Venues

Inverness Campus

Content

This 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.

Mandatory units are:
Cost accounting; Graded unit 1: accounting ; Management accounting using IT; Preparing financial statements; Recording financial information; Using financial accounting software.

Optional units may include:
Business accounting; Business communication; Business contractual relationships; Business law: an introduction; Company law: an introduction; Creating a culture of customer care; Economic issues: an introduction; IT in Business: spreadsheets; Managing people and organisations; Marketing: an introduction; Payroll; Personal development planning; Personal enterprise skills; Project management; Research skills; Statistics for business.

Please note that option units available vary depending on study location, for more information contact your chosen campus.

Entry Requirements

1 Higher, preferably in a maths based subject, or Foundation Apprenticeship in Accountancy, Business Skills or Financial Services, or relevant national qualification at SCQF Level 6.

Progression Routes

HND Accounting