Bachelor of Accounting

includes:

Bachelor of Accounting
AQF level 7

Awards

Academic Senate has approved the following awards for conferral at graduation on a testamur:

Bachelor of Accounting BAcc

Availability

Bachelor of Accounting (2421AC)

On Campus - Albury-Wodonga
On Campus - Bathurst
On Campus - Port Macquarie
On Campus - Wagga Wagga
Online - Bathurst

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal Course Duration

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 upon 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.

Bachelor of Accounting

Full-time: 3 years (or part-time equivalent)

Admission Criteria

CSU Admission Policy

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.

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, Justice & Behavioural Sciences 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 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 First Nations Foundations: Knowing, relating and understanding Country 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 First Nations Foundations: Knowing, relating and understanding Country
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

* Compulsory 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 8-point subject.

Students must choose one of the following Restricted Electives:

EMP100 Building Resilience for the Workplace (2)
EMP105 Technology for the Connected Workplace (2)
EMP106 Project Management Essentials (2)
EMP108 Data Analysis and Insights (2)

Unrestricted Electives

Students must choose five (5) unrestricted electives by completing:
" a minor (four [4] subjects) in another discipline area and one (1) unrestricted elective,
" five (5) unrestricted electives.

An unrestricted elective is any undergraduate (8-point) subject offered by Charles Sturt University provided prerequisites and enrolment restrictions have been met.

Minor

A minor is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than the chosen specialisation.

For a minor  comprised of subjects either from within the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, or from another Faculty  students must take an established sequence of a set of four (4) subjects. A minor must include no more than two level 1 subjects and must include at least one level 3 subject. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites.

If a minor is chosen from those offered within the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, it must be in an area other than that of the specialisation studied. No more than one (1) subject can be counted towards a minor if it has already been undertaken as part of the core and/or the specialisation. A student cannot claim more than one (1) minor.

Students enrolled through the Charles Sturt University Study Centres may only have a limited selection of minors to choose from.

Minor Sequences from within the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences:

Entrepreneurship
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT307 Applied Entrepreneurial Projects

PLUS two 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
FIN211 Financial Management
FIN221 Investments
FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN350 Strategic Financial Management

Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management

PLUS three 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 three subjects from the list below (at least one at level 3):
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 and Design
ITC212 Internet Technologies
ITC314 Virtualisation Technologies

Management and Leadership
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
MGT330 Business Strategy

PLUS two subjects from the list below:
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT220 eCommerce
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 two subjects from the list below:
MGT220 eCommerce
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

Project Management
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT290 Project Management
or
ITC218 ICT Project Management

PLUS two 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 one subject from the list below:
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 PSY203 Social Psychology OR PSY204 Psychological Testing OR the other level 3 subject.

Strategic Planning
MGT206 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

PLUS three subjects from the list below (at least one at level 3):
ACC201 Budgeting and Financing for Project Managers
MGT245 Leading Yourself and Teams
MGT290 Project Management
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
MGT310 Operations Management
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT360 Risk Management

Minor Sequences from outside the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences:

Agribusiness
AGB165 Agribusiness Systems
AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management

PLUS two subjects from the list below (at least one at level 3):
AGB110 Agricultural Economics
AGR220 Extension
AGB310 Agricultural Marketing
AGB351 Commodity Trade and Pricing (AGB110 is assumed knowledge)

Ethics and Social Responsibility
PHL202 Ethics
PHL302 Morals, Minds and Decision-Making

PLUS two subjects from the list below:
PHL103 Human Nature and the Good Life
SOC102 Social Inequality
PHL209 Justice and Punishment
SOC308 Community Analysis

Design and Content Creation
COM135 Spotlight on Design and Design Content
COM330 Managing Business Relationships
DCC200 Design and Content Creation Perspectives 1
DCC201 Design and Content Creation Perspectives 2

News and Media
COM134 Spotlight on News and Media
COM330 Managing Business Relationships
NAM200 News and Media Perspectives 1
NAM201 News and Media Perspectives

Strategic Communication
COM133 Spotlight on Strategic Communication
COM330 Managing Business Relationships
STC200 Strategic Communication Perspectives 1
STC201 Strategic Communication Perspectives 2

Sustainability
ENM163 Nature Resource Management
ENM308 Global Sustainable Development

PLUS two subjects from the list below (no more than one at Level 1):
ENM101 People in the Environment
GEO164 Eath System Processes
GEO204 Ecological Soils
GEO303 Climatology
MKT303 Social and Sustainability Marketing

Students enrolled at the Study Centres may have a restricted choice of minors and elective subjects.

Enrolment Pattern

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 First Nations Foundations: Knowing, relating and understanding Country
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
IKC101 First Nations Foundations: Knowing, relating and understanding Country

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.

Workplace Learning

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
GEO360 Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Professional Accreditation

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.

Accrediting Bodies: CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Requirements for graduates to practice: Completion of degree
Start and End Date of Accreditation: 2020 - 31 December 2025
Accreditation Status: Full
Potential Impact on Students if Conditional etc: N/A
Post conferral of award practice registration or additional study requirements of graduates: None

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: July 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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