Bachelor of Accounting
Bachelor of Accounting BAcc
A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Accounting or Business. Students are able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with Bachelor of Accounting (e.g. Bachelor of Accounting (Finance), Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations). This course includes the following Joint Study options:
Advertising (Advert) , Agribusiness (Agribus) , Entrepreneurship (Entrep) , Ethics and Social Responsibility (Ethics&SocResp) , Finance (Fin) , Human Resource Management (HRM) , IT Management (ITMgt) , Legal and Industrial Relations (Leg&IndRel) , Management and Leadership (Mgt&Lship) , Marketing (Mkt) , Marketing, Communication and Digital Media (MktComm&DigMedia) , Project Management (ProjMgt) , Psychology (Psych) , Strategic Communication (StrategicComm) , Strategic Planning (StrategicPlan) , Sustainability (Sust)
On Campus - Albury-Wodonga
On Campus - Bathurst
On Campus - CSU Study Centre Melbourne
On Campus - CSU Study Centre Sydney
On Campus - Port Macquarie
On Campus - Wagga Wagga
Online - Bathurst
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Course duration referenced below is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full time (full time equivalent duration). At Charles Sturt the standard calendar refers to 32 points a session over a 2 session calendar year. The Actual Duration is the time taken to complete the course following the prescribed enrolment pattern. A course's actual duration can be affected by the session calendar (number of sessions undertaken per year) and/or mode (full time, part time or mixed) and credit packages which may have been granted unpon admission. Therefore, depending on the prescribed enrolment pattern, mode, calendar utilised and credit awarded a course may take less time or more time to complete than the duration noted as full time equivalent years. Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine the actual duration of study.
Full-time: 3 years (or part-time equivalent)
Applicants for the Bachelor of Accounting must meet the following Admission Requirements:
A completed High School Certificate (or equivalent) with an ATAR of at least 60 (including adjustment factors).
OR
Successful completion of at least two Bachelor degree level subjects (or Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) or higher in any discipline.
OR
A completed Vocational Education and Training (VET) Certificate III or higher, studied at a TAFE or Registered Training Organisation (RTO), or equivalent.
OR
A completed Tertiary Preparation Certificate (TPC) or bridging program studied at a TAFE, Registered Training Organisation (RTO) or University, or equivalent.
OR
Partial completion of a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Diploma, of at least 50% from a TAFE or Registered Training Organisation (RTO), or equivalent.
OR
Work experience of at least two years with some elements of business management or supervision, demonstrated by a detailed resume.
English Language Proficiency
Minimum CSU English Language Proficiency Requirements apply.
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, Justice & Behavioural Sciences has a large number of standard credit packages for TAFE and other institutions.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
The course consists of nineteen (19) core subjects, one (1) restricted micro-subject and five (5) unrestricted elective subjects.
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. IKC101 Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities is a core subject in the degree.
Students must ensure that there are no more than 12 level one eight point subjects in their degree. The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code, eg ACC100 is a level one subject.
Core Subjects
ACC127 Accounting and Financial Literacy
ACC128 Financial Accounting and Reporting
ACC293 Management Accounting for Sustainable Decision-Making
ACC294 Accounting Standards Interpretation and Disclosures
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
ACC393 Strategic Accounting for Enterprise Management
ACC394 Accounting in a Global Environment
ACC395 Risk Based Audit and Assurance
ACC396 Developments in Ethics, Governance and Accounting Thought
BUS114 Contemporary Employability and Learning (6) *
ECO130 Business Economics
FIN211 Financial Management
IKC101 Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
LAW110 Business Law
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
LAW322 Tax Law Concepts and Application
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MKT110 Marketing Fundamentals
QBM100 Data Analytics for Business
* Complusory Employability Skills Subject (2 points)
BUS114 Contemporary Employability and Learning subject consists of a six (6) point subject and is complemented with a two (2) point employability skills subject which forms a standard subject.
Students must choose one of the following Restricted Electives:
EMP100 Building Resilience for the Workplace (2)
EMP105 Technology for theConnected Workplace (2)
EMP106 Project Management Essentials (2)
EMP108 Data Analysis and Insights (2)
Unrestricted Electives
Students may undertake five (5) unrestricted electives or choose a Joint Study (see below) as their electives.
An 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.
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, Justice and Behavioural Sciences or consisting of subjects from another Faculty, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Established sequences are approved by the University Courses Committee. 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. A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.
