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DIPLOMA IN THE THEORY OF ACCOUNTING (DTA)

Faculty

Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education

Department

Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance

Description

This programme is purposefully designed to prepare students who completed their Accounting degrees (NQF Level 7 or equivalent) at institutions that are not accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in South Africa (SAICA), and/or the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Namibia (ICAN), to enter a Postgraduate Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (PG CTA), which is required by SAICA and ICAN for entry to Part 1 of the Qualifying Examinations (QE1) leading to the Chartered Accountant (Namibia) (CA, NAM).

Admission Requirements

In order to be considered for admission to this programme, students should have passed an appropriate Bachelor’s degree at NQF Level 7, or equivalent, and should have passed or have been exempted from the following courses or their equivalents at NQF Level 7 within the last three years:

Financial Accounting 3

Managerial Accounting and Finance 3

Auditing 3

Taxation 3

Quantitative Methods/Specialised Statistics

Company Law

Accounting Information Systems

Exceptions may be based on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and candidates must demonstrate that they possess the necessary learning abilities to succeed in the programme.

Course Code

07DTOA

Level of Programme

Undergraduate

Modes of Study

Full Time
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