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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) (Honours)

Course code: 0510 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Acc)(Hons) + On-campus + Day and evening classes available + One year full-time + Course coordinator: Mr Roger Love + Total credit points required: 48

Entry requirements

A bachelors degree consisting of an accounting major from an approved tertiary institution. Applicants need to have attained a minimum average grade of 65 per cent in the relevant disciplines in the final two years of undergraduate studies for consideration.

Advanced standing

Credit for previous study is not available in this course.

General course information

The honours degree in accounting provides students with the opportunity to undertake a further one year's education in accounting and finance and to provide a framework for more in-depth study of areas covered in the ordinary three-year Bachelor of Business degree. The fourth year comprises eight semester units which include the completion of a research project. The extra material covered in fourth year allows honours students to tackle practical problems from a broader intellectual perspective. The honours degree allows students to complete a research report, a major piece of investigation and writing which has no counterpart in the pass degrees. Increasingly, major employers of accounting graduates are supporting honours programs and encouraging eligible students to tackle the fourth year.

Majors and other studies in the degree

The degree provides more in-depth study in accounting. All studies are confined to the accounting discipline.

Course structure

The degree requirements are:
(a) Completion of three compulsory units (24 credit points):

(b) Completion of four units (24 credit points) from the units listed below:

Progression to further studies

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) (Honours) degree, students may apply for admission to the Masters by research, or other postgraduate programs.

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