This double degree program is designed to allow students to meet professional accreditation in accounting and to complete two separate 6 course plans in arts (see the CQU Glossary for definition of a double degree, available from http://www.cqu.edu.au/glossary).

Accounting offers students a wide range of employment opportunities in an expanding profession. Career opportunities exist in areas such as financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, taxation planning and advice services, treasury and financial consulting.

Students will gain an introduction to all these fields, ensuring they graduate with excellent communication and technical skills, as well as acquiring an awareness of associated business disciplines and their interrelationships in modern business settings.

To satisfy the requirements for the award, students must complete a program of 32 courses/192 units of credit which comply with the requirements stated below:

• 8 compulsory courses;
• 10 accounting technical specialist courses;
• 12 courses, comprising 2 separate plans from the Bachelor of Arts core study plans; and
• 2 elective courses selected from a Bachelor of Arts core studies plan.

Students should consider the following points in selecting courses to be studied in a particular year, enabling them to structure their study program so prerequisite courses are completed prior to subsequent advanced level courses:

• full-time students usually study a maximum of 4 courses per term;
• part-time students usually study a maximum of 2 course per term; and
• students must make themselves aware of course details available from the course availability table in this handbook (term offered, internal and distance availability, prerequisites).

This program places some emphasis on developing the student's competencies and practical knowledge of the business applications of computing. Internal students will spend time in computer facilities as part of their regular classes and distance students will need to ensure, when undertaking certain courses of study, they have a high level of access to adequate computer facilities.