Kolej Sunway Kuching to host Open Day
KUCHING: Students interested in pursuing careers in accountancy and business management are encouraged to visit Kolej Sunway Kuching’s Open Day this weekend ( March 18-19) and ( March 25 and 26).
The event will give SPM, UEC and STPM school leavers an opportunity to meet counsellors, lecturers and management of Kolej Sunway Kuching to discuss their pathways and career opportunities. In particular, students and parents can learn more about three qualifications with upcoming intakes in April 2017 – Certified Accounting Technician ( CAT), Diploma in Accounting ( DIA) and Diploma in Business Management ( DIBM).
CAT is a nine paper, technicianlevel qualification designed by ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK) to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to accountancy. The course can be completed within 12-18 months of full-time study and is recognised by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency ( MQA) as equivalent to a diploma. CAT is generally regarded as a stepping stone to the ACCA professional accountancy qualification. Upon completing CAT, students receive exemption from the three ( 3) papers ( Knowledge Module) at the Fundamentals Level of ACCA.
The next CAT intake at Kolej Sunway Kuching will commence on April 10. To be eligible to enroll for CAT at Sunway Kuching, students must obtain a minimum of five credits in SPM, including in English and Mathematics.
The Diploma in Accounting ( DIA) is a two and a half year qualification awarded by Kolej Sunway Kuching.
The course is fully accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education.
Consisting of 30 subjects, the DIA is designed to provide an alternative pathway for accounting students who want to keep their options open. Unlike CAT, which focuses almost exclusively on accounting, the DIA programme provides a strong foundation in all aspects of business.
In addition to pure accounting papers, students will also study general business papers like marketing, management, economics, law, business mathematics and entrepreneurship. Consequently, DIA students have the foundation to pursue non-accounting related further studies upon graduation.
Sunway Kuching has already established articulation pathways for DIA graduates to enter into Year 2 of undergraduate programmes at a number of good ranking local and overseas universities, includingNottingham University Malaysia Campus, University of Waikato, New Zealand, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Birmingham City University, UK, University of Western Australia, Curtin University Sarawak and Australia, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, University College of Technology Sarawak ( UCTS), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Catholic University, Sydney, Cardiff University, Wales, and Sunway University.
The DIA programme also provides students with a pathway to the prestigious ACCA qualification. As the DIA syllabus is mapped to correspond with ACCA, DIA graduates will be entitled to receive exemptions of up to three papers from ACCA upon meeting the professional body’s terms and conditions.
The next DIA intake will commence on April 10. To be eligible to enroll for the Diploma, students must have passed SPM/O levels/ UEC with a minimum of three credits (students must also have passed Mathematics).
Kolej Sunway Kuching’s Diploma in Business Management, meanwhile, is designed to enable students to acquire knowledge of the foundations of business and management. Like the DIA, the DIBM comprises 30 subjects, is accredited by the MQA and can be completed with two and a half years of full-time study.
The DIMB offers an in- depth business education, geared to professional practice, specialist careers, self- employment and to the demands of general management.
The course is structured to allow increased choice as it progresses and provides two specialist subject routes as well as generalist route from which students may choose, to meet their individual needs and career aspirations.
Like their DIA counterparts, students who complete DIMB will have the option to pursue Year 2 of undergraduate degrees at a number of good ranking universities. Kolej Sunway Kuching is currently working closely with variously affiliated universities to map articulation pathways for DIBM graduates.
The next DIBM intake will also commence on April 10.
To be eligible to enroll for this programme, students must have passed SPM/O levels/ UEC with a minimum of three credits ( 3Bs in UEC).
For the upcoming April 2017 intake, students pursuing Kolej Sunway Kuching’s CAT,Diploma in Accountingand Diploma in Business Management programmes can apply for scholarships awarded by the following institutions: Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Entrance Scholarship (for non-Bumiputera students) and Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera Scheme ( PPAM) Category A (for Bumiputera students).
To find out more about these scholarships, visit Kolej Sunway Kuching’s website at www.swck. edu.my.
Kolej Sunway Kuching is the first and only tuition provider in East Malaysia to be awarded Platinum Approved Learning Partner status by ACCA.
This prestigious accolade is bestowed only to those tuition providers that have met stringent performance indicators such as pass rates which surpass those of the world, effective management and relevant support services.
Since achieving this award in 2010, Sunway Kuching has successfully sustained it for the past seven years over 14 consecutive examination sittings.
The college has thus far produced more ACCA and CAT graduates than any other institution of higher learning in East Malaysia– 386 ACCA Affiliates and 819 CAT finalists.
The college has also nurtured more World and Malaysian prize-winners than any other institutions in East Malaysia – 8 CAT World prize winners and 22 ACCA and CAT Malaysian prize winners.
For more information about the Open Day or courses offered at Kolej Sunway Kuching, call 082- 451221.