Accounting Courses

Accounting for success with a basic course onwards

Basic courses cover a wide range of subjects from accounting information systems to understanding the published accounts of limited companies. Successfully completing a basic accounting course could lead to a job or further study.

• Basic accounting courses offer people with no accountancy experience a route into the profession.
• Qualified accountants are required throughout the public, private and voluntary sectors. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) course will give you a grounding in modern accounting methods. The fundamental qualification offered is the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting, a basic accounting course which looks at a number of subjects including:
  • Management accounting.
  • Financial accounting.
  • Business mathematics.
  • Economics for business.
  • Ethics, corporate governance and business law.

   How a CIMA course can help you forge a career in accountancy

  The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a leading professional body and CIMA courses are an accessible and widely respected route into accountancy. There are a great many advantages to taking this basic accounting course including:

  • Learning about other aspects of business from an accounting perspective with a CIMA course.
  • Support from a well-respected organisation which offers an internationally-recognised qualification.
  • Membership of the organisation on completion of your basic accounting course.

  The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is committed to maintaining the very highest professional standards. This means that as well as offering basic accounting courses, CIMA is dedicated to promoting professional development. Many companies require employees to undertake development programmes such as a CIMA course.

  Studying a basic accounting course through distance learning

  One of the biggest advantages to a CIMA course is that it can be completed through distance learning, meaning that you need not leave your current job. You can also complete the basic accounting course without disrupting existing child care arrangements, one of the aspects which make distance learning so popular. Other advantages include:

  • Being able to undertake professional training without the upheaval and financial burden of full-time education.
  • Completing your CIMA course at your own pace and in your own time.
  • Full support being available to anyone taking a basic accounting course.

  This article was written by Carla White on behalf of ICS - the world's number 1 provider of home learning courses and distance degrees. You too can learn direct from home and get that degree you've always wanted.