This double 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:
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.
| 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 |
| MATH11246 | 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 |
| STAT11048 | 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, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Geography, History, Japanese Language, Literary & Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Methods of Social Research, Sociology, Text & Cultural Studies, Stylistics & Creative Writing, 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. | |
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 for which they may be eligible to claim credit.
Refer to Credit for Previous Studies in the Admissions & Enrolment section of the Handbook, regarding the guidelines and requirements in applying for credit transfer.
Please note that students enrolled in the Accounting program are not permitted to credit more than one Pass Conceded or Pass Terminating grade in courses required for accreditation with Accounting professional bodies towards the requirements of the Accounting program. Courses required for accreditation with Accounting professional bodies include all nine compulsory Accounting technical specialist courses plus all core courses in the Accounting program.
CQU CRICOS Provider Codes: QLD - 00219C; NSW - 01315F; VIC - 01624D
This handbook was correct as at: 16-06-2003