Description
Accountants count – literally – on their proficiency as highly organised, precise and committed professionals.
If these qualities add up for you, then this six-month course is perfect preparation for a career in accounting and finance.
The Graduate Certificate in Accounting is flexible, allowing you to focus on the areas that most interest you. Topics include business and managerial accounting, financial reporting, contemporary issues in accounting, economics and quantitative analysis, finance, information systems and legal studies.
Multiple career opportunities exist for graduates within accounting and financial services. This course is also a pathway towards our industry-accredited Master of Professional Accounting.
Major Area of Study
You will study eight units of the Master of Professional Accounting. Subjects covered include business accounting, information systems, financial reporting, contemporary issues in accounting, as well as management accounting, legal studies, finance, economics and quantitative analysis.
Course Learning Outcome
Explore and apply principles and theories from a discipline area using appropriate professional and critical judgement skills to constructively engage in industry practices.
Explore and apply principles and theories from a discipline area using appropriate professional and critical judgement skills to constructively engage in industry practices.
Apply interpersonal, organisational and governance practices to challenging issues allowing for ethical perspectives in structured business circumstances.
Develop and apply well-established discipline knowledge and skills in a specialised management area to solve complex problems with global perspectives.
Develop and apply well-established discipline knowledge and skills in a specialised management area to solve complex problems with global perspectives.
Present professional or disciplinary fundamental principles or knowledge on complex issues orally or through written communication for a business or public context.
Apply well-developed disciplinary knowledge and skills demonstrating a sophisticated level of responsible behaviour with awareness of cultural contexts.
Requirement
See the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, in conjunction with the Specific Award Rules listed below.
Applicants for admission to candidature in the Graduate Diploma of Accounting may be selected where they can demonstrate professional standing approved by the School Board to be equivalent to the requirements of Rule 2, Section 3.
With reference to Schedule B in Rule 2, Section 1 the level of attainment should be at least equivalent to IELTS 6.5.
Language requirements
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this course are as follows
Category Score
Overall Score 6.5
Fees
Tuition Fee $15,200 full program
Application Fee $105
Acceptance Fee $0
Housing Fee $650- $1,200 monthly
Living Fee $300- $500 monthly