The Higher Diploma in Accounting & Finance has been developed by London School of Business and Finance as a qualification for students aiming for a career in one of a wide range of industries, and/or for students aiming for a Higher Education qualification in a subject allied to Accounting and Finance.
Throughout the course, students are fully supported and their development is checked frequently by progress assessments. Students performance and satisfaction is monitored to ensure that the course meets students' academic and personal development needs; and industry contacts ensure that the programme is relevant and suitable for the demands of a career in the industry.
The Higher Diploma also provides you with the necessary skills and practical knowledge in the areas of Accounting and Finance. This will help you hone your skills and enahance your position in the Accounting and Finance industry.
Why Study with Us?
Rigorous Curriculum & Highly-Experienced Faculty
Our highly-experienced lecturers will equip you with the knowledge and skill sets that will empower you to rise up to the challenges in the industry
Further Strudies
Upon graduation, you may proceed to pursue a degree in Accounting and Finance or other business degree disciplines.
State-of-the-art city institute
Studying at our Singapore institute, located in the Central Business District, you'll be right in the heart of the city, surrounded by excellent infrastructures and within easy reach of everything that Singapore has to offer. We are situated at Springleat Tower and GB Building, just 5 minutes' walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT station.
Who is the Course For?
This course is best suited for students who desire to pursue a career in the Accounting and Finance industry or a bachelor degree in the same field.
Learning Outcome
At the end of this course, students will:
Module Outline
Principles of Management
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to develop an overview of the role of management, describe key the concepts of management and organisational theory, explain the key issues associated with achieving purposeful activity within organisations, identify different areas of the management funtion and their associated academic fields such as Marketing, Strategic Management and Project Management and recognise the issues and challenges raised by Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
Quantitative Methods
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to develop a grounding in qualitative analysis, be able to use the key quantitative methods in business decision-making and management research, distingush between different types of data, data collection, analysis and presentation, use statistical techniques to analyse, test and interprete, identify and define the appropriate quantitative methods to solve business-related problems and determine a set of alternative solution as well as apply the principles and rules of probability and handle a range of financial calculations.
Principles of Accounting
this module describes the students the nature and significance of the basic accounting principles and concepts, apply these accounting principles and their relevance to personal and professional financial decision-making, discuss the role of accounting information to external users, explain the various categories of accounts, describe the importance of internal control over cash and how to prepare a bank reconciliation statement, discuss and evaluate the different methods of depreciation in relation to long-term assets of a business, prepare the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement as well as appreciate the difference between captial and revenue expenditure.
Principles of Economics
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts in micro and macroeconomics, explain the impact of supply and demand, price elasticity on market position and competitor, discuss the impact of economic policies on business and the business environment as well as criticall review the global trading and financial systems.
International Business Management
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to evaluate concpets and techniques in the multi-disciplinary international business issues, explain and evalaute structures, processes, and contexts of international business, demonstrate knowledge of international business issues and of the debates associated with this area of study as well as apply the relevant policies to suggest solutions to multi-faceted busienss problems and issues
Principles of Information Systems
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to explain the importance of information systems for business professionals and basic knowledge they need to use and manage information technologies in business, identify the basic knowledge about information technology and the challanges information system technologies pose for business professionals, describe how Internet technologies and other forms of information technology support electronic business operations, electronic commerce, and business decision-making as well as describe how to use system development process and the model of IS components to develop and implement information system solutions to meet the challanges of business enterprises
Cost Accounting
On successfuly completion of this unit, students should be able to appreciate the role of cost and managerial accounting in the management process, expplain cost terminology and the various types of cost, calculate material, labour and overhead costs for products and services, allocate overhead costs to products or services under the various methods of allocation, use job-order cost information for decision-making, demonstrate how a process costing system tracks costs to products and the different costing systems used, use the various approaches in cost estimation, apply budgeting and standard costing techniques to assist manageemtn in controlling operations and have a critical understanding of the stregths and weaknesses of such techniques.
