Accounting Level 3

Total Number of Credits Available from Level 3 Accounting Pathway  = 22. However, students can also choose between *Option 1 = 18 Credits or **Option 2 = 17 Credits

What should I have already achieved?

It is highly recommended that Students wanting to study Level 3 Accounting have successfully completed Accounting at Level 1 and/or 2. 

What will I learn?


Students who study Accounting at Level 3 learn the basics of Job Costing and Partnership Accounting, Preparation of Financial Statements for Companies, Interpreting Financial Statements and making investment decisions.

Studying Accounting will give you a skill that can be used anywhere in the world. Your career options include being a chartered accountant, company accountant, tax accountant, management accountant, accounting technician, accounts clerk, financial adviser, financial analyst, investment analyst, business adviser, business consultant, share-broker, currency trader, and business owner.

How will this course be assessed?

Learning in Accounting will be assessed through both internal and external achievement standards. The focus is on learning the skills that are needed to accurately process financial information, prepare financial statements and provide financial advice for investment purposes.

Will there be any FAO?  (Further Assessment Opportunities)

FAO's will depend on the reason/s a student has not achieved the credits on the first attempt. Decisions will be made in consultation with the Learning Advisor, Whanau, and the Curriculum Leader.

Will there be resubmissions?

Resubmissions will only be allowed that take a student from a Not Achieved to an Achieved grade.