Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (Professional Practice) GradcertProfAcc(ProfPractice)
Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice) GradDipProfAcc(ProfPractice)
Master of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice) MProfAcc(ProfPractice)
On Campus - Bathurst
On Campus - Port Macquarie
On Campus - Bathurst
On Campus - Port Macquarie
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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.
Full-time: 2 years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 1 years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 0.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution (or equivalent). The undergraduate degree must be in a field other than Accounting, or not recognised by the Australian Accounting professional bodies for associate membership.
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Diploma of Accounting on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Professional Accounting and receive credit for applicable subjects.
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution (or equivalent). The undergraduate degree must be in a field other than Accounting, or not recognised by the Australian Accounting professional bodies for associate membership.
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience.
No special arrangements apply.
No special arrangements apply.
No special arrangements apply.
The Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate [Exit Point Only] make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 128 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
The course consists of 12 core subjects and 3 work integrated learning and placement subjects:
Core Subjects
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
Work Integrated Learning and Placement Subjects
BUS505 Australian Business and its Role in the Global Economy
BUS506 Contemporary Employability Skills and Reflective Practice
BUS507 Industry Placement (16 points)
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (Professional Practice)
Students will be eligible to exit with the Graduate Certificate on completion of the following subjects;
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
Plus 2 subjects chosen from the following:
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice)
The course consists of 8 subjects as follows:
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
Plus 6 subjects chosen from the following:
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
International on-campus students are required to complete 32 subject points in each compulsory session.
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component. Further details for Workplace Learning requirements are located via the subject page
BUS507 Industry Placement
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: 2021 - 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.