Accounting

1 year / Level 8 / Full-time

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Our Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Accounting degree provides Level 7 graduates with the opportunity to achieve their Level 8 degree and gain further exemptions from professional accounting bodies.

Certain semesters of this course are taken in common with other courses.

Year One

SEMESTER	MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS	CONTACT HOURS
1	Digital Business	Mandatory	10	5
	Financial Reporting 2	Mandatory	10	5
	Business Finance	Mandatory	5	3
	Capital Gains Tax & VAT	Mandatory	5	3
2	Strategic Management	Mandatory	10	5
	Advanced Management Accounting & Business Finance	Mandatory	10	5
	Auditing	Mandatory	10	5

Professional Recognition

Maximum exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies including ICA, ACCA, CPA and CIMA (subject to annual review).

Follow-on Courses

Follow up programmes elsewhere include:

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

This is a one year add-on Honours Degree course for students who hold a level 7 Bachelor of Business in Accounting or equivalent.

Number of Places	30

Information for:

Student Experience

-- Emmett Paterson

My own experiences of studying accounting at LYIT is that the work you put in gets well rewarded. Graduating with a first class honours degree in October 2014 made my job search a lot easier and helped me secure my first position as a trainee chartered accountant with a practice in Letterkenny. The course provided me with the skills and competencies required to begin training as an accountant. In the final year of my degree myself and 3 classmates won the Irish national final of the CIMA Global Business Challenge and then embarked on a once in a lifetime trip to Mumbai, India to represent Ireland and ATU Donegal in the global competition competing against 25 other countries. Competing against the world’s best future business leaders gave a unique perspective on just how strong the accounting education we received at ATU Donegal was.

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

Large Multinationals
Accountancy Practice
Public Service

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

Qualified Accountant (ICA, ACCA, CIMA)
Taxation
Banking
Financial Services / FinTech

Employer Testimonials

-- Mel McKeown, Gilroy Gannon Chartered Accountants:

Gilroy Gannon Chartered Accountants based in Sligo have employed a number of accounting graduates from the ATU Donegal. They have progressed to become fully qualified Chartered Accountants and have moved on to roles within industry around the country. We have been very pleased with the quality of students presenting for interview. We will certainly continue to link in with ATU Donegal as part of our graduate training programme.

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Further Information

Department Administration: +353 (0)74 918 6211 / +353 (0)74 918 6210

Head of Department Patricia Doherty
Email: Patricia.Doherty@lyit.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)74 918 6202

School and Department
Faculty of Business
Department of Business Studies

Bachelor of Business (Hons)