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Content

The HND Accounting is designed to prepare you for a career in accounting or financial administration.

The course covers a wide range of accounting concepts and provides you with an excellent grounding in the principles of financial and management accounting using manual and computerised approaches.

Year 1 content is the same as on the HNC.

Year 2 mandatory units are:
Accounting for specialised transactions; Business taxation; Financial reporting and analysis; Graded unit 2: accounting; Graded unit 3: accounting; Management accounting for decision-making; Management accounting for planning and control.

Optional units may include:
Behavioural skills for business; Corporate information systems; Economics 1: micro and macro theory and application; Economics 2: the world economy; Income tax; IT in Business: advanced spreadsheets; Office management; Statistics for business; Workplace experience (you are responsible for finding your own work placement).

Entry Requirements

2 Highers including a maths based subject.

Progression Routes

BA Hons Accounting and Finance