Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) course allows students to develop skills that are fundamental to evaluating, analysing and communicating the financial position of an organisation or individual.

The accounting major is designed to prepare individuals in the core areas of financial accounting, management accounting, finance, tax and auditing, in addition to economics and company law. To comply with the National Threshold Learning Standards for accounting, the teaching and learning activities and assessment tasks in the course are designed to instil a range of skills including oral, communicative, presentation, critical analysis, problem solving and group work skills.

Students with studies in Accounting find rewarding work in industry, commerce, the public sector, the financial industry or business consulting and public accounting.

Upon successfully completing the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) students will be able to:

• Define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to business and apply those principles in a range of practices
• 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
• Formulate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and demonstrate cognisance of the impact of business decisions on the triple bottom line
• Coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas
• Communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience
• Build on and continuously develop the intellectual independence to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies
• Work collaboratively in diverse groups

For the completion of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) students are required to complete a total of 24 units (300 credit points) consisting of:

• Eight [8] prescribed Bachelor of Business core units (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study from the Accounting discipline major (100 credit points)
• Three [3] fixed Accounting units of study (37.5 credit points)
• Five [5] units of Secondary studies (62.5 credit points) comprising of a minor and/or electives

Core units

• ACC10007 Financial Information for Decision Making
• BUS10012 Innovative Business Practice
• MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
• MKT10009 Marketing and the Consumer Experience
• ECO10005 Economics for Business Decision Making
• INF10024 Business Digitalisation
• BUS30031 Sustainable Business Practice
• BUS30032 Business Consulting Project

Discipline major

• ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
• FIN10002 Financial Statistics
• ACC20007 Management Accounting for Planning and Control
• ACC20013 Company Accounting
• FIN20014 Financial Management
• ACC30008 Accounting Theory
• ACC30005 Taxation
• ACC30010 Auditing

Fixed Accounting Units

• FIN30014 Financial Risk Management
• ACC30009 Analysis for Competitive Advantage
• LAW20019 Law of Commerce

Five (5) additional units of study must be completed. These units of study may comprise of a minor and/or electives.