Bachelor of Accounting
+ Award nomenclature
Bachelor of Accounting
BAcc
Joint Studies
A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Accounting. Students are able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with Bachelor of Accounting (e.g. Bachelor of Accounting/Finance). This course includes the following Joint Study options:
Advertising (Advert), Agribusiness (Agribus), Banking (Bank), Crop Production (Management) (CropProdn(Mgt)), Crop Production (Sciences) (CropProdn(Sc)), Cultural Heritage Management (CultHeritMgt), Economics (Econ), Ecotourism (Ecotourism), Finance (Fin), Financial Planning (FinPlan), Human Resource Management (HRM), Industrial Relations (IndRel), Information Systems (InfoSys), International Business (InternatBus), Legal Studies (LegalStud), Leisure and Health (Leis&Hlth), Management (Mgt), Marketing (Mkt), Organisational Communication and Public Relations (OrgComm&PubRel), Psychology (Psych), Sociology (Sociol), Vocational Training (VocTrain)
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
| Bachelor of Accounting (2412AC) |
|---|
| On Campus | Albury-Wodonga |
| Bathurst |
| CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
| CSU Study Centre Sydney |
| Port Macquarie |
| Wagga Wagga |
| Distance Education | Bathurst |
| Wagga Wagga |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Full-time 3 years (6.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
Standard CSU, UAC and VTAC admission requirements for undergraduate courses apply. International applicants must meet the CSU admission requirements in terms of English language requirements.
Credit CSU Credit Policy
Students who have studied and successfully completed relevant subjects at other universities or educational institutions may apply for credit for those subjects when applying to CSU courses. Credit will be granted for subjects, which are equivalent in content and standard, at the discretion of the Course Director.
The Faculty of Business has a large number of standard credit packages for TAFE and other institutions.
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
Course structure
The course consists of eighteen core subjects and six unrestricted elective subjects.
Students must ensure that there are no more than 12 level one subjects in their degree. The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code, e.g. ACC100 is a level one subject.
Core Subjects
ACC100 Accounting 1
ACC110 Accounting 2
ECO130 Business Economics
LAW110 Business Law
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
ACC200 Accounting Systems
ACC210 Management Accounting
ACC222 External Reporting
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
ACC322 Company Accounting
ACC331 Auditing & Assurance Services
ACC341 Accounting Theory
FIN211 Financial Management
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
Electives
Students may undertake six unrestricted electives or choose a Joint Study (see below) as their electives.
(A unrestricted elective is a subject that may be chosen from virtually any subject on offer across the University provided prerequisites, assumed knowledge, enrolment restrictions and any other Faculty requirements have been met.)
Charles Sturt University is committed to the process of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. As Australia's leading national inland university, it recognises the particular role and responsibility this tertiary educational institution has in promoting social justice and human rights for Indigenous Australians, both nationally and within the footprint of CSU.
You are encouraged to select IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities as an elective subject in your first year and prior to undertaking MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture.
TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute (NCIT) Port Macquarie
Articulated Program
Students who successfully complete the Advanced Diploma of Accounting through NCIT Port Macquarie will receive eight (8), eight (8) point subject credits and will be required to successfully complete sixteen (16) CSU degree subjects to graduate with the Bachelor of Accounting.
Integrated Program
On successful completion of the NCIT Port Macquarie Certificate IV Accounting, students will complete the NCIT Port Macquarie Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Accounting while concurrently undertaking the required CSU subjects outlined below to be eligible to graduate with the Bachelor of Accounting.
Required CSU Subjects
In addition to the eight (8) subject credits NCIT students will complete the following CSU degree Subjects:
ACC200 Accounting Systems
ACC210 Management Accounting
ACC222 External Reporting
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
ACC322 Company Accounting
ACC331 Auditing & Assurance Services
ACC341 Accounting Theory
ECO130 Business Economics
FIN211 Financial Management
LAW110 Business Law
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
The application of any TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute (NCIT) Port Macquarie student seeking credit for partial completion of a NCIT course shall be considered for credit on a case by case basis
Joint Study
A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Accounting. Students are then able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with Bachelor of Accounting (e.g. Bachelor of Accounting/Finance).
For a Joint Study either from within the Faculty of Business or consisting of subjects from another Faculty, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Established sequences are determined by the Faculty Board. Students must ensure that they take the necessary pre-requisites or have the required assumed knowledge.
No more than two subjects can be counted towards a Joint Study if they have already been undertaken as part of either the core or a specialisation.
A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.
