Professional Accounting
The Professional Accounting program meets the requirements for professional accounting accreditation with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia.
Options for studying Professional Accounting
Professional Accounting is only available as Table A program option in the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies.
Please note. Students cannot complete the Professional Accounting program in combination with a major or minor in Accounting.
Pathway through the Professional Accounting program
The requirements for the Professional Accounting program are spread out over three years of the degree (four years if students are completing a combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies degree).
To achieve the Professional Accounting program, students must complete 72 credit points comprising:
- 24 credit points of 1000-level core units of study;
- 24 credit points of 2000-level core units of study; and
- 24 credit points of 3000-level core units of study.
A sample pathway for this program is listed below.
| Year | Session | Units of study | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Semester 1 | Core: BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis* | Core: BUSS1030 Accounting, Business and Society* |
| Semester 2 | Core: ACCT1006 Accounting and Financial Management | Core: BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making | |
| Second | Semester 1 | Core: ACCT2011 Financial Accounting A | Core: CLAW2214 Business Law for Accountants |
| Semester 2 | Core: ACCT2012 Management Accounting A | Core: FINC2011 Corporate Finance I | |
| Third | Semester 1 | Core: ACCT3011 Financial Accounting B | Core: INFS3110 Accounting Information Systems |
| Semester 2 | Core: ACCT3600 Accounting and Auditing in Practice | Core: CLAW3201 Australian Taxation System | |
* These units are also degree core for the Bachelor of Commerce and related combined degrees.
Please Note. This sample progression is meant as an example only. Depending on unit prerequisites, students may be able to complete these units in a different sequence to that displayed in the table above.
For details of the core and selective units of study required for the Professional Accounting program please refer to the Accounting (Professional) section of the unit of study table, Table A, in this handbook.