Entrepreneurship
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT307 Applied Entrepreneurial Projects
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
ITC105 Communication and Information Management
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
MGT290 Project Management
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
MKT390 Managing Brands and Product Innovation
Finance
ECO220 Macroeconomic Analysis
FIN211 Financial Management
FIN221 Investments
FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN350 Strategic Financial Management
Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
PLUS four subjects from the list below:
HRM201 Workplace Relations in Australia
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT320 Managing and Leading Change
MGT340 International Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues
Legal and Industrial Relations
LAW240 Industrial Law
PLUS four subjects from the list below:
HRM201 Workplace Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
LAW260 Administrative Law
LAW316 Dispute Resolution
LAW317 Mediation
LAW370 Law of Employment
IT Management
ITC114 Database Management Systems
ITC211 Systems Analysis
ITC212 Internet Technologies
ITC314 Virtualisation Technologies
PLUS one subject from the list below:
ITC106 Programming Principles
ITC161 Computer Systems
ITC204 Human Computer Interaction
ITC218 IT Project Management
Management and Leadership
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
MGT330 Business Strategy
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT290 Project Management
MGT307 Applied Entrepreneurial Projects
MGT310 Operations Management
MGT320 Managing and Leading Change
MGT340 International Management
Marketing
MKT220 Consumer Behaviour
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
MKT230 Market Research
MKT241 Marketing in Practice
MKT303 Social and Sustainability Marketing
MKT310 Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT390 Managing Brands and Product Innovation
Marketing, Communication and Digital Media
COM112 Digital Media
MKT310 Integrated Marketing Communications
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
COM125 Principles of Audio Programming
COM127 Introduction to Media Production
COM223 Organisational Communication
COM237 Social and Mobile Media
JRN216 Video Storytelling
MGT220 eCommerce
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
Project Management
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT290 Project Management
or
ITC218 ICT Project Management
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
LAW316 Dispute Resolution
MGT320 Managing and Leading Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT360 Risk Management
Psychology
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology
PLUS two subjects from the list below, at least one of which should be at level 3:
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY307 Cognition
Note: Students who have completed QBM100 Data Analytics for Business and MKT230 Marketing Research should not complete PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology but should select an alternative subject from the list above.
Strategic Planning
MGT206 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT290 Project Management
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
MGT310 Operations Management
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT360 Risk Management
Joint Studies from outside the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences:
Advertising
ADV104 Introduction to Advertising
ADV205 Advertising Creative
ADV206 Channel Planning
ADV318 Advertising Strategy and Planning
COM223 Organisational Communication
Agribusiness
AGB165 Agribusiness Systems
AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
AGB110 Agricultural Economics
AGB310 Agricultural Marketing
AGB351 Commodity Trade and Pricing (AGB110 is assumed knowledge)
AGR220 Extension
Ethics and Social Responsibility
PHL202 Ethics
PHL302 Morals, Minds and Decision-Making
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
PHL103 Human Nature and the Good Life
SOC102 Social Inequality
PHL209 Justice and Punishment
SOC308 Community Analysis
Strategic Communication
COM116 Introduction to Public Relations
COM223 Organisational Communication
COM236 Event Management
COM237 Social and Mobile Media
COM313 Issues and Crisis Communication
Sustainability
ENM163 Nature Resource Management
ENM308 Global Sustainable Development
PLUS three subjects from the list below, at least one of which should be at Level 1:
ENM101 People in the Environment
GEO164 Eath System Processes
GEO204 Ecological Soils
GEO303 Climatology
MKT303 Social and Sustainability Marketing
SESSION 1 COMMENCEMENT
Full-time suggested study sequence
Year 1 Session 1
ACC127 Accounting and Financial Literacy
LAW110 Business Law
MGT100 Organisations & Management
MKT110 Fundamentals of Marketing
Year 1 Session 2
ACC128 Financial Accounting and Reporting
BUS114 Contemporary Employability and Learning (PLUS a Restricted Elective)
ECO130 Business Economics
QBM100 Data Analytics for Business
Year 2 Session 1
IKC101 Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
ACC293 Management Accounting for Sustainable Decision-Making
FIN211 Financial Management
Unrestricted Elective 1
Year 2 Session 2
ACC294 Accounting Standards Interpretation and Disclosures
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
Unrestricted Elective 2
Year 3 Session 1
ACC394 Accounting in a Global Environment
ACC395 Risk Based Audit & Assurance
LAW322 Tax Law Concepts & Application
Unrestricted Elective 3
Year 3 Session 2
ACC393 Strategic Accounting for Enterprise Management
ACC396 Developments in Ethics, Governance and Accounting Thought
Unrestricted Elective 4
Unrestricted Elective 5
Part-time/online education suggested study sequence
Year 1 Session 1
ACC127 Accounting and Financial Literacy
MGT100 Organisations and Management
Year 1 Session 2
ACC128 Financial Accounting and Reporting
BUS114 Contemporary Employability and Learning
Year 2 Session 1
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Fundamentals of Marketing
Year 2 Session 2
ACC294 Accounting Standards Interpretation and Disclosures
QBM100 Data Analytics for Business
Year 3 Session 1
FIN211 Financial Management
IKC10 Inidgenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Year 3 Session 2
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
ECO130 Business Economics
Year 4 Session 1
ACC293 Management Accounting for Sustainable Decision-Making
Unrestricted Elective 1
Year 4 Session 2
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
Unrestricted Elective 2
Year 5 Session 1
ACC394 Accounting in a Global Environment
LAW322 Tax Law Concepts and Application
Year 5 Session 2
ACC393 Strategic Accounting for Enterprise Management
Unrestricted Elective 3
Year 6 Session 1
ACC395 Risk Based Audit & Assurance
Unrestricted Elective 4
Year 6 Session 2
ACC396 Developments in Ethics, Governance and Accounting Thought
Unrestricted Elective 5
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.
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component. Further details for Workplace Learning requirements are located via the subject page
ACC275 Professional Practice in Accounting
This course was developed to satisfy the accreditation requirements of CPAAustralia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). The accreditation enables graduates to enrol in CPAAustralia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) postgraduate programs.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.