Bachelor of Accounting
Southern Cross University
About
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.
Structure
Core Units
| Title | Level of learning | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Entry 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.
Generally, students seeking advanced standing will be assessed on a case-by-case basis due to strict accreditation requirements for this degree.
Learning outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a course. These outcomes are aligned with the <a href="/staff/teaching-and-learning/graduate-attributes/">graduate attributes</a>.
| Graduate Attribute | Course 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. |
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