N5FY Accounting with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Skills and experience gained Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to: Assess the purpose of accounting systems in the UK and more widely, and the contexts in which they operate. Analyse the essential principles and practices of accounting activity using the appropriate technical language to achieve this. Apply accounting principles to the processing of transactions and other economic events and prepare financial statements complying with relevant regulatory requirements. Analyse the operations of a business selecting appropriate techniques and synthesising usable outcomes. Evaluate the role of accounting in different contexts using relevant theoretical perspectives. After the course Students completing the programme will have the skills and the knowledge to enter any branch of Accounting. This might include financial accounting operations, management accounting, auditing, taxation or financial management. Whilst the course curriculum is designed with further ACCA study in mind, the course will provide an excellent platform for any further professional study in the area of Accounting and Finance (for example the Chartered Insurance Institute will give exemption for students passing Financial Accounting and Taxation). Students wishing to enter general business management will also find that a degree in Accounting will enable them to understand much of the operations of business.