1. Promoting Accounting as Leaving Certificate Subject

2. Accounting as a Subject
Most practical of the senior cycle business subjects.
A hard working student has a great opportunity to achieve in this subject.
Many possibilities to pursue accounting as a career. All companies need an accountant.
Qualifications can be carried worldwide.
The results are usually quite high compared to other subjects.

3. Leaving Certificate Accounting
Statistics 2017
No. of students Percentage of H1/O1’s H1 – 6.9% O1 – 7.9% Percentage of H1-H4 HL – 71% OL – 55% HL OL
Overall
2017
5379
1525
6,904
2016
4,867
1,759
6,626
Increase
278

4. Breakdown of Grades
Accounting 2016

5. Comparison
2017
Accounting
Engineering
% of H1+H2’s
33.1%
21.6%

6. CAO Points Scheme Grade Higher Ordinary H1 100 H2 88 H3 77 H4 66 H5 5646 O2 H7 37 O3 H8 O4 28 O5 20 O6 O7 O8

7. While the Junior Certificate Business Studies Course provides a foundation for Accounting, it is not essential and it is possible to take it up at senior cycle.
The Accounting course is numerically based but theory and procedures are also covered.
The course offers a hard working student a real possibility of high grades.

8. Leaving Certificate Accounting Curriculum
It is concerned with the preparation, recording, extraction, presentation and analysis of financial information for the purpose of making economic decisions.
It covers aspects of business and social life which are not dealt with in any other subject.
There are two main strands financial & management accounting.
With management accounting pupils will learn how to analyse business costs and prepare budgets.

9. SAMPLE OF Topics covered
Financial Statements preparation
Club Accounts
Company Accounts
Manufacturing Accounts
Break-even Analysis
Accounting Theory and Principles
Farm Accounts
Interpretation of financial statements
Costing
Budgeting

10. Exam Structure
Accounting subject is examined at both Higher and Ordinary level. Both involve one three hour exam. The exam paper is made up of three sections: Sections 1 & 2 – Financial Accounting Section 3 – Management Accounting. Questions must be answered from all sections of the exam paper.

11. Discussing the structure of the paper can be an advantage.
Q1 – a final account
Interpretation of accounts regularly examined
Management accounting – one question out of two

12. Careers
Accounting is a dynamic and challenging career that can take you to the height of your abilities. Accountancy is a recognised qualification that can be used abroad. Accountants can work in a wide variety of finance roles for many types of organisations, including manufacturing companies, local and central government, the health service, banks and insurance companies, actuarial science, marketing and private accountancy firms. It would also be an important subject choice for those thinking of starting their own business.

13. Choose Accounting