Course Description
AS Level, develops students knowledge and understanding of financial accounting and introduces them to some ways in which financial accounting can provide valuable information for measuring and monitoring business performance and for planning future business operations.
Students learn to develop their ability to produce adjustments, report on the performance of final accounts and balance sheets for sole traders as well as limited companies. Also their ability to demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of budgeting and preparing cash budgets.
A2 Level, develops knowledge and understanding of the purposes of accounting, its concepts and techniques and their development as well as an appreciation of the limitations of accounting.
It offers appreciation of the effects of economics, legal and technological changes on accounting, and of the social implications of accounting decisions.
A2 Level also covers the skills of communication, numeracy, presentation, analysis, interpretation, applications and evaluation of accounting information.
Benefits
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The qualification provides exemption for certain professional qualifications and NVQ assessment levels in some business areas.
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The course provides the underpinning knowledge and valuable experience for anymanagement role.
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The accounting profession offers a number of career opportunities, including
accountancy, management accountancy, industry and commerce, and the public sector.
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A qualification in Accounting has been identified as the most lucrative qualifications in terms of ‘lifetime earning’.
“The emphasis on
self-study the distance
learning involves is great
preparation for university
life” James Harrison,Ysgol
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