Many accounting students have progressed onto Accounting Trainee positions withlocal accounting firms leading to fully qualified Accountant status. The accounting department has very close links with the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
The course deals with the basic bookkeeping systems and aims to develop an appreciation of the limitations of accounting. Students will examine financial and management accounting and their impact on final accounts.
Accounting helps students develop a number of skills:
• Organisation and assessment of data • Investigation and analysis • Effective communication • Team working to achieve results •Working on your own initiative • Methodical and critical thinking.
Students who take accounting often also take Business Studies, Economics and Mathematics. But Accounting also supports other studies, particularly Arts and Sciences. After these studies you might end up being self-employed or managing a department for an organisation.
AS and A2.
General college entry
requirements. In addition, you will need at least GCSE grade C in Maths.
The course goes well with
most subject areas and students studying
AS/A2 Business Studies will find it beneficial.