About the Programme
Looking to develop confidence and a strong foundation in accounting to improve your chances of completing our PGDA/CTA on your first attempt?
The Bridging programme offers a pathway to Milpark’s SAICA-accredited PGDip (Accounting) for students who do not yet meet the selection requirements for the PGDip (Accounting).
The Bridging programme is designed to:
- enhance students’ employability and entrepreneurial ability;
- strengthen, deepen and synthesise students’ knowledge of accounting disciplines; and
- enables students for a career in professional accounting and/or Chartered Accountancy.
What We Offer
- Flexible learning that fits around your work and life.
- A structured weekly journey with easy-to-follow schedules.
- Lecturers available for guidance during the day and after hours.
- An engaging and supportive community walking the learning journey with you.
- Choice to write assessments online or at one of our many venues across South Africa and Namibia.
Programme Structure
The programme has four compulsory modules:
- Financial Reporting
- Taxation
- Management Accounting & Finance
- Corporate Governance & Auditing
To obtain entrance into our SAICA-accredited PGDA/CTA, all four modules need to be passed in a rolling three-year period.
Milpark Education’s Bridging Course (Short Course Programme in Advanced Accounting) is a six-month programme with an option to complete it over one year on a half-load.
This programme acts as a bridging course between degree and postgraduate studies, preparing students for selection onto a SAICA-accredited PGDip (Accounting), from which students can progress to SAICA’s first qualifying examination in partial completion of qualifying as a Chartered Accountant.
A full workload means:
- Committing to a consistent 40 hours of study each week.
- Registering and completing all four modules in six months.
- Paying for all four modules at the start of the programme, or through a payment agreement.
If you can’t dedicate 40 hours per week for the full-load, there is the option to complete the programme over one year on a half-load as follows:
- You’ll register for two modules in each half of the year.
- You can choose the order in which you complete the modules.
- You pay for two modules in each six-month period. This spreads the full cost over one year.
Where applications exceed the programme’s capacity, selection will be considered based on the following criteria:
- Number of accounting modules attempted and completed during the relevant undergraduate degree. This includes Financial Reporting/Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Management, Taxation and Auditing.
- Final marks achieved in the accounting modules in the relevant undergraduate qualification.
- Time taken to complete the undergraduate qualification.
- Academic inactivity in accounting-related studies.
- A series of bite-size videos covering all key concepts.
- Quizzes to test your knowledge.
- Practice questions and past tests and exams with comprehensive feedback videos.
- Comprehensive and flexible academic and non-academic (psychosocial) support.
- One-on-one live online consultations with lecturers.
- Weekly live online group discussion groups for each subject.
- Mentorship from lecturers and past students.