Principles of Banking and finance
This module will help students identify the economic, political, social, technological and demographic forces affecting the banking and finance industries; describe the organisation structure of bank; describe the roles of a bank as well as financial intermediaries; identify the different types of banking customers as weel as the types of banking products available to meet their needs; discuss the various common financial securities used by business organisations to raise captial; appreciate the objectives and role of finance managment and the importance of the financial manager in a business organisation
Business Law
On successful compltion of this unit, students should be able to understand and appreciate the fundamentals of business law as applied in Singapore, know the context of Contract Law, Law of Sale of Governance, know the context of the Empoyment Law, Law of Agency, and Intellectual Property law and critically analyse and evaluate simple legal arguments
Strategic Management
At the end of this module students should be able to describe the strategy process and provide a critical evaluation of different approaches to strategy, critically evaluate the business models of various organizations and discuss the appropriateness of their approaches to strategy, distinguish between external and internal analysis and how they are used in the strategy process, evaluate a range of strategies at the business, corporate and global level, critically evaluate the main factors and requirements for the successfuly implementation of new strategies, innovation and change as well as select and apply appropriate strategic management tools and techniques to analysis busines problems and issues and be able to evaluate the implications from such an application.
Professional Practice
At the end of this Module, students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the nature pf professional ethics and its significance in the business environment, explain and discuss ethical reasoning and related professional standards as applied to issues in accounting practice; analyse potential ethical dilemmas in practical settings, critically discuss the development of the accounting profession as well as describe and reflect upon the role that governance plays in the management of a business and the evolution of good governance
Management Accounting
At the end of this module, students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of alternative concepts, tools, practices, roles and terminologies of cost and management accounting, skilfully apply a number of calculative cost and management accounting techniques; interpret, and critically appraise, the use of cost and management accounting techniques within their broader (organisational, environmental and managerial) contexts and appreciate the numerous behavioural, organisational, political and social dimensions of cost and management accounting practice.
Financial Accounting
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to critically analyse the accounting concepts and practices used in preparing financial statements, use of accounting information to assist in the management decision making process, further develop their understanding of concepts relating to accounting theory, develp an awareness of the requirements of Company Law and International Accounting Standards concerning the frormat and content of company financial statements, develop an understanding of the accounting regulatory frameworks and Corporate Governance as well as appraise the effects of accounting policy choices on reported income, net assets and captial
Corporate Finance
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to explain and evaluate corporate finance concept and its relevance to a variety of corporate finance decisions such as capital budgeting, securities valuation, captial structure and dividend policy, apply basic corporate finance theories to a range of corporate finance issues commonly faced by companies, add value both to your own personal financing and investment decisions and professional corporate financial management decision, evaluate and appreciate newspaper articles on current corporate finance issues.
Taxation
On successfuly completion of this unit, students should be able to calculate an individual's income from empolyment, determine the income tax liability arising on individuals who are Singapore residents, calculate income from saving and investments, discuss the operation of the Singapore tax system, calculate income from property (for individuals), prepare adjusted profit/loss computations for trades and professions (sole-proprietorships and partnerships), determine the income tax liability of sole proprietors, determine the income tax liability of partners, prepare captial allowances computations as well as identify due dates of submission of returns and the payment of tax liabilities
Auditing
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to explain and evaluate the core concepts, theories and techniques in the area of auditing, explain what an external audit is and why external audits are necessary within a satutory and professional framework, appreciate the relevance of audit ethices, postulates and the role of the professional regulatory body, describe and critically assess the process of audit planning, particularly in the ontext of risk and meteriality, describe compliance and substantive audit testing, evaluate the importance of internal controls and the main forms of audit evidence and documentation to support an audit opinion, explain the structure and meaning of the audit report and the nature of audit qualifications and appreciate a core body of knowledge in auditing for application in their future careers as professional accountants.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years old
Minimum Academic Entry Requirement
Full Time course: 18 months
Students attend lessons 3 hours a day plus directed/independent study for a period of 18 months from Monday to Friday
Course Intake
Full-Time: Every 2 Months / Modular
Local Student
Full time: $11,000 (Incl GST)
International Student
Full time: $15,200 (Incl GST)
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