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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Faculty of Law and Management

Graduate Diploma in Accounting Mildura (LGAM)

Both CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) have accredited the graduate diploma as a conversion course. This enables graduates who did not take an accounting major as part of their undergraduate degree to become professional accountants. It also allows students who have overseas qualifications in accounting to qualify for membership with the two Australian professional accounting bodies.

Note: CPA/ICAA must deem your qualification to be equivalent to an Australian Bachelor degree. Degree assessment is the sole responsibility of the student and must be completed before enrolment in the course.

Admission requirements

An Australian Bachelor degree or approved equivalent qualification in any discipline is required.

Degree requirements

To fulfil the requirements of the Graduate Diploma in Accounting, students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of eight subjects each worth 15 credit points. This must include no more than two first year level subjects and a minimum of three third year level subjects from the subjects listed below.

Professional requirements

To qualify for membership with CPA or ICAA candidates are required to satisfactorily complete 15 designated subjects (listed below) and meet other requirements set by CPA or ICAA.

Depending on a student’s academic background, some exemptions/preclusions may be granted.

Assessment of subject requirements by CPA/ICAA is the sole responsibility of the student and must be completed before enrolment in the course.

First year
Teaching period Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Accounting for Management Decisions ACC1AMD
TE-SEM-1 Microeconomics ECO1IMI
TE-SEM-1 Management Information Systems BUS1MIS
TE-SEM-1 Business Law LST2BSL
TE-SEM-2 Introductory Statistics for Business ECO1ISB
TE-SEM-2 Introductory Financial Accounting ACC1IFA
TE-SEM-2 Macroeconomics ECO1IMA
TE-SEM-2 Law of Business Association LST2LBA
Second year
Teaching period Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Auditing ACC3AUD
TE-SEM-1 Corporate Reporting ACC2CRE
TE-SEM-1 Cost Accounting and Decision Making ACC2IMA
TE-SEM-1 Taxation ACC3TAX
TE-SEM-2 Finance or Business Finance FIN2FIN or ACC3BF
TE-SEM-2 Advanced Financial Accounting ACC3AFA
TE-SEM-2 Management Accounting and Control ACC2IMB