Hi

I'm new in this forum and stumble upon it when i was searching for more info on TUC's BA in Accounting & Finance in collaboration with UWE. i have a few questions regarding this course and would greatly appreciate it if any of you guys could help shed some light on this.

I am actually an accounting diploma holder and interested to study for a degree. I also have a 3-year experience working in a multinational oil and gas company. Now, my question is what's the max. exemption for a diploma holder + mature students? Is It possible for me to be exempted from year 1 and 2 and straight away enroll into year 3? Another course that I am interested in enrolling is Help UC BA in Accounting and Finance in coll with UEL. But I'd like to see what other options is available for me, plus Taylor's is nearer to home. Some of my friends with the same diploma as me straight away enroll into UEL course immediately after their diploma and got a 2-year exemptions so they only enroll into year 3.

I am not planning to apply for any study loans as my EPF account is sufficient enough to pay for a-year fees provided I enroll into year 3. Reason why I'd like to study for a degree instead of going to ACCA straight away is because I am currently taking a career break and studying for a degree would be the wisest choice at the moment not only in-terms of my short-term career progression but also beneficial in a way that it gives me an additional qualification and exemptions into ACCA. I do have a plan to study for ACCA later as my long term goal but right now I have loads of commitment to fulfill so it is not be possible to do it full-time, though I must admit that taking ACCA would be a more cost effective option. Currently, if i were to study for ACCA, I am exempted from all papers in part 1 (knowledge level) and 3 papers from part 2 (skill level) so that leaves me with 8 more papers to go.

So if there were any of you guys who actually did enroll into year 3, I hope u could share some of your experience with me. Thanks.

Hi Hikari,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I will drop by at Taylor's one of these days to get more info on this.

Hi Nicky,

yes, i do agree with what you have pointed out and most of the subjects you mentioned in the year 2 syllabus of the UWE degree programme have been covered in year 2 and 3 of my diploma. As for the ACCA F-level, i only need to sit for F7, F8 and F9 based on my current qualification and this i believe was due to the missing bits that should have been covered by some of those year 3 subjects you mentioned in the degree programme.

Well, studying for the degree may not be the best possible options as compared to having an ACCA which would make you the definite choice of the employers. But as i have mentioned earlier, my career is on the rise and having a degree would definitely has it's advantages at least for now. Of course, provided that i could finish it in 1 year as i can't be leaving my job for long. If everything goes well, i could be doing my part 3 ACCA later-on on a part-time basis. But if worse comes to worse, i might just resort to plan B i.e. continue with ACCA straight away instead.

This post has been edited by MsZee: Aug 11 2010, 05:04 AM

Actually UWE is not the only course that's on my radar. My first choice is actually to go into UEL course at Help as they are known to have been taken students with my diploma with full exemptions from year 1 and 2 subjects. But of course, UEL's Audit subject is in their year 3 syllabus where as UWE's is in their year 2 (both are optional papers) so the placing of the subjects could be the reason with regards to the modules exempted at degree level. But really, I don't mind not getting into the UWE course as time is of the essence for me right now and I don't plan to study another 2 years to get a degree, i might just go to Help or drop the whole degree idea altogether and go for ACCA instead. I am merely looking into other options preferably those closer to home and that took me to consider courses from Taylor's, Sunway, SEGi etc. Afterall, most (but not all) accounting and/or finance based degrees could earn you up to full f-level papers exemption from ACCA. But I'll go see their counselors anyway just to check on the modules i could gain exemptions on, it won't hurt to try and who knows i'll be in for a little surprise.

This post has been edited by MsZee: Aug 12 2010, 05:01 AM