BA Honours in Accounting

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Programme Overview

CAO Code: NC006

If you’re interested in taking full-time accountancy courses, then this is the right degree for you. Accountancy is a rewarding and challenging career with opportunities in every type of industry. Accountants look behind the figures to help the organisation understand how they can grow and succeed. The BA (Honours) in Accounting course will provide you with the knowledge and skills for a career in accountancy, taxation, finance and related fields. This full-time accountancy course covers the essential elements of accounting and also helps you understand how accounting supports the wider business. The programme will give you a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of professional accountancy and will also give you communication and other skills which will benefit your career.

As a graduate of this accounting course you will:

• Understand the theory and practice of accounting.
• Develop your skills and knowledge in all areas of business.
• Be able to pursue a career in general management, accountancy, taxation or related fields.

Accounting Course Structure and Award

This course is a three year honours degree. The course is run over 6 semesters with continuous assessment held throughout the course and examinations at the end of each semester. The course has a common first year with most BA (Honours) Degrees in the School of Business. On completion you will receive a HETAC BA (Honours) Degree in Accounting at level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications.

Career Prospects

Graduates enter the business world at trainee accountant or junior manager level. Graduates from this course have gone on to work in all the major accountancy firms. The programme provides a fast track into the accountancy profession with significant exemptions from the professional accountancy body examinations.

Further Study Options

Upon successful completion of the BA (Honours) in Accounting, graduates can progress to postgraduate programmes at level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications or pursue a professional accountancy qualification.

Professional Recognition

Graduates may apply for substantial exemptions from all the major professional accounting and taxation bodies. These include:

• Chartered Accountants Ireland
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA)

Who is the Accounting Course for?

The course is for school leavers, mature students and graduates of FETAC level 5/6 programmes.

Entry Requirements

Minimum entry requirements are a grade C3 or above in two Higher level subjects, together with a D3 (Higher or Ordinary level) in four subjects. A minimum of grade D3 (Higher or Ordinary level) must be obtained in English & Mathematics. Mature applicants, applicants with a disability or those applying through the DARE or HEAR access schemes should consult our DARE and HEAR information page.

Programme Fee

This course qualifies under the Free Fees Initiative, Higher Education Grants Scheme and the VEC Scholarship Scheme.

Student Profile

Land Nika

The course gives you all the accounting and business skills you need. Everyone is supportive and the facilities are really good, particularly the library resources. I think because the college is smaller, there is great atmosphere and people help you along.

Fact File

Location	Duration	NFQ Level	Assessment
IFSC, Dublin 1	Three years, full-time	Level 8	End of semester exams Continuous Assessments

Modules

Module Descriptor information for this course.

Year 2
In Year 2 you choose two elective modules per semester in addition to core modules.

Semester 1 Electives:

• Service Learning 1
• Management Information Systems
• Auditing
• Services Marketing Management

Semester 2 Electives:

• Service Learning 2
• Introduction to Reward Management
• Enterprise, Health & Safety
• International Finance
• Essentials of Employment Law
• Industrial Relations

Year 3

In Year 3 you choose either Law and Governance or Project Management in semester 1 and two electives modules from the list below in semester 2

Or

An Undergraduate Dissertation over the two final year semesters.

Semester 2 Electives:

• Pensions
• e-Business
• Organisational Development
• International HRM
• European Comparative Industrial Relations
• Contemporary Issues in Reward Management

Elective choices are subject to student numbers, may include prerequisites and are subject to change.

Programme Modules

Year 1
Business Law	Financial Accounting
Human Resource Management	Macroeconomics
Marketing	MicroEconomics
Organisational Behaviour	Quantitative Analysis

Year 2
Auditing	Enterprise
Essentials of Employment Law	Financial Accounting 2
Health and Safety	Income and Capital Taxation
International Finance	Introduction to Income Taxation
Introduction to Industrial Relations	Introduction to Reward Management
Management Accounting	Management Information Systems
Service Learning	Service Learning: Community Based Project
Services Marketing Management

Year 3
Business Ethics
Business Ethics	Contemporary Issues in Reward Management
Corporate Governance	Dissertation
E-Business	European Comparative Industrial Relations
Financial Management	Financial Management 1
Financial Management 2	Financial Reporting
Financial Reporting 1	Financial Reporting 2
Financial Statement Analysis	Financial Statement Analysis
International HRM	Introduction to Strategy
Law & Governance	Management Accounting 2
Organisational Development	Pensions
Project Management	Strategic Management
Taxation 3	Taxation 4

Start Date

Monday 10th September 2012

Programme Location

IFSC Campus

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