Course summary
Accountants play a critical role within businesses as they provide financial advice and work strategically across all levels. Southern Cross University's Bachelor of Accounting has been designed to meet the changing needs of business with subjects aimed at producing work ready graduates who have the scope of skills to suit both private practice and a range of other industries.
Accountants play a critical role within businesses as they provide financial advice and work strategically across all levels. Southern Cross University's Bachelor of Accounting has been designed to meet the changing needs of business with subjects aimed at producing work ready graduates who have the scope of skills to suit both private practice and a range of other industries.
Graduate Attribute | Course Learning Outcome |
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Intellectual rigour | Exercise critical thinking and judgement under supervision in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence to provide possible solutions to routine business problems in straightforward contexts. |
Creativity | Critically apply integrated theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to provide possible solutions to routine business issues. |
Ethical practice | Demonstrate exercising judgement under supervision to solve routine business problems in straightforward contexts and professional situations using social, sustainable, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives. |
Knowledge of a discipline | Demonstrate a broad coherent, theoretical and technical knowledge of the accounting discipline and a deeper knowledge in a chosen field speciality area of tax, financial services or business advisory services. |
Lifelong learning | Reflect on, assess and regulate their own learning capabilities and performance feedback to identify action learning opportunities and self-improvements with personal autonomy. Locate, analyse, evaluate, and use information from a range of sources. |
Communication and social skills | Justify and communicate clear, coherent and independent business advice and ideas in straightforward contexts to influence specialists and non-specialists. Contribute expertise in collaboration with others and in a team to provide possible solutions to routine business problems in a straightforward context. |
Cultural competence | Demonstrate an understanding of Indigenous Australian contemporary realities and protocols and cultural competence in local, Australia-wide and/or global settings. |
Southern Cross University has accreditation for this course with the following professional bodies:
- Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA)
- Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia
Southern Cross University has applied for accreditation for this course with the following professional bodies:
- Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
This accreditation will enable graduates to enrol in CA, CPA Australia, and the IPA postgraduate programs.
Course overview
Course code
3002107
Course abbreviation
BAcc
Credit points
288
Equivalent units
24
Duration
3 years full-time; 6 years part-time
Duration
3 years full-time
Availability details
Domestic
Location | Teaching period | UAC code | QTAC code |
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Coffs Harbour | Session 1 | 338159 | 052251 |
Gold Coast | Session 1 | 332162 | 052461 |
Lismore | Session 1 | 332103 | 052211 |
Online | Session 1 | N/A | N/A |
Fee information
International
Location | Teaching period | Annual Fees | CRICOS |
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Gold Coast | Session 1 | $20,560 ($2,570 per unit) | 092940E |
Lismore | Session 1 | $20,560 ($2,570 per unit) | 092940E |
Course requirements
See the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, in conjunction with the Specific Award Rules listed below.
To be eligible for the Bachelor of Accounting a candidate shall successfully complete not less than twenty-four (24) units (288 credit points) comprising:
- all units listed in Part A; and
- one four (4) unit stream from Part B; or
- four (4) elective units from Part C.
Schedule of units
Course progressions
Your course progression is in the recommended order you should complete your course in. It is important that you follow this to ensure you meet the course requirements. Assistance on how to enrol can be accessed here.
