Post on 30-Jan-2018
Application for evaluation of recognition of prior learning
Important Notes: Evidence required to support your application (please tick):
Complete the form only if you want to be an IQN graduate through prior learning and experience and send it to support@iqnglobal.com
Match your degree syllabus or the experience with relevant IQN qualification’s contents by completing the syllabus grids on this form.
You did not attempt and fail relevant IQN qualification till date.
Incomplete forms will not be granted for evaluation of exemption.
The recognition of credit is entirely at the discretion of IQN.
c Degree certificate and transcript, clearly showing your mark attained.
c Syllabus for your degree(s).c Relevant Experience Certificate from employer (in case you
claim exemption based on your work experience).*Please send English notarised copy of your documents in case your documents are in languages other than English.
Full Name Date of Birth IQN Candidate ID(Don’t have an IQN ID? Create One Here)
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Postal Address Postal Code Country
IQN Qualification(s) applied for exemption(include exam name to claim exemption in CPA or GCMA)
Prior Degree(s) Awarding Year of Prior Degree
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Declaration Signature Date
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IQN QualificationsCertified Finance Specialist............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Certified Islamic Banker................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Certified Project Management Analyst.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Qualified Internal Auditor.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Global Certified Management Accountant....................................................................................................................................................................................8
Accounting Exam....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Management Accounting Exam................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Finance Exam........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Certified Public Accountant Important Announcement..............................................................................................................................................................11
Certified Public Accountant......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Finance Exam........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Management Accounting Exam............................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Financial Reporting Exam........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Audit & Assurance Exam.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Certified Strategic Manager......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Diploma in Hospitality Management........................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Diploma in Human Resource Management.................................................................................................................................................................................18
Diploma in International Financial Reporting..............................................................................................................................................................................19
Diploma in Marketing.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Diploma in Supply Chain Management....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Diploma in Information Technology............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
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Certified Finance SpecialistPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Finance Your degree title or name Reference document
Explore the nature and scope of financial strategy
Explore the capital investment process & tools
Understand DCF methods of investment appraisal
Explore sensitivity analysis & capital rationing for project appraisal
Explore share capital as source of finance
Explore alternative sources of finance
Explore financing options available
Explore the costs of capital
Explore the components of capital markets
Understand the working capital management issues
Understand currency risk & interest rate risk
Understand futures, options, FRA & SWAPS
Explore optimal capital structure
Explore dividend policy
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Certified Islamic BankerPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Islamic Banking Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand key principles of Islamic Finance and Economy
Apply concepts of Islamic contract
Apply principles of business and management to comply with Islamic financial system
Apply Sharia compliant principles of finance and investment in financial institutions
Notice of Withdrawal
IQN Certified Islamic Banker is being discontinued from December 2017. No new learners will be accepted onto the qualification after September 30, 2017 and the final exam session is December 31, 2017.
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Certified Project Management AnalystPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Project Management Your degree title or name Reference document
Identify core concepts of Project and Project Management
Assess the feasibility of a project
Identify component of a Project Life Cycle and relevant issues
Identify Project Management Methodologies
Apply the tools and techniques to manage projects successfully
Understand the issues of the project budget, risk management and project management software
Understand the issues of Project Control, Termination, Review and Evaluation of Projects
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Qualified Internal AuditorPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Internal Auditing Your degree title or name Reference document
Apply concepts of internal auditing, risk and governance
Understand and apply the concepts of Internal Audit Engagement
Appropriately use the engagements and analytical tools in Audit Engagement
Evaluate and report risk and control self-assessment of financial audit engagements
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Global Certified Management AccountantAccounting ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Accounting Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand the context and purpose of financial reporting
Understand the use of double entry and accounting systems
Complete recording of transactions and events
Prepare trial balance
Preparing basic financial statements
Preparing simple consolidated financial statements
Interpretation of financial statements
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Global Certified Management AccountantManagement Accounting ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Management Accounting Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand financial information for financial statements
Prepare Financial Statements
Explore general issues for performance management
Explore costing systems for performance management
Understand budget & budgeting
Explore cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis
Explore decision making techniques in managerial accounting
Explore pricing and pricing decisions
Understand transfer pricing
Explore tools for performance measurement
Explore tools for standard costing
Evaluate performance in operations / production
Explore ways to improve performance
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Global Certified Management AccountantFinance ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Finance Your degree title or name Reference document
Explore the nature and scope of financial strategy
Explore the capital investment process & tools
Understand DCF methods of investment appraisal
Explore sensitivity analysis & capital rationing for project appraisal
Explore share capital as source of finance
Explore alternative sources of finance
Explore financing options available
Explore the costs of capital
Explore the components of capital markets
Understand the working capital management issues
Understand currency risk & interest rate risk
Understand futures, options, FRA & SWAPS
Explore optimal capital structure
Explore dividend policy
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Certified Public Accountant Important Announcement
The new GCMA qualification replacing the current CPA qualification
In December last year, ‘Global Certified Management Accounting’ (GCMA) was “re-accredited” at SCQF Level 8 with 120-credits. This is exactly the same credit and level that we have for current ‘Certified Public Accountant’ (CPA) qualification. Following the successful transition towards new framework for GCMA qualification, we have undertaken an extensive review of our portfolio to ensure our qualifications continue to provide all the skills needed for years to come.
On the basis of feedback from different stakeholders, we have concluded that new GCMA qualification would replace the current CPA qualification. We believe that CPA is an excellent professional credential. However, we are more confident that new GCMA would bring incredible values to the next generation of finance students and professionals. The rationalisation would enhance support for our students and training centres for the new GCMA (credential), for which we have the exclusive trade mark right in the UK.
