Bachelor of Accounting

Overview of the course

Be in demand. Study a Bachelor of Accounting and kick-start your career in finance.

In this rewarding career, youll help people and organisations with their big picture financial goals, while never losing sight of the small details. Learn highly sought-after skills to help your clients make the most of their finances.

This course will equip you with the professional skills youll need to find your dream role in accounting. Pair knowledge of the latest financial management software, such as Tableau and Xero, with foundational business practices to ensure you enter the workplace with a thorough understanding of core business needs.  An industry consulting project for a live client provides additional opportunities for Bachelor of Accounting students to build a professional portfolio of work and to gain insights to make you work-ready upon graduation.

Build your career readiness by hearing from passionate industry speakers and boost your professional networking skills, ensuring you graduate feeling job ready. Past students have connected with representatives from NAB, Genesis Group, Bollard and Associates, and World Vision.

The Bachelor of Accounting is professionally accredited by CAANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) as well as CPA (Certified Practising Accountants) Australia.

What you will learn

Financial accounting: Generate logical solutions to finance problems that are fit for purpose. Gain awareness of the impact financial decisions have on businesses.

Management accounting: Learn technical skills required to analyse information that support decisions which enhance both customer and shareholder values.

Company accounting: Understand technical methods to help with the preparation of accounting information and financial statements.

Taxation: Understand the Australian taxation system and the basic principles of Australian income tax, fringe benefit tax and goods and services taxation legislation.

Auditing: Understand the nature and purpose of auditing within the regulatory auditing environment.

Financial statistics: Use data to analyse and interpret information to guide business decisions in a variety of contexts.

Non-Year 12 entry

Completion or partial completion of an approved tertiary qualification (including diplomas, advanced diplomas, associate degrees and degrees). Additional performance criteria and prerequisite requirements may also apply.

Students admitted to the course with prior tertiary studies that satisfy part of the academic requirements of this course may be eligible for academic credit of up to 16 units.

Applicants without a formal qualification but with significant and relevant work experience and appropriate English language skills, or a suitable Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) result, will be considered if they can demonstrate that they can undertake the course with a reasonable prospect of success.

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