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Overview
This course provides an introduction to both Financial and Management Accounting and gives sufficient training in accounting procedures and techniques to enable you to progress further academically or to be equipped sufficiently for clerical level types of employment in an accounting environment.
Further details of the topics covered are provided in the section “What you Study” below.
You'll be assessed continuously throughout this course with the assessments taking the form of practical assessments, assignment and case studies. There is no final examination.
You'll undertake a programme of guidance activities designed to help you make the most of your qualification and college experience.
You'll be required to attend college on 4 days every week from 9am to 5pm from January to June.
This course is placed on the Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework at Level 5.
Minimum entry requirements
- Two National 4 and One National 5 qualification at Grade C or above in relevant* subjects; OR
- Other equivalent qualifications or experience, where verifiable evidence has been provided such as qualification certificates or employer references.
* Relevant subjects cannot include any from the following list: Art and Design, Design and Manufacture, Drama, Graphic Communications, Woodwork, Health and Food Technology, Languages, Music, Media, Photography and Physical Education.
Applicants whose first language is not English should have minimum SQA ESOL National 5 or equivalent for NC/NQ courses and ESOL Higher or equivalent for HNC/D courses.
Additional selection requirements
- You may be invited to attend an interview.
What you study
- Preparing Financial Accounting Information.
- Preparing Management Accounting Information.
- Analysing Accounting Information.
- Handling Wages and Salaries.
- Computer Applications: Accounting.
- Developing Skills for Employment.
- Management Accounting Systems.
- Preparing Accounts for Partnerships and Not for Profit Organisations.
- Preparing Accounts for Limited Companies.
- Consumer Protection Legislation in Scotland.
- Recording Cash Transactions.
- Recording Transactions in the Ledger.
After the course
Clerical level types of employment in an accounting environment.
Continuing Study
You can progress to any business-related HNC programme on successful completion of this course (with the exception of HNC Business).
How the course is taught
This course is classroom-based and attendance is vital or important content will be missed. Students are timetabled for approximately 19 hours a week, over 4 days. An additional 16 hours should be allowed for studying out with class time in order to be successful.
You will complete practical assignments based on a variety of case studies. There will also be an element of report writing to demonstrate your ability to explain and analyse financial information.
Resources are provided to enable you to revise classroom learning in your own time.
You will be required to use IT to complete some of the units. You should have a basic level of IT ability in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.