L3ACCO

Level 3 Accounting

Course Description

Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Mr P. Leitch.

Accounting involves real-life financial decisions in a constantly changing and uncertain world and helps individuals and organisations to be accountable to stakeholders for their actions. In this course you will develop your understanding of the role of accounting in society as a financial language for businesses.

This course builds on existing skills in accounting by applying these within the context of the different types of business ownership including companies and partnerships. 

Students will prepare financial reports, analyse and interpret financial information as well as looking at accounting for a manufacturing business.


Course Overview

What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
This course will be selected from the following topics:

Partnership Accounting
Manufacturing Accounting / Job Costing
Analysis and Interpretation
Company Accounting
Management Accounting

Recommended Prior Learning

To be accepted for this course students must have achieved NCEA Level 2 or have TIC - Commerce approval (Miss Cox). 

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Computer/Device
Calculator
Contribution for Workbooks

Pathway

This course prepares students for tertiary study in Commerce.

Assessment Information

Assessments will include in-class assignment based assessments, an outside class assignment and an end of year examination.

Credit 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.

Total Credits Available: 22
Internal Assessed Credits: 13
External Assessed Credits: 9
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91405 v2
NZQA Info

Accounting 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of accounting for partnerships


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91406 v2
NZQA Info

Accounting 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of company financial statement preparation


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91407 v2
NZQA Info

Accounting 3.4 - Prepare a report for an external user that interprets the annual report of a New Zealand reporting entity


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5r,5w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91408 v2
NZQA Info

Accounting 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of management accounting to inform decision-making


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91409 v2
NZQA Info

Accounting 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of a job cost subsystem for an entity


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 22
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22

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Disclaimer

Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it.  Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.  

Costs

The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.