Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

What you will study

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting, requires students to complete 40 units, comprised of the following core courses:

• Financial Accounting 1
• Management Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• Economics

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

Entry into the course will be available for applicants who have one of the following:

• Three-year bachelors degree.
• Three-year diploma in a related field.
• Three-year diploma not in a related field plus one year of relevant organisational experience.
• Two-year diploma in a related field plus two years of relevant oganisational experience.
• Two-year diploma not in a related field plus three years of relevant organisational experience.
• At least five years of organisational experience.

Related fields include accounting, business, commerce, communication, economics, finance, human resource management, industrial relations, management or marketing.

English language requirements

All applicants must demonstrate that they meet the university’s English proficiency requirement.

• IELTS Overall Minimum: 6.5
• IELTS Sub Test Minimum: 6

Contact the university for further information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Accounting skills are transferable across all industries and are required for sound financial decision making. The insights you will gain by completing the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to seek employment in fields including:

• Financial and management
• Accounting
• Taxation
• Auditing
• Superannuation
• Investment
• Financial advising

Learning outcomes

• Communicate accounting information, and effectively engage with, both accountants and non-accountants.
• Work effectively autonomously to apply specialised knowledge and expert judgment to accounting tasks.
• Work effectively in teams to apply specialised knowledge and expert judgment to accounting tasks.
• Display professional proficiency in the utilisation of information and technology in accounting contexts.
• Engage in the critical application of accounting knowledge and skills to solve an accounting problem or case.
• Apply business skills that incorporate understanding of social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives.
• Demonstrate specialised theoretical and practical knowledge and skills relevant to accounting and be proficient in their application.