Bachelor
The Bachelor of Accounting is a cooperative education program in accounting. It is an intensive course offered in conjunction with major employers. Students complete a compulsory first major in accounting and receive a scholarship and full-time work training.
This course is a specialist degree for high-achieving students who view an accounting career as an excellent foundation for future business leaders. All students in the course receive a scholarship of up to $54,000 over three years and a year of full-time industry experience and are encouraged to complete a second major or sub-major in another business discipline. Historically the course has a graduate employment rate greater than 95 per cent.
Career options include accountant, auditor, business analyst, investment manager, management accountant, taxation adviser. Experienced accountants are highly sought after in all industries as well as government and not-for-profit organisations.
The course comprises a total of 150 credit points. The study components for course completion are:
Students can choose any one of the following as a second major: Economics, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Business Law or Information Technology.
Electives (totalling 24 credit points) can be taken from any faculty in the university, with the approval of the owning Faculty. For more information on business electives, please see the Business Electives page.
This course includes two full-time, six-month industry internships, with two different sponsoring employers.
The first internship is in the second half of the first year of the course; the second internship is in the first half of the third year of the course. Students are not paid by the sponsoring employer during these internships but continue to receive their scholarship.