Accounting - Fast Track A Level

You will learn the fundamentals of record-keeping and the purposes, techniques and consequences of effective financial accounting.

Accounting helps businesses in the measuring, monitoring and planning of their operations. People skilled in accounting should be able to tell whether or not the business is performing well financially, the strengths and weaknesses of the business and to communicate their results to the owners of the business. Accounting is about recording, classifying and summarising data. A certain grade of judgement and good analysis and accounting techniques are very important.

Syllabus

Module 1 - Introduction to Financial Accounting

Module 1 - Introduction to Financial Accounting

Lesson 1: Purposes of Accounting
Lesson 2: Accounting records
Lesson 3: Verification of accounting records
Lesson 4: Final Accounts

Module 2 - Financial and Management Accounting

Lesson 5: Types of business organisation
Lesson 6: Accounting concepts
Lesson 7: Final Accounts. Further aspects
Lesson 8: Analysis of performance
Lesson 9: Introduction to budgeting
Lesson 10: The impact of ICT in accounting

Module 3 - Further Aspects of Financial Accounting

Lesson 11: Stock valuation
Lesson 12: Incomplete records
Lesson 13: Sources of finance
Lesson 14: Accounting standards
Lesson 15: Published accounts
Lesson 16: Partnership accounts

Module 4 - Further Aspects of Management Accounting

Lesson 17: Manufacturing accounts
Lesson 18: Costing
Lesson 19: Capital Investment Appraisal
Lesson 20: Budgeting: further considerations
Lesson 21: Social accounting

The course covers all the content of the AQA AS Accounting course 2120. You can find the full syllabus for this course at www.aqa.org.uk

The course covers all the content of the AQA A2 Accounting course 2120. You can find the full syllabus for this course at www.aqa.org.uk

Qualifications

Qualification: AS/A2 - A level in Accounting

Both AS and A2 level courses and examinations must be successfully completed to gain a full A level. Specification: AQA (Full A Level) 2120, AQA (AS) 1121 and AQA (A2) 2121

Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Study Options

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Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 300.3 hrs.