Bachelor of Accounting

The Bachelor of Accounting prepares you with professional skills to become an accountant or work in a range of roles that rely on accounting knowledge.

The course develops your communication, presentation and problem-solving skills.

You will learn about financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, taxation, business law, corporate law, and finance.

You can also choose to study business units to complement your personal interests and career options.

Or, you may choose electives from other areas, including language studies, anthropology, history, social science, indigenous studies, applied science and engineering.

Common Units(2 units) - 20 cp

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below. CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (compulsory) Plus either: CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (new title from 2016), or CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.

Core Units(16 units) - 160 cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 160 credit points as detailed below. ACT102 Introduction to Accounting COM105 Business Communications (recoded from CMC101) ECO105 Business Economics (previously CME101 or BCO104) (replaced by ECO107 from 2020) LAW105 Introduction to Business Law (recoded from CML101) MAN105 Introduction to Management (recoded from CMM101) QAB105 Business Research Methods (new title 2020) (recoded from CMQ101) ACT202 Management Accounting (recoded from CMA202) ACT204 Financial Accounting FIN205 Business Finance (recoded from CMF201) LAW205 Commercial and Corporate Law for Accountants (recoded from CML201) ACT301 Accounting Theory and Contemporary Issues (recoded from CMA301) ACT302 Strategic Management Accounting (recoded from CMA302) ACT303 Principles of Auditing (recoded from CMA303) ACT304 Accounting Information Systems (recoded from CMA304 and new title) ACT305 Corporate Accounting (recoded from CMA305) TAX305 Taxation (recoded from CMT301)

Specialist Elective(0 units) - 0 cp

Specialist Elective units are not required for this course.

Electives(6 units) - 60 cp

Units totalling 60 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. When selecting electives choose units at a suitable level. A maximum of 20 credit points may be selected at 100 level as this course includes 80 credit points of compulsory 100 level units. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as ACT1xx, ACT2xx and ACT3xx would be first, second and third year units respectively.

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Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.