Acca exemptions with 14 y.o degree

ColdTurkey

Hi I finished my degree in 2000. Looking to go back to school. Was wondering if my degree is too old. Their exemption section on the website only goes back to 2004. I got a stock reply when I emailed them. So your help would be greatly appreciated

Where did you study?

I checked Commerce from NUIG and that goes back to the mid 90s.
Your qualification might not have been assessed.

Couldn't find anything explicit on the ACCA's FAQs section but:
CAI -Exemptions are subject to a time limit of ten years from undergraduate qualification.
CIMA: Professional level exemptions
are not available to qualifications gained ten or more years prior to registering with CIMA
That CIMA faq suggests you might they might exempt you from the basic certificate but nothing from the professional level.

Would you consider starting from scratch and doing an entirely new qualification?

ColdTurkey

It was the natioanal cert in business followed by BA in Business admin in w.i t. if I could get a headstart on the foundation level it would be great. Will have a look at the Cima site

Institution WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Programme NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS STUDIES (NCBS) - Graduates to 31-DEC-2004
Please select outcome type and the exemptions awarded will be displayed below.

Outcome
MERIT OR DISTINCTION PASS
Completion of the above programme and selected outcome provides exemption from the following paper(s):

Paper Title
F1 Accountant in Business
F2 Management Accounting
F3 Financial Accounting
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Institution WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Programme NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS STUDIES (NCBS) - Graduates to 31-DEC-2004
Please select outcome type and the exemptions awarded will be displayed below.

Outcome
FULL COURSE COMPLETION


This programme is suitable for registration to the ACCA Qualification. There are no exemptions awarded for completion of this programme.

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I don't see your follow on course - was there a significant accountancy element?

ColdTurkey

Thanks for all the help PG. Sorry about the late reply I'm at work.

Where it says graduates to 2004. is that pre 2004?

Course: Bachelor of Arts Corporate & Business Administration


Year 2 - 1999

Advanced Financial Accounting/Internal Control
Human Resource Management
Taxation
Management Accounting

Year 3 – 2000

Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Company Secretarial Practice
Corporate Administration
Company Law
Strategy Management

smcgiff

After 14 years of not studying you'd be doing yourself a serious mis-service taking any exemptions. Inho.

Immy

smcgiff wrote: »

After 14 years of not studying you'd be doing yourself a serious mis-service taking any exemptions. Inho.

I agree.

irishbabe52

Just to say to really think about whether exemptions are the right way to go! I finished a Bachelor in Business Studies in 1999. I enrolled with CIMA in 2009 and was delighted to get exemptions right up to the strategic level. I actually passed the 3 exams handy enough but it all went to pot when I went to study for the TOPCIMA case study. Without the foundation levels I was really lost!
You could do the first few from home even, or just buy the revision sets if you felt confident enough that you'd pass the exams easily.
Personally I'm thinking of starting ACCA from scratch this way as I'm out of work a couple of years now and it would be good to update my knowledge, last time I studied tax was 1997 so it's changed a little bit since then!

McTigs

or you could take the exemptions, go back revise the exempt subjects thoroughly but at your own pace during the summer and winter months, give yourself a good knowledge of them before attempting the higher papers without the expense and hassle of sitting the actual exam.

ColdTurkey

Point taken folks. Thank you for all your help. Very much appreciated