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156 weeks
Face to face
Full time
March | July | November
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Melbourne
178-180 Victoria St, RICHMOND, VIC 3121
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
TEQSA
Professional Body
CPA Australia / Chartered Accountants ANZ (CA ANZ)
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
CPA / CA ANZ / IPA
Course Content
Principles of Accounting
Introduces core concepts in accounting as they apply to organisational decision-making, covering accounting principles, practices and processes, journal entries, ledger accounts, trial balance, and preparation of financial statements.
Business Communication
Equips students with skills to communicate clearly and coherently with a range of stakeholders in a business environment using appropriate language and communication strategies, including oral and written presentation.
Principles of Economics
Introduces the discipline of economics at macro and micro levels, examining factors influencing consumers, firms, and markets, and the impact of government, taxation, interest rates, and central bank policies.
Managing Organisations
Introduces management and leadership theories and practices, covering the four basic management functions: planning, organising, leading, and controlling, as well as professional ethics in business contexts.
Accounting Information Systems
Introduces computerised accounting systems and develops understanding of how accounting information systems impact business operations, including use of accounting software such as MYOB or Xero.
Business Law
Introduces the Australian legal environment and examines commercial laws central to business, including contract law, law of agency, consumer protection law, insolvency law and law of torts.
Business Statistics
Equips students with statistical techniques and procedures to systematically process information, covering data visualisation, probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing and regression techniques.
Cost and Management Accounting
Develops understanding of cost and management accounting elements and how cost information is used for planning, controlling and decision making, covering cost behaviour analysis, activity-based costing, budgeting and cost control.
Corporations Law
Introduces corporate regulation in Australia and legal issues faced by commercial and incorporated entities, covering company formation, directors' duties, corporate governance, and liquidation.
Corporate Finance
Examines basic concepts, principles and theories of business finance, including time value of money, risk and return, capital structure, cost of capital, and evaluation of shares, bonds and investment projects.
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Provides an in-depth look at complex and industry specific accounting issues in Australia, covering revenue recognition, tangible and intangible assets, liabilities, income-tax, leases, and cash flow statements.
Business Information Systems
Explores how technology can assist operational aspects and decision-making, covering IT fundamentals, Excel, value chain analysis, E-business, ERP, and social media tools to enhance digital literacy.
Corporate Accounting
Advanced financial accounting unit covering Australian accounting standards, reporting requirements for companies, accounting for shares and bonds, group structures, intra-group transactions, and fair value accounting.
Taxation Law
Provides practical working knowledge of Australian taxation law, including personal and corporate income tax, fringe benefit tax, capital gains tax, and goods and services tax.
Auditing and Assurance
Exposes students to concepts, objectives and techniques of auditing and assurance, covering auditor independence, audit risk, audit evidence, fraud detection, and various forms of audit reports.
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Introduces essential concepts of business ethics and corporate governance, covering ethical decision-making, corporate citizenship, the APESB and APES 110, stakeholder perspectives, and consumer rights.
Accounting Theory and Contemporary Issues
Examines the science and theoretical background underlying accounting, the accounting regulatory framework, positive and normative accounting theories, and contemporary issues such as environmental accounting and harmonisation.
Industry Internship
Requires students to apply knowledge and skills in real-life organisations through a field study on a business problem, culminating in a report and audio-visual presentation to an internal and external audience.
Human Resource Management
Provides a comprehensive overview of HRM policies and strategies, covering staff planning, hiring, training, compensating, motivating, and maintaining a culture of equity and fairness. (Elective Unit)
Systems Analysis and Design
Shows students how to analyse business problems and opportunities using graphical modelling techniques to represent the design of current and proposed information systems. (Elective Unit)
Database Fundamentals
Examines how organisations use databases, covering relational database design, database technologies, data-modelling approaches, and database-development processes. (Elective Unit)
Entrepreneurship
Introduces entrepreneurship from theoretical understanding to application, covering venture creation, business planning, legal issues for entrepreneurs, and sources of funding. (Elective Unit)
Marketing
Provides foundational knowledge of marketing as a discipline, covering key marketing theories, consumer behaviours, social responsibility, and buying concepts across local and global markets. (Elective Unit)
Common Questions
The total course fee for the Bachelor of Accounting is $50,400. This breaks down to $16,800 per year, $8,400 per semester, and $2,100 per unit.
Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency through an overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6, with a minimum score of 6 in Writing and Speaking, and a minimum of 5.5 in Listening and Reading, or an equivalent qualification.
Yes, the course includes a core unit called WIL304 Industry Internship, where students work in small groups at a host organisation's venue to conduct a field study on a particular business problem. The unit culminates in submitting a report and delivering an audio-visual presentation in front of an internal and external audience.
The Auditing and Assurance unit (ACC306) covers contents designed to meet the preliminary requirements of CPA Australia (CPAA) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), indicating alignment with these professional bodies.
The Bachelor of Accounting has three intake dates per year: March, July, and November. The course is delivered face to face at Level 4, 303 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, and runs for 156 weeks (3 years) full time.
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