BA (Hons) Accounting (BAA-PT)

Course Registration No. 251830(3)

University Partner: University of Bedfordshire

Duration
Can be completed in 12-18 months

Medium of Instruction
English

Honours Award
Honours in the degree will be awarded based on the total mark of all courses in accordance with the University's course regulations.

Programme Excellence

  • Gain skills and knowledge to enter any branch of accounting, including financial accounting operations, management accounting, auditing, taxation or financial management; or general business management
  • Explore contemporary issues in accounting through your supervised research dissertation – ensuring your knowledge is up to date
  • Benefit from a programme that offers the ACCA paper exemptions at undergraduate level
  • According to National Student Survey 2016, 92% satisfied with the learning resources of the accounting course

Teaching Mode

  • Face-to-face tuition in Hong Kong
  • Each semester is a 6-month period covering 2 courses of study
  • Each course is providing with 66 hours of seminars after office hours in the evenings, weekends and public holidays (Except for Advances in Accounting)

Assessment Method

Each module, except "Specialist Project in Accounting*", will be assessed through examination and in-class assessment.

*Specialist Project in Accounting" will be assessed through a combination of written assignments and/ or projects.

It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead.


Price
HK$ 1

Exemptions could be given to diploma holders 

Personal Development and Employability
Data Analysis for Finance and Economics
Corporate and Business Law
Social and Environmental Reporting

   
Level 5
1 ½ years in part-time
Management Accounting* (30 credits)
Taxation* (30 credits)
Level 6
1 year in part-time
Audit and Assurance (30 credits)
Financial Management (30 credits)
Financial Reporting (30 credits)
Specialist Project in Accounting (30 credits)

*All exemptions are subject to the decisions of students previous studies.

^Please note that courses and programme intakes shall be offered subject to satisfactory enrolment and solely at the discretion of the University

Programme Start Date
Apr / Oct 

Entry Requirement

  • Diploma in any discipline or with equivalent qualifications; and
  • English language proficiency requirement
    • Possess a diploma from a recognised institution where English is the sole medium of instruction, or
    • IELTS score of 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each band or above; or equivalent

- Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis

- Exemptions could be given to accounting diploma holders and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis

The University of Bedfordshire is an internationally recognised award winning institution with an excellent academic and teaching reputation. It appears in the Times Higher Education World University rankings and was also ranked as one of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old in the Young University rankings.

The University recently celebrated a Silver award in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and came sixth in the UK in the People and Planet University Green League. It has high levels of student satisfaction and good graduate employment levels, rising 16 places in the last National Student Satisfaction (NSS) survey.

Bedfordshire is renowned for its vibrant and cosmopolitan student population that includes more than 20,000 students from over 100 countries. It is a modern university that offers a wide range of degree courses that are tailored to meet the needs of its students, providing them with transformational opportunities through access to an excellent educational experience.

University in Excellence 

  • Silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 
  • Commended by the QAA for the high quality and standards of higher education provision (QAA 2015) 
  • Top 250 University under 50 years old (THE 2020) 
  • 8th in the country in the University Green League (People and Planet 2019) -People and Planet University Green League 
  • Bronze Award for start-up and business growth advice