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ACCA Course 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
• F3    FA      Financial Accounting 

Skills

• 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
• P7    AAA  Advanced Audit & Assurance (UK or International)

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

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