The following Joint Studies are offered in the Bachelor of Accounting
Banking joint study
FIN211 Financial Management
FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN310 Commercial Banking & Finance
FIN320 Financial Institutions Lending
LAW330 Finance Law
Economics joint study
Five of the following
ECO130 Business Economics
ECO210 Labour Economics
ECO215 Managerial Economics for Business Strategy
ECO220 Macroeconomic Analysis
ECO240 Forecasting in Business
ECO320 International Economics
Finance joint study
FIN211 Financial Management
FIN221 Investments
FIN230 Financial Institutions & Markets
and two from:
FIN331 Financial Planning
FIN340 International Finance
FIN350 Strategic Financial Management
FIN360 Treasury Risk Management
FIN370 Funds Management
Financial Planning joint study
FIN211 Financial Management
FIN221 Investments
FIN331 Financial Planning
FIN380 Superannuation
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
Note: Finance and Banking students should substitute LAW302
Taxation Law (Issues) for FIN211 Financial Management
Human Resource Management joint study
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
and two from:
ECO210 Labour Economics
HRM210 Human Resource Management
INR310 Comparative Industrial Regulations
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
Industrial Relations joint study
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW240 Industrial Law
INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
LAW370 Law of Employment
and one from:
ECO210 Labour Economics
HRM210 Human Resource Management
LAW260 Administrative Law
MGT320 Managing Change
Information Systems joint study
ITC114 Database Management Systems
ITC211 Systems Analysis
and three of the following, only one of which may be at Level 1:
ITC105 Communication and Information Management
ITC106 Programming Principles
ITC161 Computer Systems
ITC204 User Interface Design and Evaluation
ITC206 Programming in Java 1
ITC240 IT Infrastructure Management
ITC242 Internet Technologies
ITC301 IT Project Management
ITC331 Security, Privacy and Ethics
International Business joint study
MGT250 Asia-Pacific Business
MGT340 International Business Management
and three from:
ECO320 International Economics
FIN340 International Finance
INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
LAW335 International Business Law
MKT260 International Marketing
Legal Studies joint study
LAW110 Business Law
and four from:
LAW200 Commercial Activities: Law & Policy
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
LAW240 Industrial Law
LAW260 Administrative Law
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
LAW302 Taxation Law (Issues)
LAW330 Finance Law
LAW335 International Business Law
LAW350 Advanced Commercial Law
LAW370 Law of Employment
Management joint study
MGT310 Service Operations Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
and two from:
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT340 International Business Management
INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
ECO210 Labour Economics
Marketing joint study
MKT110 Marketing & Society
MKT220 Buyer Behaviour
MKT230 Market Research
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management
and one from the following:
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT303 Social and Environmental Marketing
MKT310 Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT350 Product Innovation Management
From outside the Faculty of Business
Advertising joint study (choose 40 points from)
ADV104 Understanding Advertising
ADV205 Advertising Creative
ADV206 Principles of Channel Planning
ADV317 Advertising Strategy and Planning (16 points)
ADV105 The Advertising Business
Agribusiness joint study
AHT231 Agricultural Finance
AGB351 Commodity Trade and Pricing
AGB310 Agricultural Marketing
AGB450 Agribusiness Decision Analysis
plus one of the following:
AGB165 Agribusiness Systems
AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture & Horticulture
AGR220 Extension
Cultural Heritage Management joint study
ENM163 Natural Resource Management
PKM260 Interpretive Planning
PKM266 Cultural Resource Management
plus either
PKM397 Heritage Site Management (16 points)
or
PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policy & Planning (16 points)
Crop Production joint study (Management Strand)
AGR156 Plants in Agriculture
AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture & Horticulture
PSC236 Pasture Production and Management
PSC270 Annual Crop Management
AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences
Crop Production joint study (Sciences Strand)
Students choose five of the following:
PSC102 Botany
PSC104 Soil Science
PSC202 Crop and Pasture Science
PSC271 Crop Agronomy
PSC371 Plant Pathology
AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences
Ecotourism joint study
REC200 Principles of Ecotourism
and four from:
REC167 Recreation Leadership & Communication
REC302 Interpretive Guiding Management in Ecotourism
REC305 Advanced Principles of Ecotourism
PKM230 Social Psychology of Risk in Outdoor Recreation
PKM260 Interpretive Planning
PKM302 Philosophy of Outdoor Recreation
Leisure and Health joint study
LES101 Introduction to Leisure and Health
LES102 Leisure Programming with Diverse Populations
LES202 Community Leisure & Health Issues
LES301 Health Policy and Program Development
LES302 Leisure and Social Relations
Organisational Communication and Public Relations joint study
COM116 Principles and Practices of Public Relations
COM215 Public Relations Processes
COM313 Crisis and Issues Management
and two from:
COM232 Strategic Public Relations Practice
COM316 Advertising and Public Relations Research
COM318 Public Affairs
Psychology joint study
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
and one from:
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY307 Cognition
Note: Students who have completed QBM117 Business Statistics, QBM217 Advanced Business Statistics and MKT230 Marketing Research are not required to complete PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology.
