Graduate Diploma in Accounting
Course code/s: LGA Melbourne
The graduate diploma has been accredited as a conversion course by both CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). 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.
Year 1
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting for Management Decisions | ACC1AMD | |
| Introduction to Business Law | LST2BSL | |
| Introductory Financial Accounting | ACC1IFA | |
| Introductory Statistics for Business or Critical Thinking in Statistics** | ECO1ISB or STA1CTS | |
| Law of Business Association | LST2LBA | |
| Macroeconomics | ECO1IMA | |
| Management Information Systems | BUS1MIS | |
| Microeconomics | ECO1IMI |
**Critical Thinking in Statistics (STA1CTS) is not available on all campuses and is not a prerequisite for some subjects and majors offered at the Melbourne campus.
Year 2
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Financial Accounting | ACC3AFA | |
| Auditing | ACC3AUD | |
| Corporate Reporting | ACC2CRE | |
| Finance | FIN2FIN | |
| Management Accounting and Control | ACC2MAC | |
| Cost Accounting and Decision Making | ACC2CAD | |
| Taxation | ACC3TAX |