Year 13 Accounting (13ACC)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs D. Reyneke.
Accounting at this level looks at adapting the basic accounting systems to partnerships and companies. Decision making and managing cash budgets, costing of products plays a huge role in the success of a business. Students at university doing Accounting have an advantage after studying accountancy at Level 3.
The course focuses on accounting systems and financial statements which builds on the Year 12 course by going into much more depth. The processing component is done using the accounting package XERO which is widely used by businesses in New Zealand.
This course leads to tertiary education courses. A school background in Accounting is useful if you wish to enter the world of commerce, business management, banking, tourism, marketing, insurance, information technology, resource management, finance, consultancy, advisory and self employment.
Course Overview
Term 1
Term 1- Partnerships AS 91405.
- Job Costing AS 91409
Term 2
Term 2 - Company annual report AS 90407
- Starting Company Financial Statements AS 91406
Term 3
Term 3 - Continue Company Financial Statements AS 91406
Term 4
Term 4 - Revision
Pre-requisites
Studied the subject at previous level and attained at least 14 credits including Achievement Standard 90978 (ACCO1.3). No student can start the course without Level 2.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$66 including a workbook and end of the year AME study guide
Assessment Information
3 internal assessment and 1 external assessmentCredit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Accounting 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of accounting for partnerships
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Accounting 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of company financial statement preparation
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Accounting 3.4 - Prepare a report for an external user that interprets the annual report of a New Zealand reporting entity
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Accounting 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of a job cost subsystem for an entity
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.