Sociology joint study
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
plus
Three SOC coded subjects, at least one at Level 2 and one at Level 3.
Vocational Training joint study
EPT327 Effective Teaching in VET
EPT322 Training in Workplaces
EEE303 Training Design and Assessment
EEB312 Reflective Practice and Lifelong Learning
and one of the following:
EEL320 Learning Theories for Post Compulsory Education
EPT320 High Level Facilitation Skills for Post Compulsory Education
EEB330 Developing the Vocational Education and Training Practitioner
Enrolment pattern
Full-time suggested study sequence
Year 1 Session 1
ACC100 Accounting 1
LAW110 Business Law
MGT100 Organisations & Management
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 1 (Suggest IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories & Contemporary Realities)
Year 1 Session 2
ACC110 Accounting 2
ECO130 Business Economics
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
Year 2 Session 1
ACC200 Accounting Systems
ACC210 Management Accounting
FIN211 Financial Management
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 2
Year 2 Session 2
ACC222 External Reporting
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 3
Year 3 Session 1
ACC322 Company Accounting
ACC331 Auditing & Assurance Services
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 4
Year 3 Session 2
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
ACC341 Accounting Theory
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 5
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 6
Part-time/distance education suggested study sequence
Year 1 Session 1
ACC100 Accounting 1
MGT100 Organisations and Management
Year 1 Session 2
ECO130 Business Economics
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 1 (Suggest IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories & Contemporary Realities)
Year 2 Session 1
ACC110 Accounting 2
LAW110 Business Law
Year 2 Session 2
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
Year 3 Session 1
ACC200 Accounting Systems
FIN211 Financial Management
Year 3 Session 2
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 2
Year 4 Session 1
ACC210 Management Accounting
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 3
Year 4 Session 2
ACC222 External Reporting
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
Year 5 Session 1
ACC322 Company Accounting
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
Year 5 Session 2
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 4
Year 6 Session 1
ACC331 Auditing & Assurance Services
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 5
Year 6 Session 2
ACC341 Accounting Theory
[ ] Unrestricted Elective 6
Please Note: The above is a suggested study sequence. A range of subjects will be offered in Session 3 each year. Students may wish to enrol in Session 3 to accelerate their course completion.
TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute (NCIT) Port Macquarie Articulated Program
Study Sequence
Year 1 Session 1
MGT100 Organisations & Management
LAW110 Business Law
ACC200 Accounting Systems
FIN211 Financial Management
Year 1 Session 2
ACC222 External Reporting
ECO130 Business Economics
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
Year 2 Session 1
LAW 220 Business Organisations Law
ACC210 Management Accounting
ACC322 Company Accounting
ACC331 Audit and Assurance Services
Year 2 Session 2
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC341 Accounting Theory
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute (NCIT) Port Macquarie Integrated Program
Study Sequence
Year 1 Session 1
NCIT Certificate III Accounting
Year 1 Session 2
NCIT Certificate IV Accounting
Year 2 Session 1
NCIT Diploma of Accounting
MGT100 Organisations & Management
Year 2 Session 2
ACC222 External Reporting
ECO130 Business Economics
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
QBM117 Business Statistics
Year 3 Session 1
LAW110 Business Law
ACC200 Accounting Systems
FIN211 Financial Management
Year 3 Session 2
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
ACC341 Accounting Theory
LAW301 Taxation Law (Principles)
Year 4 Session 1
ACC210 Management Accounting
ACC322 Company Accounting
ACC331 Auditing and Assurance Services
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.
AGR156 Plants in Agriculture
AGR220 Extension
AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences
PKM266 Culture and Heritage
PKM397 Heritage Site Management
PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policies and Planning
PSC102 Botany
PSC104 Soil Science
PSC202 Crop And Pasture Science
PSC236 Pasture Production and Utilisation
PSC270 Annual Crop Management
PSC271 Crop Agronomy
PSC371 Plant Pathology
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.
+ Workplace Learning
Articulation agreements
Study Group
In accordance with the Service Agreement between CSU and Study Group.
TAFE NSW North Coast Institute
In accordance with the Service Agreement between CSU and TAFE NSW North Coast Institute.
Professional recognition
This course was developed to satisfy the accreditation requirements of CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. The accreditation enables graduates to enrol in CPA and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand postgraduate programs.
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.