The course is broken down into a two-year certificate offered on a full time basis. Learners can exit at his level to be employed as an accounting technician. (For instance a debtor’s clerk, creditors’ clerk, accounting data processor, salary clerk, fixed asset controller, etc) The main aim however of this certificate is to lay a sold foundation for learners to specialise in either the Internal Auditing field or Cost and Management Accounting field in a third and fourth year of study.
Type: undergraduate certificate
Duration: 2 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Financial accounting
- Communication
- Business calculations
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Business information systems
- Economics
- Cost accounting
- Commercial law for accountants
Second year subjects:
- Financial accounting
- Cost accounting
- Commercial law for accountants
- Auditing
- Taxation
Careers: accountant, auditor, bookkeeper.
Source: www.cut.ac.za