Our future-fit syllabus

Our syllabus is designed to keep pace with advances in technology, data and sustainability, empowering Chartered Accountants (CAs) to lead the economies of tomorrow.

CA Qualification - Syllabus Levels and Courses

Knowledge

An introduction to the foundations of accounting.

We’ll build your core knowledge over five essential courses:

Assurance
Business Management and Finance
Business Law
Reporting and Performance 1
Taxation

Skills

Applying technical knowledge to real-world situations.

We’ll help you take the next step, turn theory into practice and build your professional understanding with:

Reporting and Performance 2
Advanced Reporting and Performance
Advanced Assurance
Corporate Finance and Modelling
Data, Risk and Technology

Employers can also create a personalised learning journey for their students by selecting one of four in-depth electives:

Advanced Tax
Data Analytics
Innovation for Growth and Transformation
Sustainability for Accountants

Integration

Bringing everything together. Calling on what you’ve learned so far, you’ll demonstrate professional and ethical judgement and develop conclusions and recommendations through two courses:

Case Study
Professional Ethics

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Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)

The SCQF is the qualifications framework for Scotland. It is used to compare and understand Scotland’s wide range of qualifications.

The SCQF Framework has 12 Levels. The complexity of learning increases from Level 1 through to Level 12. Each course and level of the CA qualification is credit rated and assigned a credit level and credit value on the framework.

The CA qualification is credit rated at SCQF Level 11 (sitting at the same level as a master’s degree). This equates to a level 7 qualification on the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales, Northern Ireland.

The CA qualification has a total of 485 SCQF Credit Points. Each credit point represents 10 hours of learning.

Further details of the SCQF Framework can be found on the SCQF website.