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Bachelor of Business – Accounting

The Bachelor of Business – Accounting consists of 24 units, and will see you undertake the following studies:

  • 6 foundational core units in major business study areas
  • 2 capstone units where you’ll combine the skills learnt throughout your degree and apply them to real-life scenarios to solidify your knowledge
  • 8 Accounting major units where you’ll dive into practical, future-focused study
  • 8 elective units that can be tailored to compliment your studies in Accounting.
Core Business Units

Learning and Communicating for Innovative Business Practice

Financial Information for Decision Making

Economic Principles

Introduction to Business Information Systems

Introduction to Management

Fundamentals of Marketing

Advanced Innovative Business Practice

Industry Consulting Project

Management Accounting for Planning and Control

Financial Information Systems

Company Accounting

Taxation

Auditing

Financial Statistics

Financial Management

Tailor your course to suit your strengths, interests and careers goals. Here’s what our Swinburne Online academic staff recommend for the Accounting major:

Law of Commerce

Big Data Management

Planning for Career Success

Analysis for Competitive Advantage

On successful completion of this Course students will be able to:

  • Define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to accounting and apply those principles in a range of practices
  • Systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts
  • Formulate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and demonstrate cognisance of the impact of business decisions on the triple bottom line
  • Coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas
  • Communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience
  • Build on and continuously develop the intellectual independence to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies
  • Work collaboratively in diverse groups

 Course Rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Business (Accounting) students must complete 300 credit points comprising of:

  • Eight [8] core units of study (100 credit points)
  • Eleven [11] units of study from the Accounting discipline major (137.5 credit points) and
  • Five [5] units of study comprising of a minor and/or electives; (62.5 credit points)

Students have the opportunity to undertake a WIL Professional Placement. Students may not complete any more than 125 credit points (normally ten units) at Introductory Level. A unit of study can only be counted once. Where there are overlaps between majors and/or minors, students in the first instance choose another unit from the list of units available in the major/minor.

Please note: After Semester 2, 2015, Careers in the curriculum will no longer be offered at Swinburne. This unit was previously compulsory for all undergraduate students. It will not be replaced by another unit.

Professional Placements

Professional Placements are subject to a competitive selection process. International students may be eligible for a Professional Placement where a relevant Professional degree exists. International students who successfully gain a placement through the selection process will be required to change courses to the relevant Professional degree, in order to complete a placement and should consider any visa and extended study duration implications prior to applying.

Students who undertake a 12-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 375 credit points comprising of:

  • Eight [8] core units of study (100 credit points)
  • Eleven [11] units of study from the Accounting discipline major (137.5 credit points) and
  • Four [4] units of study from the Professional Placement Co-Major (100 credit points); and
  • Three [3] units of study comprising electives (37.5 credit points)

Students who elect to undertake a 6-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 325 credit points comprising:

  • Eight [8] core units of study (100 credit points)
  • Eleven [11] units of study from the Accounting discipline major (137.5 credit points) and
  • Two [2] units of study from the Professional Placement Co-Major (100 credit points); and
  • Three [3] units of study comprising electives (37.5 credit points)

Volume of Learning

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) consists of 300 credit points.

Units normally carry 12.5 credit points (cps). In each year eight (8) units normal constitute a full-time load of 100 credit points and four (4) units normally constitute a part-time load of 50 credit points. The volume of learning of the Bachelor of Business is typically 3 years.

For students who complete a Professional Placement the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) consists of 325-375 credit points.

Units normally carry 12.5 credit points with placement units carrying 25 credit points each. A standard annual full-time student load comprises 100 credit points, and a standard part-time load comprises 50 credit points. The volume of learning of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with a 6-month placement is typically 3.5 years. The volume of learning of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with a 12- month placement is typically 4 years.

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