Hi gang. Anyway i'm just waiting to sit my exams for Computerised Accounts levels 1 & 2 and have passed Bookkeeping and Accounts level 1, all City & Guilds courses. I have taken these courses with my local College (night class) and while i have really enjoyed my time and meeting new people i feel it is holding me back slightly working to the college timetable. I am looking at taking the Kaplan distance learning course for AAT and will spend a minimum of 30 hours per week on the modules. I am not in any major rush to pass but i feel i could be doing a lot more studying if i take things at my own pace. Does anybody know how many hours in total should be spent on this course? i understand everyone works at different speeds. Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
I'm afraid that it's one of those things like how long is a peice of string.
I think that if you set yourself an 18 month window that would be more than enough to get through level II (Certificate) and level III (Diploma) stages.
If you can keep up 30 hours per week and the subject matter causes no major issues then you may be able to bring that down to 12 months but I wouldn't try for any quicker than that or you'll be studying just to pass exams rather than really learning the subject matter inside out.
Good luck with the studies matey, sure that you will sail through it.
Kind regards,
Shaun.
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keeping my 30 hours and completing the courses in 18 months sounds good, i do understand what your saying and yes i do want to uderstand the subjects rather than just run over sample exams. I think it helps that i'm really enjoying learning something new and have no pressure to make a career out of it just yet. This question was based upon me opening the Accounts Preparation 1 (intermediate level) study text and thinking, holy smoke batman this is gonna take years lol.
If your already on Accounts Prep I (so diploma level) rather than basic accounting (certificate level) then try for one chapter per day, everyday and you will be through the studyfor Accounts Prep I and II in no time.
You can't practice old questions enough for those ones.
Cash management, ethics and spreadsheets are no biggies
Tax is not overly difficult at this level.
Costing will make you miss the pure accounts prep work but stick with it as once you have your head around this area your really on your way. Expect this module to take you as long as the two accounts Prep modules combined.
If your feeling really brave you might want to do Accounts prep and costs and revenues on alternate days rather than learning one then forgetting it whilst you master the other.
I thought that you were also doing the certificate level so I would say one year at thirty hours a week and you've got this level in the bag.
All the best,
Shaun.
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Thanks for the replies Shamus. Your alternate day scheme seems a good idea, i was thinking along these lines as i heard that a couple of the modules were not that big and it would give me a break learning something new for a couple of hours. Thanks again
Eshaa83. you obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about so please stop trying to give people advice.
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Have you noticed that all of the spammers have been from America.
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