Program Requirements

The program requires the completion of 72 units consisting of 60 units of core courses and 12 units of elective courses. This program does not include a thesis component.

Core Courses (60 units)

The core courses deal with the development of accounting skills and are the courses required by the Australian professional accounting bodies.

BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
INFS7040 E-Commerce for Managers
BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
BUSN7057 Business Association Law
BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
BUSN7052 Commercial Law
BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
FINM7006 Foundations of Finance*
STAT7055 Financial Statistics
ECON8069 Business Economics

*Students who have completed FINM7007 Applied Corporate Finance prior to 2011 may count this course in place of FINM7006.

 

Electives (12 units)

Students may select two courses (12 units) from any postgraduate course offered in the ANU College of Business and Economics.

Students are advised to include the courses BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services and BUSN7021 Taxation Law as electives if they intend to join an Australian professional accounting body.

Working Rules

Working Rules for this program are available here

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.