Accounting (Professional)
The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Table A - The University of Sydney Business School
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Professional Accounting |
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Professional Accounting program |
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| Achievement of a program in Professional Accounting requires 72 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 24 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
Units of study |
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| The relevant units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis |
6 | A Mathematics (equivalent of band 4 in the NSW HSC subject Mathematics or band E3 in Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) OR MATH1111 N ECMT1010 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1001 or MATH1115 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS1030 Accounting, Business and Society |
6 | N ACCT1001 or ACCT1002 or ACCT1003 or ACCT1004 or ACCT1005 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making |
6 | A Mathematics (equivalent of band 4 in the NSW HSC subject Mathematics or band E3 in Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) OR MATH1111 N ECON1001 OR ECON1040 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT1006 Accounting and Financial Management |
6 | A HSC Mathematics P BUSS1030 or ACCT1005 N ACCT1001 or ACCT1002 or ACCT1003 or ACCT1004 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
2000-level units of study |
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Core * |
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| ACCT2011 Financial Accounting A |
6 | P (ACCT1001 or ACCT1005 or BUSS1030) and (ACCT1002 or ACCT1006) Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT2019 Management Accounting |
6 | P (ACCT1001 or ACCT1005 or BUSS1030) and (ACCT1002 or ACCT1006) N ACCT2012 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW2214 Business Law |
6 | N CLAW1001 or CLAW1003 or CLAW2201 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FINC2011 Corporate Finance I |
6 | A BUSS1030 P {(BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1001) or [(MATH1005 or MATH1015) and MATH1115)] or 6 credit points in MATH units including MATH1905)} and (BUSS1040 or ECON1001 or ECON1002) Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| * Students who wish to combine a Business Law major with the Professional Accounting program must complete CLAW1001 and CLAW1003 instead of CLAW2214, which will satisfy the requirements of the Professional Accounting Program unit CLAW2214. | |||
3000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| ACCT3011 Financial Accounting B |
6 | P ACCT2011 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT3600 Accounting and Auditing in Practice |
6 | A Students are expected to have an understanding of the key principles and rules of specified auditing standards, and be able to apply them in the context of business scenarios. Students are also expected to comprehend the form and content of published financial statements and be able to explain their function. P Completion of at least 120 credit points including (ACCT2012 or ACCT2019) and ACCT3011. N ACCT3014 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW3201 Australian Taxation System |
6 | P CLAW1003 or CLAW2201 or CLAW2214 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS3110 Information Systems for Accountants |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 N INFS2001 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |