The Bachelor of Accounting requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the Honours degree an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). The course is a 108-unit program offered by the College of Business, Government and Law.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop broad accounting knowledge and competencies to facilitate careers in commercial business-related fields. Students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the capability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged. There is a particular focus on application of accounting knowledge, competencies and capabilities to diverse and global commercial business/organisational contexts. Students will apply their accounting knowledge and competencies to a broad range of commercial business/organisational practices including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices.
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Accounting a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or better or NGP in each topic. This must include:
Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided course and topic prerequisites requirements are met. No more than 45 units of First Level topics may be included in the 108 units.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Except with the permission of the Dean (Education), the course must be completed within ten consecutive years. Failure to do so may constitute evidence of unsatisfactory progress. Where permission is given to complete in more than ten consecutive years, there may be a requirement for additional coursework in order to ensure relevant and up-to-date knowledge.
31.5 units comprising:
BUSN1001 Accounting Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes (4.5 units)
BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1015 Foundations of Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)
Plus a 4.5 unit elective topic from across the University, where entry requirements are met
27 units comprising:
BUSN2034 Interpersonal Skills for Professionals (4.5 units)
BUSN2035 Cost and Management Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN2036 Financial Accounting Issues (4.5 units)
BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2042 Corporations Law (4.5 units)
BUSN2052 Accounting Information Systems (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of elective topics from across the University, where entry requirements are met
18 units comprising:
BUSN3047 Company Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN3048 Auditing (4.5 units)
BUSN3054 Taxation Law and Practice (4.5 units)
BUSN3064 Financial Statement Analysis (4.5 units)
Plus 18 units of BUSN topics where prerequisites are met.
Refer to Bachelor of Commerce (Honours).
The Bachelor of Accounting may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
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