Bachelor of Accounting

	2013
Location:	Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session:	February, July, Nov
Normal Course Duration:	3 years

About the Bachelor of Accounting

This specialist accounting degree covers theoretical and conceptual accounting matters with employment opportunities in professional accounting practice, commerce, industry, government and the not-for-profit sector. You will enjoy many vocational choices, including:

• Public practice: auditing, business advisory services, taxation, management consulting, insolvency and business recovery, information technology, external reporting

• Commerce and industry: management accounting, budget planning and control, taxation planning, information systems design, electronic data processing, financial management, internal auditing, policy formulation, strategic planning, team research, product planning and marketing

• government, semi-government and non-profit organisations: financial accountability, budgeting and performance measurement, accounting control systems, policy formulation, prices surveillance, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis.

Industry recognition

Both CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) accredit the Bachelor of Accounting. Graduates are also eligible for associate membership of CPA Australia (ASA), which is a requirement for entry into the CPA Program.

Graduates are also eligible to join the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants at the member level without further study and to become an Associate of the Institute of Public Accountants.

Alternative pathway

Students who successfully complete the Taylors UniLink Diploma of Business or the Martin College Advanced Diploma of Management are able to gain credit into the Bachelor of Accounting.

Course outcomes

You will have a basis for many vocational choices, including:

Public practice: auditing, business advisory services,taxation, management consulting, insolvency and corporate (business) recovery, information technology, external reporting.
Commerce and industry: management accounting, budget planning and control, taxation planning, information systems.
design, electronic data processing, financial management, internal auditing, policy formulation, strategic planning, team research, product planning and marketing.
Government, semi-government and non-profit organisations: financial accountability, budgeting and performance.
measurement, accounting control systems, policy formulation,prices surveillance, cost/benefit analysis, cost/effectiveness analysis.

Advanced standing

Gain credit into the Bachelor of Business degree - if you have successfully completed the Martin College Advanced Diploma of Management.

The University does not usually expect you to repeat study completed to an acceptable standard at a university or college, or to study subjects in which you are already competent because of work or other experience.

Ask your Student Advisor for more information

Course structure

You must successfully complete 24 subjects to graduate, consisting of 18 core subjects, and six elective subjects. Refer to www.csu.edu.au for detailed subject information.

Core subjects:
ACC100	Accounting 1:
ACC110	Accounting 2
ACC200	Accounting Systems
ACC210	Management Accounting 1
ACC222	External Reporting
ACC275	Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC311	Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
ACC322	Company Accounting
ACC331	Auditing and Assurance Services
ACC341	Accounting Theory
ECO130	Business Economics
FIN211	Financial Management
LAW110	Business Law
LAW220	Business Organisations Law
LAW301	Taxation Law (Principles)
MGT100	Organisations and Management
MGT230	Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117	Business Statistics

Electives:

Students may undertake six free electives or choose a Joint Study as their electives. An elective is any undergraduate subject offered at the CSU Study Centre. Students can enrol in these subjects provided they meet prerequisites and enrolment restrictions. Electives are required to bring a student’s total number of subjects to 24 over the course of the three-year degree.

Joint Study:

A Joint Study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Accounting. The discipline studied will then be included on the testamur in conjunction with a Bachelor of Accounting (e.g. Bachelor of Accounting/Marketing).

For a Joint Study from within the Faculty of Business, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites or have the required assumed knowledge.

A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.

Joint Study programs available at the CSU Study Centres are:

• Human Resources Management
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing

This course is also offered at CSU’s regional campuses.