The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Course Structure

CAMS offers the ACCA course over two and a half years.

Students may apply for exemptions for certain papers. Any application for exemption must be made to ACCA.

Students may study a maximum of four papers each year, and a minimum of two papers each year.

Business English classes are offered in conjunction with the ACCA course and are compulsory for first year students.

The ACCA Syllabus

The ACCA syllabus consists of 14 papers divided into four levels:

Knowledge - 3 papers

Skills – 6 papers

Essentials – 3 papers

Options – 2 papers from 4

Knowledge

F1    AB      Accountant in Business

F2    MA     Management Accounting

F4    CL     Corporate and Business Law

F5    PM     Performance Management

F6    TX     Taxation

F7    FR      Financial Reporting (UK or International)

F8    AA     Audit & Assurance (UK or International)

F9    FM     Financial Management

Essentials

P1    PA    Professional Accountant

P2    CR    Corporate Reporting (UK or International)

P3    BA    Business Analysis

Options Choose any 2 from 4

P4    AFM   Advanced Financial Management

P5    APM  Advanced Performance Management

P6    ATX  Advanced Taxation

Exam Regulations

• All modules must be sat in order
• Maximum of four papers to be taken in one sitting
• Papers within a module may be sat in any order but ACCA recommends that they should be sat in numerical order.
• Papers from a variety of levels may be sat at any one time. i.e. Knowledge and Skills or Skills and Essentials.
• The three Essentials papers do not have to be sat together
• Students have 10 years to pass all the examinations.
• The pass mark for all examinations is 50%
• In addition to the above 14 papers, students are required to study and sit an on-line module in Professional ethics. It is recommended that this is studied at the same time as P1
• Practical experience required

There are several ACCA entry routes :

Professional Examination Route

Minimum Entry requirements to register for the ACCA qualification, starting at the Knowledge level, are two A Levels plus 3 GCSEs in five separate subjects (including English and Mathematics), or the equivalent. Those students in possession of higher qualifications may be eligible for exemptions from some of the ACCA examinations.

Mature Student Entry Route

The mature student entry route is for students aged over 21 years, who do not hold the minimum entry qualifications. This route allows students to enter the programme under the condition that they pass papers F2 & F3 at the Knowledge level within two years (a maximum of 4 consecutive attempts) first prior to proceeding to the next papers.

Exemptions for Degree Holders

Holders of recognised business and/or accounting degrees will be considered for exemption from some or all of the papers in Knowledge & Skills levels, if they have previously studied and been assessed in comparable subject areas. Students with non-relevant degrees will not receive exemption from the examinations.
We advise you to check your starting point with ACCA before you enrol on the course.

Exemption Application Deadlines:

• By 31 July – for December exams
• By 31 December – for June exams

CAMS Fees

Year 1- Total fee £3,300.

ACCA tuition fee- £2,500

Compulsory Business English Classes- £800

Year 2- Total Fee £2,500

ACCA Tuition Fee £2,500

(Students have the option to continue attending Business English classes at the reduced cost of £200 for the year.)

ACCA Fees

Annual subscription fee is due and payable on 1 January each year you wish to remain an active student. Remember you can pay your fees online at myACCA .

Students who fail to pay fees when due, will have their names removed from the ACCA register. Students wishing to re-register are now required to submit any amounts unpaid at the time of their removal in addition to the re-registration fee.

Your first annual affiliate or member payment needs to be made by 1 January following the date on which you received your final exam results. Affiliates are entitled to pay a reduced affiliate subscription for up to three years.

Affiliates, on being admitted to membership, are required to make a one-off payment for admission to membership. This fee covers the administration involved in assessing membership applications and is totally separate from the subscription fee.

Payment can be made online by credit or debit card by logging on to myACCA .

Payment can also be made by:

• Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Switch and Solo
• Sterling cheque valid in the UK

Practical Experience Requirement (PER)

In order to become an ACCA-qualified accountant you will need to complete the practical experience requirement (PER) as well as passing your exams and the professional ethics module.

The PER provides a framework for ACCA trainees to gain this knowledge and ability. It does this by setting you a range of performance objectives to achieve and ensuring you gain enough experience in one or more relevant roles, demonstrating that you have the abilities and maturity required to become a member - making you a more valuable employee.

To begin achieving your PER, you need to be working in an accounting or finance-related role.

There are four components to your PER:

• completing three-years' employment in an accounting or finance-related role(s)
• achieving the nine Essentials and any four Options performance objectives to the satisfaction of your workplace mentor
• recording and reporting your PER progress through the trainee development matrix (TDM)
• making a PER return each year.

Gaining a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Oxford Brookes University has been voted the best modern university in the Sunday Times Good University Guide for seven years in succession.

Oxford Brookes University has degree awarding power, granted by Royal Charter.

The School's reputation has also been recognised through the award of a national, multi-million-pound Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, which has developed a new learning centre on campus with the latest technology to support learning in a café-style environment.

Eligibility

To be awarded the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University you must :

• be registered with Oxford Brookes University ie opted-in to the BSc degree scheme before passing any of the three ACCA Fundamentals papers, F7, F8 and F9
• pass the three ACCA Fundamentals papers F7, F8 and F9 and pass other papers as required to successfully complete all nine Fundamentals level papers
• complete the ACCA Professional Ethics module
  • to submit your Research and Analysis Project in the May submission period this must be completed by 15 April of the same year
  • to submit your Research and Analysis Project in the November submission period this must be completed by 15 October of the same year
• complete and pass the Oxford Brookes University Research and Analysis Project

The degree must be completed within 10 years of your initial registration onto ACCA’s professional qualification otherwise your eligibility will be withdrawn.

If you are unsure on your eligibility for the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting degree, then you should firstly refer to myACCA which will tell you whether or not you have opted in to the degree scheme and whether or not you are eligible.

If you wish to enquire about your eligibility to complete the BSc degree, please contact ACCA Connect. Please include your ACCA student registration number in any correspondence.

ACCA exam conversion arrangements