Introduction
Diploma in Accounting & Finance programme has been designed for those contemplating employment within the accountancy field. It is also suitable for those already in employment who seek to develop their Business, Accounting and Finance skills for career progression purposes.
Course Structure
Part 1
· Book-keeping
· Business Management & Administration
· Economics for Business Numeracy & Statistics
Part 2
· Accounting II
· Business Law
· Computer Appreciation & Applications
· Cost Accounting
Entry Requirements
· Five GCSEs at grades A, B or C (or equivalent)
· A suitable BTEC National Award
· Any qualification equivalent to one of the above
Programme Objectives
To provide employees and prospective accounting and finance students with a body of knowledge which will:
a) increase their employment opportunities
b) prepare them for careers in the field of accountancy and
c) provide them with a qualification which will enable them to progress to supervisory positions at a later stage in their careers.
Continuing Education
The Accounting programme will serve as an excellent route way for students who ultimately seek full professional status and will provide first class underpinning knowledge for the mainstream UK-based Accounting Bodies such as CIMA and ACCA. CIMA will give full exemption for all four of their current (1995 scheme) stage one examinations to candidates who have passed the eight subjects which now make up Parts 1 & 2 of the ICM Diploma in Accounting & Finance.
Main Recommended Texts Books
Finance & Accounting - R Giles (ICM) - Chapters 1-4, 5-16, 21, 22-25 and 40
Business Management & Administration - G Whitehead & G Whitehall (Institute of Commercial Management)
Economics: A background text – B Forster and G Whitehead (ICM)
Student Handbook for Economics: A background text – B Forster and G Whitehead (ICM)
Application of Number - B Gaulter & L Buchanan (Oxford University Press)
Frank Wood’s Business Accounting 1 - Wood & Sangster (Pitman)
Business Law, Keenan and Riches 8th Edition, Longmans.
Costing - T Lucey (Continuum) |