Certified Accountancy (ACCA)

ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT (ACCA) The Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) is the largest and fastest growing global professional accountancy body. ACCA was founded in 1904 and has been recognised and respected across the world. Currently it has nearly 300,000 students and members in 160 countries. Whatever your background, ACCA will furnish you with the thorough knowledge of both accounting and management, addressing your individual needs and goals in an ongoing partnership, which is designed to last throughout your career. This qualification enables you to become a Chartered Certified Accountant, use the designatory letters ACCA, and work in public practice, industry, commerce and the public sector. Students studying for their ACCA qualification are eligible to obtain a BSc Honours Degree in Applied Accounting from the Oxford Brookes University. To be eligible for the award of the degree, you need to complete parts 1 and 2 of ACCA examinations and then to submit a research and development project for assessment. SYLLABUS Part I 1.1 Preparing Financial Statements 1.2 Financial Information for Management 1.3Managing People Part II 2.1 Information Systems 2.2 Corporate and Business Law 2.3Business Taxation 2.4 Financial Management and Control 2.5 Financial Reporting 2.6 Audit and Internal Review Part III 3.1 Audit and Assurance Services 3.2 Advanced Taxation 3.3 Performance Management 3.4 Business Information Management Part III (Core) 3.5 Strategic Business Planning and Development 3.6 Advanced Corporate Reporting 3.7 Strategic Financial Management

EXAMINATION RULES A maximum of 10 years is allowed for students to complete all examination papers from the date of registration · Pass mark for all examinations is 50%. · There are two examination sessions per year - one in June and one in December. · A maximum of 4 papers can be taken in a single examination session, but papers must be taken in order. · Examinations passed in Parts 1, 2 and the Part 3 Optional Papers can be retained, to prevent unnecessary re-taking of examinations. · Part 1 Papers must be completed before Part 3 Papers are attempted. · At least one optional paper in Part 3 must be completed before the Core Papers are attempted. · All the three Core Papers - 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 - must be sat and passed in the same examination session. If student has passed two of these papers and the marks in the third is in the range of 30%-49%, students will be given conditional passes in the two papers and the third paper must be passed within the next two consecutive examination sessions.