Executive Certificate in Accounting

• General
• Course objectives
• Admission requirements
• Credit for work done previously
• Mode of offering
• Duration
• Course structure
  • Caulfield campus
  • Gippsland campus
• Progression to further studies

General

Course code: 1411
Caulfield campus - Course director: Mr Lawrence Webb
Gippsland campus - Course director: Mr Brian Conheady
The objective of this course is to provide an integrated introductory course of studies in accounting for non-graduates who have appropriate employment experience.

Course objectives

On completion, successful candidates should have:

• an understanding and appreciation of fundamental accounting techniques;
• practical and analytical skills in accounting and related areas;
• an understanding of the role and the processes involved in accounting and its relationship with the overall management of an organisation;
• developed communication and research skills designed to improve analysis and reporting of standard accounting information within an organisation;
• the skills, opportunity and encouragement to progress to further studies in accounting at the graduate level.

Admission requirements

As previously stated.

Credit for work done previously

As previously stated.

Mode of offering

This course is offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus and by distance education at the Gippsland campus.

Duration

Two semesters of part-time study. Normally a student will study two subjects per semester.

Course structure

Caulfield campus

Students may select four subjects from the following list:

• AFF9500 Introductory accounting and financial information systems I
• AFF9510 Quantitative methods in accounting
• AFF9521 Introductory accounting and financial information systems II
• ECX9530 Economics
• AFF9601 Financial accounting I
• AFF9611 Managerial accounting
• AFF9621 Auditing
• AFF9631 Financial accounting II
• AFF9641 Business finance

Gippsland campus

Students may select four subjects from the following list:

• AFG9071 Introductory accounting
• ECG9101 Economic policy
• ASC7051 Quantitative methods
• AFG9072 Accounting for management information
• AFG9073 Financial accounting
• AFG9044 Business finance
• AFG9040 Accounting theory and current issues
• AFG9041 Auditing

Progression to further studies

As previously stated.

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