Bachelor of Accounting

The Bachelor of Accounting programme is designed to meet the academic and professional standards for accounting as benchmarked against institutions of higher education in the UK leading to the award of an honours degree. (Click for more information).

The underpinning knowledge of the curriculum for the programme is adopted from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Professional Levels 1 and 2 curriculum, which meet the breadth and depth requirement of UK based universities that awards honours degree in the field of Accounting. The evaluation of the ACCA Professional underpinning knowledge curriculum against the benchmark for Accounting degrees in the UK can be found here.

The teaching and assessment of the underpinning knowledge forms about 60% of the entire curriculum of the program. The other 40% of the programme is designed around problem-based learning and a near real life project, where candidates, organized into teams, are required to design, and evaluate the implementation of all the accounting related functions of an organization.

All programmes, including the Bachelor of Accounting degree, of Orpacific University of Technology are designed and implemented based on a competency-based approach. While the underpinning knowledge of each module in the Bachelor of Accounting programme is adopted from ACCA Professional curriculum, Orpacific has added clear performance criteria for each module to form competency standard documents, one for each module. Candidates for the Bachelor of Accounting programme must show evidence of competent performance in the graduating project, and/or in the process of the problem-based lessons, that they have achieved competence as measure against the competency standards of Orpacific.

Evidences as described above shall be multimedia recordings of demonstrations, presentations or any suitable evidences, and be presented as a portfolio for formal examination. The sets of portfolio of each candidate, at the conclusion of the entire programme, shall be organized into a Personal Graduating Digital Portfolio DVD, and this DVD shall be an integral part of the degree scroll.

Orpacific’s ACCREDITATION is not only a statement that its programs meet academic and professional standards, and on the average, most graduates are competent. At Orpacific, every graduate carries with him/her the evidences that he/she is competent, as measured against published competency standards.

The Orpacific Qualification: Going Beyond Accreditation.

The Orpacific Graduate: What You See is What You Get.

Programme outcomes from an Accounting perspective

On completing the course of study students will have demonstrated an ability to:
In the area of knowledge and understanding

• Describe and apply fundamental accounting concepts and principles to a range of business transactions and situations;
• Critically evaluate accounting concepts and principles and their application in solutions to practical accounting problems;
• Understand and apply the techniques, processes and procedures which are required to ensure the efficient and effective use and deployment of human resources;
• Understand and apply the principles of corporate and business law, and the area of revenue law relating to businesses and their employees;
• Evaluate the audit process and its application for both external regulation and for business control and development for a range of organisations.

In the area of disciplinary and professional skills:

• record financial information using double-entry bookkeeping techniques;
• prepare financial statements using a wide range of appropriate accounting techniques;
• appraise the performance and financial situation or organisations using a range of interpretative techniques; discuss the limitations of those techniques;
• select and apply appropriate management accounting and quantitative techniques to business planning, decision making and control;
• communicate financial information to a variety of different audiences.

Transferable skills

• analyse problems, identify critical factors, construct and select appropriate solutions;
• communicate logically and clearly verbal and numerical data in writing;
• apply study and time-management skills;
• use (or understand the use of) information technology to record manipulate and analyse financial data, and solve accounting problems.
• understand and able to demonstrate the application of the above knowledge and skill in a organisation.

Overview of Curriculum
You are required to complete 9 courses plus a graduation project module. For the F series modules, you must attempt the modules in chronological order.

Note: 1 Credit Hour is equivalent to 12 actual contact hours, or 36 hours of workload.

Please click on the respective links above to view the details of Orpacific Competency Standards.

Language of Instruction

The main language for lectures will be in English. Tutorial in the lower level courses may be done in a second language for students from selected countries.
All examination papers will be in English.
Students must present their answers in English only.
Recording in the projects must be done in English. The English version shall be submitted for examination. Subsequently, upon the assessor’s feedback, candidates are encouraged to re-record in their native language, for inclusion in the personal digital portfolio.

Entry Requirement

Minimum entry requirements

• two A Levels and three GCSEs or equivalent in five separate subjects, including English and Mathematics.

Mature Student Entry Route

• Normally over age 21
• no academic qualifications required
• must pass the equivalent of Papers F2, Management Accounting and F3, Financial Accounting within two years before further progression is permitted.

Note that under the principle of competency training framework, it is recognised that learning need not necessary be through a formal educational program. Therefore there is no mandatory academic qualification for entry through the mature student route. However potential candidates must be mindful of the difficulties if he/she does not have adequate pre-requisite knowledge to pursue this program. Assessment in this program is through open demonstration of skill and knowledge, and such demonstrations are archived for assessment by official, independent assessors, as well as made available to your prospective employers and relevant members of the public when they are eventually certified. You cannot factor in any element of 'luck', in clearing the assessments. The university has no commitment to pass any candidate unless the candidate clearly demonstrates competence as measured against the publicly accessible competency standard documents of this program.

* Candidates who are assessed to have insufficient background in certain areas may be required to attend foundation courses in those particular areas before proceeding to the main courses.

Period of Candidature

Minimum period: 2.5 years
Maximum period: 7 years

Course Computer Requirements

As most of the lessons in each of the modules are delivered online in virtual classrooms, and also the candidates are expected to record multimedia presentation and demonstration of put of the portfolio assessment approach of the University, all students of the program are expected to regular access to a computer that meet the following minimum requirements.

• PC, P4 1.6GHz, 1G RAM, a good quality webcam, writing tablet, and a microphone, and running MS Windows XP or later operating system.
• Internet access.

Recommended Study Schedule

Fees

USD5,900/= for the entire programme, including two examination attempts for each module.

This is an all in fee; including all lessons, online notes, project supervision fee, examinations (two attempts), registration fee, but excludes textbooks.

In the event that for any particular module, a candidate fails to clear the examination in two attempts, the candidate will have to re-enrol in the module. Repeat fees are as follow.

Other Information

Modules F1 to F9 are based entirely on the ACCA Professional examinations F1 to F9 syllabus. Candidates who are successfully complete the corresponding module at Orpacific would also be adequately prepared for the examination of the ACCA professional examinations. Orpacific encourages students to also register and sit for the ACCA professional examinations of the corresponding papers.