HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING STUDIES

The general aim of this Programme is to provide professional accounting education to students who intend to pursue their careers as professionalaccountants.  Students are prepared to take professional accounting examinations such as the Hong Kong Society of Accountants (HKSA) Examination, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Examination, the Association of International Accountants (AIA) Examination and the Hong Kong Association of Accounting Technicians (HKAAT) Examination.  The Programme, with a practical vocational orientation, enables students to assume support roles in the areas of accounting, auditing and taxation.  The curriculum combines business-related core courses and elements of General Education to help students develop a holistic personality.  The level of knowledge and skills acquired would allow them to further their studies and to advance to professional and managerial positions.

CAREER PROSPECTS

The Programme is designed to equip students with the professional capacity for career development in assuming the roles of accountants, auditors, financial controllers or tax consultants.  Fresh graduates of the Programme are usually employed in the industrial and commercial sectors and assume support roles, performing operative work in the areas of accounting, auditing and taxation.  In recent years, an increasing number of graduates chose to further their studies at degree level.  With the enhancement of their experience and the further acquisition of academic and/or professional qualifications, they can take up positions at the supervisory or managerial level.

ACCREDITATION AND EXEMPTION

The Professional Diploma Programme in Accounting Studies previously offered by the College until the academic year 1997-98 has been accredited by a number of tertiary institutions in Australia, UK and the USA.  On the basis of the institutional credit transfer arrangements, graduates of the Professional Diploma in Accounting Studies Programme have been eligible for completion of the corresponding on-campus Bachelor degree programmes within one or two years.

Locally, the Open University of Hong Kong has accredited the Professional Diploma in Accounting Studies Programme and awarded block credits to its graduates towards completion of the University’s undergraduate degree in a related discipline of study.

The curriculum of the Higher Diploma in Accounting Studies Programme is currently under review for quality assurance and enhancement purposes.  The College is confident that the newly revised curriculum will experience no difficulty in securing the same accreditation status as has been accorded by the overseas and local tertiary institutions in the past.

TOP-UP DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Graduates of this Programme are also provided with the opportunity to upgrade their Diploma to a Bachelor’s Degree through part-time study in Hong Kong.  They have the option to enroll in one of the two top-up Degree programmes offered in Hong Kong, namely, the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) by Charles Sturt University, Australia, and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Administration by the University of Huddersfield, UK.  They can complete either one of the two programmes within a minimum period of two years.

CORE AND OTHER REQUIRED COURSES

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