Business – Undergraduate courses

Bachelor of Accounting


UTS course code: C10031 UAC code: 600000 Testamur title: Bachelor of Accounting Abbreviation: BAcc Course fee: HECS (local)¹ Total credit points: 156 Footnote: 1. This course is not offered to international students. Admission requirements Course duration Course structure Course diagram Course program Professional recognition Other information The School of Accounting offers a cooperative education program in Accounting. The course is offered on a full-time basis only and includes two semesters of full-time work as a trainee professional. Students continue to study part time while undertaking these Internships. Internship semester subjects are specially designed to be undertaken cooperatively – theoretical material is fast-tracked before the Internship commences and is followed by work-integrated project work. The Bachelor of Accounting program is offered at City campus (Haymarket) only. Admission requirements The program is an intensive scholarship degree course intended for school leavers. Application forms are available from High School Careers Advisers, the UTS Student Info & Admin Centre, or can be downloaded from the Bachelor of Accounting website (see Other information below). Course duration The course is completed in three years of full-time study, which includes two separate half years of full-time work training. Course structure The Bachelor of Accounting comprises 156 credit points. All students must complete 10 foundation core subjects, a compulsory Accounting major, and choose from a second major, two sub-majors or a sub-major plus four electives (see diagram). Students can choose to complete a second major from those offered within the Faculty of Business. The majors are: Advertising and Promotions Management Banking Economics Electronic Business Finance Financial Planning Human Resource Management Information Technology International Business Management Marketing Sport Management Tourism. Alternatively, students can elect to complete a sub-major, plus four other elective subjects. Full details of majors and sub-majors can be found within the Bachelor of Business program outlined in this handbook. Course diagram Course program Semester 1 22107 Accounting for Business¹ 22605 Accounting Information Systems¹ 22207 Accounting Transactions and Business Decisions 25115 Economics for Business 26133Business Information Analysis 24108 Marketing Foundations 79203 Business Law and Ethics Semester 2 – Internship 1 25300 Fundamentals of Business Finance 22157 Australian Corporate Environment Semester 3 22321 Cost Management Systems¹ 22421 Management Decisions and Control 79014 Applied Company Law 2xxxx Elective 1 2xxxx Elective 2 Semester 4 22320 Accounting for Business Combinations 22420 Accounting Standards and Regulations 79017 Taxation Law 2xxxx Elective 3 2xxxx Elective 4 Semester 5 – Internship 2 22522 Assurance Services and Audit 22677 Capstone Project: Financial Strategy and Leadership Semester 6 22520 Corporate Reporting: Professional and Conceptual Issues or 22319 Financial Statement Analysis 2xxxx Elective 5 2xxxx Elective 6 2xxxx Elective 7 2xxxx Elective 8 Footnote: 1. Fast-track studies undertaken during Summer session. Professional recognition Students successfully completing the Bachelor of Accounting will have satisfied the Accounting major educational requirements for undergraduate membership of both CPA Australia and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Students should note that CPA Australia will not, in principle, accept a Conceded Pass in subjects required by them. However, CPA Australia will now accept a Conceded Pass in a first- or second-year subject, provided that a further subject in the same subject area has been passed. Further information can be obtained from CPA Australia. Other information Further details are available from the Office of Cooperative Education, School of Accounting: telephone (02) 9514 3579 www.business.uts.edu.au/bofacc