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University Handbook 2012

Graduate Diploma in Accounting

Course code/s: LGAW Albury-Wodonga

This is a fee-paying course. The Graduate Diploma in Accounting has been accredited as a conversion course by CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and it 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 or business to qualify for membership with the Australian professional accounting bodies.

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

Admission requirements

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

Applicants must apply directly to the Albury-Wodonga Campus. For further information, contact the School Executive Officer: tel: (02) 6024 9850, email: business.aw@latrobe.com.au.

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 in the table below.

Additional requirements

Students seeking to meet membership requirements for CPA or ICAA may be required to complete up to 15 designated subjects (listed below) and meet other requirements set by CPA or ICAA. Depending on a student’s academic background, some exemptions/advanced standing 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.

Course structure

Albury-Wodonga Campus
Year 1
 
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 Introductory Financial Accounting ACC1IFA
TE-SEM-2 Business Law LST2BSL
TE-SEM-2 Corporate Reporting ACC2CRE
TE-SEM-2 Finance FIN2FIN
TE-SEM-2 Macroeconomics ECO1IMA
Year 2
 
Teaching period Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Introductory Statistics for Business ECO1ISB*
TE-SEM-1 Law of Business Association LST2LBA
TE-SEM-1 Cost Accounting and Decision Making ACC2IMA
TE-SEM-1 Advanced Financial Accounting ACC3AFA
TE-SEM-2 Auditing ACC3AUD
TE-SEM-2 Taxation ACC3TAX
TE-SEM-2 Management Accounting and Control ACC2IMB