Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Accounting) CB01

Program Overview

This combined degree program is designed to allow students to meet professional accreditation in Accounting and to complete two separate six-course plans in Arts.

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.

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 courses per term;
• details of course availability (term offered, internal and distance availability, prerequisites) are published at the end of this Handbook, and students must make themselves aware of these;

This course 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.

Program Structure

Students must complete a program of 32 courses (19 Business courses and 13 Arts courses) which comply with the program detailed below. Students must complete:

Code	Course
all of the following 7 compulsory courses:
ACCT11059	Using Accounting for Decision Making
ECON11026	Principles of Economics
HRMT11010	Organisational Behaviour
COIS11011	Foundations of Business Computing
LAWS11030	Introductory & Contract Law I
MRKT11029	Marketing
STAT11028	Quantitative Methods A
all of the following 9 Accounting technical specialist courses:
ACCT11057	Principles of Accounting
ACCT19060	Management Accounting
ACCT19061	Corporate Accounting
LAWS19032	Company & Association Law
ACCT19062	Accounting Theory
ACCT19063	Contemporary Issues in Accounting
ACCT19064	Auditing & Professional Finance
FINC19011	Business Finance
LAWS19033	Taxation Law & Practice A
3 of the following Accounting technical specialist courses:
LAWS19031	Mercantile Law
ACCT19065	Foundations of Research in Commerce
FINC19012	Investment Analysis & Risk Management
ACCT19066	Accounting Systems & Assurance
LAWS19034	Taxation Law & Practice B
HRMT19017	Project
STAT12029	Essential Statistics
	Elective
12 courses, comprising two separate 6 course plans from the Bachelor of Arts Core Studies Plans (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, Asia & Pacific Studies, Australian Studies, Drama Studies, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Geography, History, Japanese Language, Literary & Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Methods of Social Research, Sociology, Text & Cultural Studies, Welfare Studies).
1 elective course, selected from a Bachelor of Arts Core Studies plan.
Refer to the program listing for further details of Bachelor of Arts plans.

Application for Credit Transfer

Credit transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies equivalent in content and depth to a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) or Bachelor of Arts course have been completed.

Students should examine the course synopses in this Handbook to determine the courses from which they may be eligible to claim exemption.

Refer to Credit for Previous Studies in the Admissions & Enrolment section of the Handbook, regarding the guidelines and requirements in applying for credit transfer.