers tuition and research programmes in various areas from Higher Certificate to Degree to PhD.

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We_They is the major provider of higher education in the South East region of Ireland and one of the largest IOT's in Ireland. The Institute's range and scope reflect the changing needs of the southeast as well as the country as a whole. The range of academic programmes is exceptionally extensive, ranging from Higher Certificate right through to post-doctoral research and covering the Humanities, Health and Nursing, Science and Informatics, Engineering and Architecture, Business and Education. 

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