In order to facilitate this transition, no new students will be accepted onto the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) programme after December 31, 2017. All CPA certificates will continue to be awarded by Scottish Qualifications Authority. We believe none of our CPA students would be impacted since all students will get ample opportunity to complete the current CPA qualification by June 30, 2019.
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Certified Public AccountantFinance ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Finance Your degree title or name Reference document
Explore the nature and scope of financial strategy
Explore the capital investment process & tools
Understand DCF methods of investment appraisal
Explore sensitivity analysis & capital rationing for project appraisal
Explore share capital as source of finance
Explore alternative sources of finance
Explore financing options available
Explore the costs of capital
Explore the components of capital markets
Understand the working capital management issues
Understand currency risk & interest rate risk
Understand futures, options, FRA & SWAPS
Explore optimal capital structure
Explore dividend policy
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Certified Public AccountantManagement Accounting ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Management Accounting Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand financial information for financial statements
Prepare Financial Statements
Explore general issues for performance management
Explore costing systems for performance management
Understand budget & budgeting
Explore cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis
Explore decision making techniques in managerial accounting
Explore pricing and pricing decisions
Understand transfer pricing
Explore tools for performance measurement
Explore tools for standard costing
Evaluate performance in operations / production
Explore ways to improve performance
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Certified Public AccountantFinancial Reporting ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Financial Reporting Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand the conceptual and regulatory framework of financial reporting
Prepare financial statements for an entity by applying IASs and IFRSs
Analyse the statement of cash flows and related party disclosure
Analyse accounting treatment related to group financial statements and specialised transactions
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Certified Public AccountantAudit & Assurance ExamPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Audit & Assurance Your degree title or name Reference document
Identify the roles and responsibilities of external auditor
Identify and assess the risks of audit of financial statements
Identify the quality and relevance of audit evidence
Identify and modify appropriate audit opinion
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Certified Strategic ManagerPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Strategic Management Your degree title or name Reference document
Demonstrate an understanding of the objectives, position and strategy of business
Be able to identify the consequences of strategic choices on business and its growth
Be able to identify organisational structure and challenges of change management in the context of strategic management
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Diploma in Hospitality ManagementPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Hospitality Management Your degree title or name Reference document
Demonstrate an understanding of the nature and scope of global hospitality industry
Be able to identify the impact of external environment and factors on the global hospitality
Be able to evaluate current trends and issues of accommodation and food-services sectors of hospitality management
Notice of Withdrawal
IQN Diploma in Hospitality Management is being discontinued from December 2018. No new learners will be accepted onto the diploma programme after June 30, 2018 and the final exam session is December 31, 2018.
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Diploma in Human Resource ManagementPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Human Resource Management Your degree title or name Reference document
Demonstrate an understanding of Human Resource Management and its development
Be able to identify the concepts and process of human resource planning (HRP), recruitment and selection
Be able to identify the key aspects of reward and performance management
Be able to identify different aspects of exit rights and procedures
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Diploma in International Financial ReportingPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Financial Reporting Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand the conceptual and regulatory framework of financial reporting
Prepare financial statements for an entity by applying IASs and IFRSs
Analyse the statement of cash flows and related party disclosure
Analyse accounting treatment related to group financial statements and specialised transactions
Notice of Withdrawal
IQN Diploma in International Financial Reporting is being discontinued from June 2018. No new learners are being accepted onto the diploma programme after December 31, 2017 and the final exam session is June 30, 2018. IQN has undertaken an extensive review of its portfolio to ensure our qualifications continue to provide the all the skills needed for years to come. This has resulted in strong investment in our new GCMA (credential) which is being designed to equip finance students and professionals with the skills to excel.
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Diploma in MarketingPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Marketing Your degree title or name Reference document
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of markets and marketing
Be able to identify different components of marketing process and marketing environment
Be able to distinguish marketing strategies based on product, price, place and promotion objectives
Demonstrate understanding of contemporary issues of local and international markets
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Diploma in Supply Chain ManagementPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Supply Chain Management Your degree title or name Reference document
Demonstrate the understanding of the scope and nature of Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Be able to identify design, planning and operations of Supply Chain in the global context
Be able to identify different strategies used in the Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Demonstrate the understanding of purchase and supply functions of Supply Chain Management (SCM)
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Diploma in Information TechnologyPlease complete the grid below to show where in your prior degree or experience covered the IQN qualification’s contents. You must provide evidence for each of the degree and reference documents for each point listed below. If you are unable to do so, your application may be unsuccessful.
Information Technology Your degree title or name Reference document
Understand the impact of Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) in the context of an organisation
Be able to identify the tools of project management utilised for IT projects
Be able to distinguish components of user requirements and systems analysis
Understand the fundamental legal and security issues of IT
Notice of Withdrawal
IQN Diploma in Information Technology is being discontinued from June 2018. No new learners will be accepted onto the diploma programme after December 31, 2017 and the final exam session is June 30, 2018.
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OFFICIAL USE ONLYQualification Title Application OutcomeCertified Finance SpecialistCertified Islamic BankerCertified Project Management AnalystQualified Internal AuditorGlobal Certified Management Accountant:
Accounting examManagement Accounting exam
Certified Public Accountant:
Finance examManagement Accounting examFinancial Reporting examAudit & Assurance exam
Diploma in Hospitality ManagementDiploma in Human Resource ManagementDiploma in International Financial ReportingDiploma in International AuditingDiploma in MarketingDiploma in Supply Chain ManagementDiploma in Information TechnologyChecked by Signature Date
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