Students should use course progression information to select units specific to their course and enrol in these units using My Enrolment
Browse uni-wide elective units by selecting Uni-wide elective in the advanced filter of the Unit search
Browse shared majors and their units at Shared majors
Title | Level of learning | Note | |
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Year 1, Session 1 |
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ACC00151 - Financial Accounting | Intermediate | ||
COM00207 - Communication in Organisations | Introductory | ||
LAW00150 - Introduction to Business Law | Introductory | Note 1 | |
MAT10251 - Statistical Analysis | Intermediate | ||
Year 1, Session 2 |
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ACC00146 - Management Accounting | Advanced | ||
ECO10250 - Economics for Decision Making | Introductory | Note 2 | |
LAW00004 - Company Law | Intermediate | Note 1 | |
MKT00075 - Marketing Principles | Introductory | ||
Year 2, Session 1 |
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ACC00152 - Business Finance | Advanced | Note 2 | |
FIN10254 - Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets | Advanced | Note 2 | |
MNG10247 - Managing Organisations | Introductory | ||
SOC10236 - Applied Ethics and Sustainability | Intermediate | ||
Year 2, Session 2 |
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ACC00132 - Taxation | Advanced | Note 1 | |
ACC00145 - Financial Reporting | Advanced | ||
FIN10709 - Foundations of Finance | Intermediate | Note 2 | |
LAW01125 - Stock Exchange and Finance Law | Intermediate | Note 2 | |
Year 3, Session 1 |
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ACC00130 - Auditing | Advanced | ||
Advanced Management Accounting | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Year 3, Session 2 |
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Business Analytics and Big Data | |||
MNG00314 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Advanced | ||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C |
Title | Level of learning | Note | |
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Year 1, Session 2 |
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ACC00151 - Financial Accounting | Intermediate | ||
COM00207 - Communication in Organisations | Introductory | ||
ECO10250 - Economics for Decision Making | Introductory | Note 2 | |
MKT00075 - Marketing Principles | Introductory | ||
Year 2, Session 1 |
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ACC00152 - Business Finance | Advanced | Note 2 | |
FIN10254 - Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets | Advanced | Note 2 | |
LAW00150 - Introduction to Business Law | Introductory | Note 1 | |
MAT10251 - Statistical Analysis | Intermediate | ||
Year 2, Session 2 |
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ACC00145 - Financial Reporting | Advanced | ||
ACC00146 - Management Accounting | Advanced | ||
FIN10709 - Foundations of Finance | Intermediate | Note 2 | |
LAW00004 - Company Law | Intermediate | Note 1 | |
Year 3, Session 1 |
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Advanced Management Accounting | |||
ACC00130 - Auditing | Advanced | ||
MNG10247 - Managing Organisations | Introductory | ||
SOC10236 - Applied Ethics and Sustainability | Intermediate | ||
Year 3, Session 2 |
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Business Analytics and Big Data | |||
ACC00132 - Taxation | Advanced | Note 1 | |
LAW01125 - Stock Exchange and Finance Law | Intermediate | Note 2 | |
MNG00314 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Advanced | ||
Year 4, Session 1 |
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Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C | |||
Choose one (1) unit from Part B or Part C |
Notes
Note 1: | This unit is mandatory to meet the educational requirements for the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Registration |
Note 2: | This unit is mandatory for ASIC’s Regulatory Guide 146 generic and/or specialist knowledge requirements for financial advisers (RG146 Registration) |
Note 3: | Internship A is a double-weighted unit (24 credit points) requiring a 16 unit pre-requisite including the Professional Development for the Workplace unit (MNG10476). All internship placements must be approved by the Work Integrated Learning Coordinator, prior to commencement. |
Unit groups
Part C
Title | Level of learning | Note | |
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ACC00131 - Advanced Auditing | Advanced | ||
ACC00134 - Advanced Taxation | Advanced | Note 1 | |
ACC00148 - Advanced Financial Reporting | Advanced | ||
FIN00126 - International Finance | Advanced | Note 2 | |
FIN10252 - Financial Planning | Advanced | Note 2 | |
FIN10711 - Portfolio Management | Advanced | Note 2 | |
MNG00114 - Competitive Strategy | Advanced | ||
FIN10712 - Financial Risk Management | Advanced | Note 2 | |
MNG10476 - Professional Development for the Workplace | Intermediate | ||
MNG10714 - The Human Resource Management Expert Practitioner | Intermediate | ||
MNG10720 - Research for Business and Tourism | Advanced | ||
MNG73005 - Internship A | Advanced | Note 3 | |
LAW71005 - Property Principles | Introductory | Note 1 |