1997 Postgraduate Handbook

Graduate Certificate in Accounting & Financial Management

Fees apply

The course is designed to provide a general education in accounting and financial management to graduates of non-accounting disciplines. The course is a subset of the Master of Accountancy degree.

Enrolment through

Wagga Wagga campus

Study mode

Distance education

On campus Wagga Wagga

Normal course duration

1 year (2 sessions)

Admission criteria

Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. Applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or work experience acceptable to the University will be considered.

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete the equivalent of four subjects (32 subject points).

The course is designed to allow students to decide what discipline they would like to specialise in, and thus choose their subjects to best meet that specialisation.

Each subject has a residential school. Students in Australia attend these schools in Wagga Wagga. Overseas students attend in selected overseas locations.

Course structure

A pattern of subjects for students without previous recognised tertiary study in accounting could be as follows:

Session 1 (Autumn)

ACC511 Accounting & Information Systems (16 point subject)

Session 2 (Spring)

ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control

ACC514 Financial Accounting

Students with previous recognised tertiary study in accounting may make up their course from the following subjects:

Autumn Prerequisite

Spring Prerequisite

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Barrie O'Keeffe
School of Financial Studies
Telephone: (069) 33 2520
International: 61+69+33 2520
Facsimile: (069) 33 2790
International: 61+69+33 2790
Email: bokeeffe@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.