Course snapshot
Domestic snapshot
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Start Date
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Duration
3 years full-time; 6 years part-time
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Location
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Placements
NA
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ATAR
N/A
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Inherent Requirements
NA
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Language Requirements
IELTS Overall Score
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Entry Requirements
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Course abbreviation
BAcc
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Course code
3002107
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Credit points
288
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Equivalent units
24
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Indicative Fee
Overview
If you have a head for numbers and enjoy finding solutions to complex problems, a career in accounting really adds up.
We'll help you understand the many challenges of business and finance, and nurture your ability to develop strategic, innovative and effective accounting processes.
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. When undertaken with specific units, this course also provides industry accreditation for tax agents.
Graduates will have the skills and knowledge for employment in diverse areas such as taxation, business consulting, business planning, business valuations, employee relations, estate and trust planning, forensic accounting and sustainability strategy development.
Course Learning Outcome |
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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. |
Critically apply integrated theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to provide possible solutions to routine business issues. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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Gold Coast | Session 1 , Session 2 , Session 3 | N/A | N/A |
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.
Course requirements
To be awarded the Bachelor of Accounting students must successfully complete 24 units (288 credit points) comprising:
- 22 core units
- 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.
Entry requirements
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this course are as follows
Language requirements
To be awarded the Bachelor of Accounting students must successfully complete 24 units (288 credit points) comprising:
- 22 core units
- 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.
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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 | Investments and Portfolio Management | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIN10712 | Financial Risk Management | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electives |
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