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Wanting a career change or looking to advance your career in accounting but don’t want to wait until the new year? Then Milpark Education, a leading South African education provider, is the place for you!
Offering a three-year Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting degree, Milpark Education is the only online educational institution that provides a completely online path to becoming a chartered accountant. What’s more, you don’t need to wait until January’s intake as they are the only organisation offering a mid-year intake - making now the perfect time to begin your journey to becoming a CA.
This unique opportunity begins with the institution’s three-year Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting degree, which is followed by a one-year SAICA-accredited PGDA to become a chartered accountant.
- Apply for Milpark Education’s BCom Accounting degree
Milpark’s mid-year intake for its next BCom Accounting degree class closes on 21 July 2023. Successful applicants will receive all the skills, knowledge, and support they need to become qualified accountants. Furthermore, it offers a platform to become chartered accountants through Milpark’s Post Graduate Degree in Accounting in one, seamless, four-year process.
Milpark’s unique value proposition
Milpark’s BCom in Accounting degree is run by a highly qualified and experienced team of lecturers and provides everything you need to begin your path to becoming a chartered accountant including the technical knowledge, and the business acumen necessary to maximise your new skills.
What’s more unique is that, once you have completed the three-year degree, you can immediately begin your 1-year PGDA – which is the last year of academic study before SAICA's ITC first board exam. This exam is the standard setting assessment after the completion of an accredited PGDA programme in South Africa and completes your journey to qualifying as a CA(SA) – an exam that Milpark prides itself on ensuring its students are best prepared to complete.
Technical knowledge backed by critical softer skills
The Milpark BCom in Accounting degree focuses on creating an environment for innovation and collaboration among students which is essential to adding value in the workplace. In fact, every module within the degree focused not only on technical knowledge but rather is centred around leadership and reflection which aids students grow these ever-critical softer skills – delivered within the business context.
- Analysis and Decision-making
- Financial Reporting and Compliance
- Risk and Governance
- Strategy and Leadership
- Assurance and other engagements
Milpark’s finely tuned modules are complemented by experienced and knowledgeable lecturers, who deliver course material with real-world applications. This model provides students with a clear understanding as to the practical application of various concepts within the professional setting. It is this practical understanding and application that ensures Milpark Education students finish their degree with a well-rounded approach to the real world.
The course uses a case study – scenario planning from entrepreneur to a listed entity over the 3 years, showcasing the different entity structures, the different risks as well as the ethical dilemmas within the broader business landscape.
Says Milpark Education Head of BCom Development, Dr Judith Terblanche; “Ethical and critical thinking is the glue that keeps the degree together. It is embedded in the framework and not seen as additional courses because while it is about the numbers, it is also about the individual. As jobs in this space change (with technology), it is the people that need to have confidence to make the right decisions, the curiosity to ask the right questions and explore options and the courage to collaborate to build and solve. We believe that those that build their technical skills in real world scenarios, will be the ones to succeed.”
How do I qualify?
Milpark Education has various acceptance requirements for the BCom in Accounting degree – based on a student’s year of matriculation and various subject results across mathematics, economics, business economics, accounting, physical science or physics/chemistry, and natural science or biology.
However, Milpark Education’s unique model also provides alternate entry criteria for those that may not meet the initial criteria set out – where acceptance may be conditional via bridging into the programme. The institution also provides a specific BCom bridging programme for students who would like to brush up on their knowledge before beginning the degree.
For more information on the full entry criteria please click here.
By offering students a unique model and entry criteria Milpark ensures that most applicants – despite the stage of the learning journey they are at, have the opportunity to further their education. An easily accessible route to making your CA dreams more attainable yet through an accredited and extremely success programme.
“We endeavour to provide unique learning experiences, by not only offering a mid-year intake, but also content and a student community that aims to provide students with real-world scenarios, the right interpersonal and leadership skills as well as hard skills. This combination of skills and experience are all critical for accountants and CA’s today. So, if you are looking to #investinyourself and invest in your skills, don’t miss out,” concludes Terblanche.
Apply for Milpark’s BCom in Accounting degree today.
This post and content is sponsored, written and produced by Milpark Education.
