Bachelor
You're a natural with numbers and would thrive on crunching the sums for governments, companies or your own business. You're perfect for our Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree if you're interested in the business world and the financial strategies and systems behind it. Whether you see yourself working for the government, a company or even your own business, this degree will teach you the ins and outs of the systems and financial strategies that make the business world tick.
Chances are, you'll be offered work directly from your placement, like many of our graduates. You might end up as an accountant, stockbroker, a financial planner or a banker.
With a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) you will study accounting, law and economics and finance as part of your commence degree, and can choose from subjects like taxation law, auditing and financial planning to specialise your skills in accounting. When you graduate from our degree, you can then go on to gain professional accounting accreditation.
Double majors and specialisations are available in Law, Business & Economics and Finance.
This program may require participation in a range of WIL/work experience type activities and these will negotiated with students individually. The time component is variable.
Students studying our Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Commerce programs at the Mt Helen campus can apply for an IBM Scholarship worth more than $42,000. The IBM Scholarship includes an internship, offering students 1600 hours of work experience at IBM. This scholarship provides an incredible opportunity to launch your career with a leading multi-national technology company while studying.
Graduates with an accounting specialisation are employed in a wide variety of commercial, government and professional settings.