BATHE Level 4 Diploma in Accounting

The BATHE Level 4 Diploma in Accounting has been designed to develop the essential understanding and skills needed to provide the awareness of the accountancy and tax regulatory environment, the operational requirements for the accounting and finance function and what is expected of a professional accountant.

The Level 4 Diploma in  Accounting and Business qualification is available as a 120-credit. The qualifications are graded Pass, Merit or Distinction

• Financial Accounting
• Budgetary Control
• Cost and Management Accounting
• Personal Taxation
• Business Environment
• Law for Accounting

• To understand and apply the principles of accounting and finance in a business environment
• Review and apply the principles of accounting within industry
• To understand and apply the principles of accounting and finance in a specific environment
• To improve the employability of learners by allowing them to explore the relationship between theories and their practical application in the business world.
• Analyse problem solving techniques specific to business and industry
• Select, collate, review and analyse information form a wide range of sources
• Work independently and as part of a team
• Manage one’s own personal development and growth

       Level 3/ HND or

• other related level 3 subjects such as BATHE level 3 Diplomas
• an Access to Higher Education Certificate delivered by an approved further education institute and validated by an Access Validating Agency
• other equivalent international qualifications

Learners must also have an appropriate standard of English to enable them to access relevant resources and complete the unit assignments.

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by BATHE. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.