Business and Accounting - Foundation Degree (FdA) Higher Education

Business and Accounting Foundation Degree (FdA) Location Start Date Day Time Fees Duration Leamington Sep-2016 Various TBA see below 2Year(s) What will I study?

This innovative full-time foundation degree offers students the opportunity to not only study for a degree but also gain a professional accounting qualification with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). This course also offers students the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience within an accounting environment of at least 10 weeks over the two years.

The programme content has been designed in collaboration with local employers to meet their knowledge and skills requirements. The programme fully integrates work-based learning with academic study. Accounting subjects include Principles of Accounting, Costing for Performance, The Enterprising Accountant. Students will develop a high level of business and accounting expertise whilst learning how to research, analyse, and synthesise information in order to identify and solve problems. 

Warwickshire College was granted Foundation degree awarding powers by Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in September 2014 reflecting the very high confidence placed in us by independent higher education assessors after a year-long detailed scrutiny. FdA Business and Accounting is one of the first of our new awards following a successful approval during 2015. The highly experienced team at Leamington have been delivering Business Foundation degrees, awarded by partner universities, since 2007 and have had the pleasure of seeing many graduates progress to wide range of jobs, higher degrees and other successful positions.

What modules are covered?

Modules will cover the following indicative content

Level 4:
· Developing Professional Practice 
· Introduction to Business Operations and Activities
· Exploring Customer Service
· Principles of Business
· Principles of Accounting
· Costing for Performance
· The Enterprising Accountant

· Academic Study Skills and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Level 5:
· Business Accounting
· Human Resource Management
· Principles of Marketing
· Investigating Technology in Business
· Work-Based Project
· Professional Competence
· Financial Operations

What qualifications will I get?

FdA Business and Accounting

How will I be assessed?

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT:
Assessment methods are diverse and include essays, problem based assignments, work-based projects requiring oral and written reports, individual exercises, experimental work and work-based assignments. You will also be required to undertake 400 hours or 10 weeks of work placement within the two years.

What is the entry process?

HOW TO APPLY:
Full time applicants should be made through UCAS
Institution code : W25
Course code: N400

What are the entry requirements?

Minimum qualifications: Full level 3

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants will normally be expected to have 120 UCAS tariff points, this is equivalent to:
• BTEC National Certificate or Diploma in relevant subject
• One A Level at C in a relevant subject
• Kite-marked Access to HE

Students are expected to have Maths and English at grade C or equivalent The college welcomes applications from students with relevant work experience who do not have the formal academic qualifications and who have been working within the event management sector for at least two years. All applicants will be assessed on individual experience and Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning will be considered.

What else do I need to know?

START DATES AND MODES OF ATTENDANCE:
Mode of attendance is full time, with attendance at College for two/three days per week.

Fees and Bursaries
For information on fees for these courses, please contact us or go to our fees page on the website:  HE fees and support information. Most students will pay nothing upfront for their course. For information on government loans and grants available for HE study, please visit the   Student Finance England website. Please note that applicants who already hold a higher education qualification may not be eligible for support and should enquire for further details. Different fees apply to international students. If you think this might apply to you then please enquire at Student Services for more details.

Further information
Warwickshire College welcomes all students and will always aim to make reasonable adjustments to meet any specific needs or difficulties. In exceptional circumstances, the Learning Outcomes of some courses may mean that such adjustments are not possible and the college cannot guarantee that every requirement can be supported. Failure to disclose specific needs or difficulties to the college at an early stage in your application may delay the college in its ability to make reasonable adjustments or may prevent them altogether. Please discuss your individual circumstances with the admissions tutor as early as possible.

What can I do after this course?

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
You can consider employment opportunities in any environment that utilises accountancy skills.

FURTHER PROGRESSION ROUTES:
This course will provide students with access to jobs in business or accounting. FdA graduates can top-up to an honours degree in Business, Strategy and Management at Warwickshire College, professional accounting qualifications or another institution offering top up degrees in management.

Got a question about this course?

Call: 0300 45 600 49 or email us nowUCAS code

N400

We make every effort to ensure that these course details are accurate. Warwickshire College reserves the right to make alterations. Fees may be indicative at the time of publishing.

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