To be able to submit a Research and Analysis Project (RAP) for the BSc in Applied Accounting, students must meet certain requirements. These include passing the Financial Reporting (formerly known as F7), Audit and Assurance (formerly known as F8), and Financial Management (formerly known as F9) exams at the ACCA Applied Skills level, as well as passing or being exempt from the other six Knowledge and Skills level exams. Additionally, students must have completed the Ethics and Professional Skills module, be up-to-date with their ACCA subscription fees and demonstrate currency of knowledge by meeting one of the following criteria: passing their RAP within 10 years of their first ACCA exam pass or exemption, passing three Applied Skills or Strategic Professional exams within the five years before submitting their RAP or being a full ACCA member in good standing who has taken their papers or received exemptions under the ACCA syllabuses in place after December 1993.

If a student has exemptions for the Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, and Financial Management exams, they can forfeit these exemptions to be eligible for the BSc in Applied Accounting, but they cannot reverse this decision once made.

Eligibility for Members

Members who have gained exemptions from these papers are not eligible for the BSc, and those who passed Papers 7, 8, 9, or equivalent no earlier than 2000 are eligible.

If you have passed Financial Reporting (was F7), Audit and Assurance (was F8), and Financial Management (was F9), and have exemptions for the other six papers at the Knowledge and Skills levels, you are eligible to submit a Research and Analysis Project (RAP) for the BSc in Applied Accounting. Additionally, you must complete the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module and be up-to-date with the payment of your ACCA subscription fees.

To demonstrate currency of knowledge, you can either pass your RAP within 10 years of your first ACCA examination pass or the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted, pass 3 ACCA (Applied Skills or Strategic Professional) exams in the 5 years before submitting your RAP, or be a full member of ACCA in good standing who has an up-to-date CPD record and who has taken their ACCA papers or received exemptions under the ACCA syllabuses in place after December 1993.

If you are a student with exemptions for Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, and Financial Management, you can forfeit these exemptions to be eligible for the BSc. However, once you forfeit your exemption, it cannot be reversed. Please contact ACCA if you wish to do this.

Members who gained exemptions from Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, and Financial Management are not eligible for the BSc Applied Accounting. Members must have passed papers 7, 8, 9 or equivalent no earlier than 2000.

If you have papers equivalent to 1-6 from pre-2000, please contact acca@brookes.ac.uk for advice on whether you are eligible.

New members can only submit a RAP once they have made an annual declaration of CPD compliance to ACCA, usually 12 months after admission to membership. For members, Oxford Brookes University will check your membership record with ACCA to confirm that your CPD is up to date, and there is no need to provide them with confirmation of this.

In summary, students must pass certain ACCA exams, complete the Ethics and Professional Skills module, and demonstrate currency of knowledge to be able to submit their RAP for the BSc in Applied Accounting. If a student has certain exemptions, they can forfeit them to be eligible for the degree, but members with exemptions from certain papers are not eligible.