Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) course provides you with strong foundation skills and technical knowledge required to successfully enter the workforce as an accountant. Upon graduation, you will be equipped with a specialist understanding of accounting and its associated business fields.

A rewarding career – professionally and financially – awaits you upon completion of your Bachelor of Business (Accounting) at Stott's College.

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) course at Stott's College is designed to provide you with an accounting specialisation in a broader business context, ensuring you can work in a number of roles in different organisations or manage your own business. The course will also allow successful graduates to become eligible for membership of CPA – Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ), and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

Using both theoretical and practical examples, you will be taught the skills to be adaptable and proactive in the rapidly changing world of commerce.

You will gain a comprehensive knowledge in a broad range of areas including in business, ethics and corporate social responsibility, management, law, marketing, and specialised areas in accounting and business decision-making, management accounting, auditing, taxation, information technology and business statistics.

Upon completion of the course, you will have the ability to analyse and reflect on the role of accounting processes and principles, finance, financial reporting and planning in businesses and corporations. As a result, you can move directly into a career as an accountant either as an employee or a small business owner; or go on to further study at post-graduate level.

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) is a fully accredited Australian higher education course completed over a three-year period.  The course will be delivered through teacher-led classroom delivery in the form of lectures and tutorials. Most units require students to attend a two-hour lecture and a one-hour tutorial.

The five bands of core knowledge in this course are:

Accounting and Finance

Understanding finance is central to the role of successful managers and entrepreneurs, and the major in accounting provides a thorough understanding of the role of accounting processes and principles, finance, financial reporting and planning in business and corporations. The eight accounting subjects cover basic accounting and business decision-making processes through to the more specialised accounting for taxation and auditing and assurance. You will also be exposed to the analysis of the principles and practices of corporate finance as well as contemporary finance issues and challenges and the importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Management

The management units are designed to give you a thorough understanding of the role of management in the operation of a business. Topics which will be covered include the four functions of management, strategic management and planning tools and techniques, change management and leadership theories. You will be able to further develop their understanding of strategic management by analysing the context of strategy, internal and external environmental scanning, strategy formulation and issues relating to the implementation of strategy.

Marketing

The marketing units expose you to broad theories of marketing as well as practical knowledge about the design and implementation of marketing strategies. They cover in detail topics such as the functions of marketing within a business, elements of marketing mix and ethics and social responsibility factors relevant to marketing practices. Ultimately, you will be able to develop an awareness of the strategic planning role of marketing in creating sustainable competitive advantage.

Law

The law units provide you with the knowledge of the legal environment in which business operates. You will gain knowledge on the legal principles of contract and tort law, and the main business organisational structures and their relative advantages or disadvantages. In addition, company law contains topics such as directors' duties, member's rights and remedies, fundraising options, shareholding and corporate liability.

Human Resource Management (HRM)

You will learn the different HRM concepts and practices and the mechanism for translating business strategies into the operational aspects of HRM. You will also gain knowledge on relevant legal frameworks, including Occupational Health and Safety, the changing industrial relations system in Australia, as well as strategic HRM and the role of training and evaluation of performance as a function in the growth of a business.

Understanding finance is central to the role of successful managers and entrepreneurs, and the major in accounting provides a thorough understanding of the role of accounting processes and principles, finance, financial reporting and planning in business and corporations. The eight accounting subjects cover basic accounting and business decision-making processes through to the more specialised Accounting for Taxation and Auditing and Assurance.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Analyse and reflect on the role of accounting processes and principles, finance, financial reporting and planning in businesses and corporations.

2. Systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts.

3. Exhibit professional judgment in the selection and use of common business tools to support decision-making and project management in a general business context.

4. Critically review and adapt business theories in analysing contemporary business problems in a variety of domestic and international contexts whilst appreciating the value of intercultural settings.

5. Evaluate priorities and articulate key issues in complex business problems.

6. Develop an appreciation for the legal framework in which organisations and communities operate.

7. Communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience.

8. Work collaboratively in diverse groups.

9. Build on and continuously develop the ability to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies.

FOR ENTRY INTO FIRST YEAR

Completed Year 12 or equivalent.  The minimum age is 18 years old.

International students must also demonstrate that they have English language ability equivalent to IELTS 6.0 (Academic).

Competency to IELTS 6.0 means that the student has documentary evidence of having completed an IELTS exam at an official IELTS testing centre or an equivalent recognised English language test, within the previous twelve months of the student's proposed start date for the Bachelor programs and that the student was given an overall score of 6 with no single band lower than 5.5 (see policy – International Student Admission Policy).

Applying for Credit Transfer:

If you have completed prior tertiary studies, you may be eligible for some credit exemptions. For further information, please refer to our Awarding of Credit Policy.

Graduates may wish to seek employment in a wide range of fields such as accounting, business analysis, commercial law, communications, entrepreneurship, event management, finance, human resources, international business, management, marketing, public relations or tourism. The following are some of the career opportunities for graduates from this course:

Accounts Officer
Tax Accountant
Financial Accountant
Management Accountant
Project Manager
General Manager
Operations Manager
Account Manager
Office Manager
Business Manager
Branch Manager
Human Resource Manager
Administration Manager
Executive Manager
Department Manager
Small business owner
Entrepreneur