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Bachelor of Accounting

Bachelors Degree

Course snapshot

Domestic snapshot

  • Course abbreviation

    BAcc

  • Course code

    3002107

  • Credit points

    288

  • Equivalent units

    24

  • Indicative Fee

    Commonwealth supported

Overview

The Bachelor of Accounting has been developed to provide graduates with the ability to identify, critically analyse and exercise professional judgement for challenges that face all organisations in today’s highly dynamic business environment using social, sustainable, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives.

This degree is designed to produce work-ready graduates for a wide range of career opportunities, including being an accountant. It gives graduates the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge to meet the rapidly changing nature of professional roles in accounting and in the banking and finance sector.

Accountants are critical to every type of organisation – public, private, government, business and not-for-profit. As finance professionals, accountants are relied on to solve business problems and communicate relevant information in diverse environments.

Graduate AttributeCourse Learning Outcome
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.

The course includes core units in taxation, financial services, law, marketing and communication with elective units in advanced taxation, human resources, competitive strategy, business environment and law.

Location Teaching period UAC code QTAC code
Gold Coast Session 1 , Session 2 , Session 3 332162 052461
Lismore Session 1 , Session 2 332103 052211
Online Session 1 , Session 2 , Session 3 N/A N/A

Career Outcomes

Southern Cross University is fully accredited with the following professional bodies: 
  • Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) 
  • CPA Australia 
  • Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). 
This accreditation will enable graduates to enrol in CAANZ, CPA Australia and the IPA postgraduate programs. 

Subject to the choice of specific units, this degree fulfils the educational requirements for:

  • Registration as a BAS Agent and a Tax Agent by the Tax Practitioners Board.
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) RG146 accreditation.

With the new FASEA legislative requirements, the provision of ASIC RG146 accreditation will only remain in place up until December 2023. Note: ASIC RG146 accreditation is not a substitute/equivalent for FASEA accreditation.

If your chosen career path is to become a licenced Financial Planner or Financial Adviser, you need to be aware that recent FASEA legislative changes in the finance industry now require new entrants to hold an Approved Degree. Southern Cross University is liaising with FASEA to develop and restructure its finance degrees to meet the new educational requirements.

For more information on Approved Degrees or educational pathways, please contact the Financial Advisor Standards Ethics Authority (FASEA) to confirm the educational accreditation requirements needed for your future career path.

Requirements

We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you are not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, our team will work with you to find the best pathway option.

Before applying, make sure you double check all entry requirements, gather required documentation and review the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, noting any specifics listed below.

Entry requirements

Credit for prior learning

Generally, students seeking advanced standing will be assessed on a case-by-case basis due to strict accreditation requirements for this degree.

Course requirements

To be awarded the Bachelor of Accounting students must successfully complete 24 units (288 credit points) comprising:

  1. 22 core units
  2. 2 elective units

Exit Award

Students can exit with the Diploma of Accounting if 96 credit points have been successfully completed comprising any 8 units from the Bachelor of Accounting.

Course structure

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. For further assistance see How to Enrol in Units using My Enrolment.

Students should use course progression information to select units specific to their course and enrol in these units using My Enrolment.


Note 1:

In order to meet the educational requirements for the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Registration as a Tax Agent, students must complete the following units: LAW00150 - Introduction to Business Law, LAW00004 - Company Law, ACC00132 - Taxation, ACC00134 - Advanced Taxation PLUS either LAW00052 - Introduction to Land Law OR LAW00126 - Competition and Consumer Law

Note 2:

This unit is mandatory for ASIC’s Regulatory Guide 146 generic and/or specialist knowledge requirements for financial advisers (RG146 Registration). With the new FASEA legislative requirements, the provision of ASIC RG146 accreditation will only remain in place up until December 2023. Note: ASIC RG146 accreditation is not a substitute/equivalent for FASEA accreditation. If your chosen career path is to become a licenced Financial Planner or Financial Adviser, you need to be aware that recent FASEA legislative changes in the finance industry now require new entrants to hold an Approved Degree. For more information on Approved Degrees or educational pathways, please contact the Financial Advisor Standards Ethics Authority (FASEA) to confirm the educational accreditation requirements needed for your future career path. https://www.fasea.gov.au

Note 3:

If this unit is not available in Session 1, students can take it in Session 2 OR contact Student Services for a substitute unit.

Unit Code Unit Title Level of learning Notes

Core Units
ACC00130 Auditing Advanced
ACC00132 Taxation Advanced Note 1
ACC00145 Financial Reporting Advanced
ACC00146 Management Accounting Advanced
ACC00151 Financial Accounting Intermediate
ACC00152 Business Finance Advanced Note 2
ACC73001 Advanced Management Accounting Advanced
ACC73002 Business Analytics and Big Data Advanced
COM00207 Communication in Organisations Introductory
ECO10250 Economics for Decision Making Introductory Note 2
LAW00004 Company Law Intermediate Note 1
LAW00150 Introduction to Business Law Introductory Note 1
LAW01125 Stock Exchange and Finance Law Intermediate Note 2
MAT10251 Statistical Analysis Intermediate
MKT00075 Marketing Principles Introductory
MNG00314 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Advanced
MNG10247 Managing Organisations Introductory
SOC10236 Applied Ethics and Sustainability Intermediate
CMP71001 Cybersecurity Introductory
FIN10252 Financial Planning Advanced
FIN10711 Portfolio Management Advanced
FIN10712 Financial Risk Management Advanced

Electives

Unit Code Unit Title Level of learning Notes
Choose 2 units from the following:
ACC00134 Advanced Taxation Advanced Note 1
MNG10714 The Human Resource Management Expert Practitioner Intermediate
MNG00114 Competitive Strategy Advanced
MNG10713 Understanding the Business Environment Intermediate
LAW00052 Introduction to Land Law Introductory Note 1
LAW00126 Competition and Consumer Law Intermediate Note 1