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• What do I need to do to be awarded the BSc degree?
• Why am I not eligible for the Oxford Brookes degree programme?
• Can I apply for Oxford Brookes after I have registered?
• How do I work out my Oxford Brookes degree classification?

What do I need to do to be awarded the BSc degree?

To be awarded the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting you must:

• be registered with Oxford Brookes University ie have opted in to the BSc degree scheme before passing any of the three ACCA Fundamentals papers, F7, F8 and F9
• successfully complete all nine Fundamentals level papers
• complete the ACCA Professional Ethics module
• complete and pass the Oxford Brookes University Research and Analysis Project
• To submit this in the May submission period, this must be completed by 15 April of the same year. To submit the project in the November submission period, this must be completed by 15 October of the same year.

The degree must be completed within 10 years of your initial registration onto ACCA's professional qualification.

Log on to myACCA to find out if you have opted in to the degree scheme and whether you are eligible to do so.

Please click here for further information about the BSc degree programme with Oxford Brookes University.

Why am I not eligible for the Oxford Brookes degree programme?

If you are not eligible for the degree programme, then it will be for one of the following reasons:

You enrolled with ACCA before the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting degree was introduced.

• When the degree programme was introduced in 2000/2001, all eligible registered students were asked to opt into the degree scheme by November 2001. Any student who did not do so would have been automatically withdrawn.
• If you registered with ACCA prior to November 2001, have yet to complete Papers F7 to F9 and are within 10 years of your initial registration date, please contact ACCA Connect to opt into the degree programme.

You ticked the box on your ACCA registration form stating you did not wish to join the Oxford Brookes University degree programme.

• If you are yet to complete Papers F7, F8 and F9, you may opt back in to the BSc degree by contacting ACCA Connect.
• If you have already passed any of Papers F7, F8 or F9, then unfortunately it is now too late to opt back into the degree programme.
• If you hold exemptions for any of Papers F7 to F9, then you may contact ACCA Connect to forfeit these in order to remain eligible. Once you have forfeited your exemption, you cannot reverse this decision.

You do not hold a suitable English language qualification.

• Oxford Brookes University deems Paper F4 as proof of English proficiency. Therefore you should complete this exam and opt in to the BSc degree before passing Papers F7 to F9.

You enrolled with ACCA over 10 years ago.

• The BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting degree has a 10-year deadline starting from a student's initial registration date with ACCA. If this has expired in your case, we regret that you are no longer eligible to complete the degree with us.

If you wish to enquire about your eligibility to complete the BSc degree, please contact ACCA Connect. Please include your ACCA student registration number in any correspondence.

Can I apply for Oxford Brookes after I have registered?

Students can opt in to the Oxford Brookes BSc degree after they have registered. However, they must do so before attempting papers F7, F8 and F9.

How do I work out my Oxford Brookes degree classification?

The BSc degree classification will be based on both:

• your average mark in the Fundamentals Skills papers (F4 to F9)
• the grade achieved for your Research and Analysis Project.

The ACCA average mark will be calculated by taking the numerical average of the marks achieved in the Fundamentals Skills papers (F4–F9) that you have sat and passed.

Where your average mark is not a whole number, it will be rounded up or down. If you have been given an exemption from any of the papers F4 to F6, no mark is available so this will not be included in the calculations.

The class of degree for each combination of ACCA average mark and Research and Analysis Project grade is shown below.

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