The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Course Structure
Understanding the ACCA course is the first segment of the entire ACCA registration process. The ACCA course is extensive and rigorous and is divided into the following three stages:
Stage One: Knowledge Level
The first stage is called the foundation level and is about applied knowledge. Here, the primary emphasis is on establishing a strong foundation in core accounting subjects among students, which consists of the following two subjects:
- Business and Technology or BT
- Management Accounting or MA
Stage Two: Skill Level
The second stage, Applied Skills, is more demanding than the first. The eligibility requirements for appearing in it are simple: you must have cleared the previous stage. comprising six subjects designed to enhance students' accounting skills
- Business and Business Law or LW
- Performance Management or PM
- Tax or TX
- Financial Reporting or FR
- Audit and Assurance or AA
- Financial Management or FM
Stage Three: Professional Level
The third and final stage of the course is called strategic professional and comprises four subjects, two optional and two compulsory. Students have four choices when selecting the optional subjects.
The Compulsory Subjects:
- Strategic Business Leader or SBL
- Strategic Business Reporting or SBR
The Optional Subjects:
You have to choose any 2 among these 4 subjects:
- Advanced Financial Management or AFM
- Advanced Performance Management or APM
- Advanced Tax or ATX
- Advanced Research and Assurance or AAA
