Start Date
February
July

Campus
City West

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DBCC

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 68.35 (for 2014)
Selection Rank (Guaranteed): 75.00 (for 2015)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

To provide graduates with the education and skills necessary to be accountants in public practice, commerce and industry, and the public sector. It also provides a sound qualification for careers in business and management.

Content & Structure

The program comprises an eight course Division Core (see Note 1), an eight course Accounting major, nine elective courses and of these, eight elective courses may be used to take either a second eight course major in another discipline, or one or two four course minors in other disciplines (including the Professional Accounting Minor). If only one minor is taken, the other four electives may be chosen from a broad range of courses. See Notes 5 and 6 concerning electives. The program requires the completion of 24 courses totalling 108 units, as listed in the program schedule.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Accounting for Business ACCT 1008 4.5 Note(s): 1
Communication and Information Systems in Business BUSS 1058 4.5 Note(s): 1
Foundations of Business Law COML 1001 4.5 Note(s): 1
Business and Society BUSS 1057 4.5 Note(s): 1
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Financial Accounting 1 ACCT 1006 4.5
Quantitative Methods for Business MATH 1053 4.5 Note(s): 1
Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange MARK 1010 4.5 Note(s): 1
Principles of Economics ECON 1008 4.5 Note(s): 1
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Financial Accounting 2 ACCT 2005 4.5
Management Accounting ACCT 2006 4.5
Finance and Investment BANK 2005 4.5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Financial Accounting 3 ACCT 3007 4.5
Management Principles BUSS 1054 4.5 Note(s): 1
Companies and Partnership Law COML 2005 4.5 Note(s): 2,3
OR Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Auditing Theory and Practice ACCT 3005 4.5 Note(s): 2,3
OR Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Taxation Law 1 ACCT 3002 4.5 Note(s): 2,3
OR Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Elective 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Contemporary Issues in Accounting ACCT 3003 4.5 Note(s): 6
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4,5
Global Issues for Accounting BUSS 3017 4.5
NOTE: Global Issues for Accounting is a final year course. Students should not attempt this course until the last year of their studies.

Professional accreditation and recognition

This program is recognised for maximum exemptions toward the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' (ACCA) professional programs of study.

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