Accounting

Get an introduction to core accounting and finance topics with our 1-year Accounting Cert HE courses, equivalent to the first year of a degree. Examine the contemporary business environment and get to grips with the opportunities and challenges businesses face. Study the fundamentals of financial and management accounting. Look at accounting methods and how financial information is used to make business decisions. 
Develop skills in financial reporting and learn how to use the latest industry-standard accounting information systems. Gain an understanding of law and regulations, ethics, governance, and data protection.

If you’re looking for an accounting course in Manchester, check out our 1-year Accounting Cert HE and unlock your potential at UA92.

This 1-year course is the perfect stepping stone to a full accounting and finance degree. If you pass the Cert HE successfully, you will automatically be eligible to progress to the second year of the 3-year degree programme. If you choose to leave after the 1-year Cert HE, you’ll walk away with a valuable level 4 qualification which will support your job applications in the sector. The financial services sector offers many exciting career paths, and you might choose to pursue a role in public accounting, corporate finance, management consulting, government agencies or non-for-profit organisations.

Alongside your course modules, you will engage with the 92 Programme, which is built into every degree and tailored to each subject area.

Engaging with the 92 Programme is a requirement for all students and will count towards your overall grade.

Through taught sessions, immersive experiences and coaching, you will build confidence, resilience, wellness, self-reflection and professionalism, skills designed to support your future success.

Our Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) accreditations are currently under review. We are updating these to ensure our programmes carry the maximum possible exemptions for students. We will publish the latest accreditation information here as soon as it is confirmed. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact our Student Futures Team.

Level 4 Modules

Business and Technology

You’ll get to grips with the basic concepts required for effective business management, understand the critical role accounting and finance professionals play in achieving ethical and efficient practices and develop knowledge in key areas such as law and regulations, governance and data protection.

Economics for Business

You will study the basic principles of the Macro and Micro-environment, the effects of government intervention on the market, supply and demand, and market outcomes.

Introduction to Financial Accounting

You will gain an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of financial accounting, the elements that make up financial statements, and how they are prepared.

Introduction to Management Accounting

In this module you will gain an understanding of the financial and managerial concepts required to enable managers to make better decisions, the purpose of applying costing techniques, as well as the role of budgets in decision-making and how this can impact organisational behavior and performance.

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