Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) BBus(Acc)/ BBus (Bkg&Fin)

• Important information
• The course
• Objectives
• Professional accreditation
• Venue
• Credit for work done elsewhere
• Course structure
  • Year one
  • Year two
  • Year three
  • Year four

Important information

Course code: 1333

Course director: Dr Geoff Speight

The course

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) double degree course is a combination of two degree programs and is structured so that successful completion leads to the award of the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance).

Objectives

The objective of this double degree program is to provide an integrated course of undergraduate studies in Accounting and Banking and Finance. On completion its graduates should have:

• a broad understanding and appreciation of accounting, banking and finance issues within an organisation;
• developed effective interpersonal and communication skills with continuous independent and critical thinking;
• an understanding of the external environment within which business operates and, in particular, emphasis on Australia's international context;
• developed critical analytical and technical skills within the accounting and banking environment;
• the skills, opportunity and encouragement to progress into postgraduate studies and/or research.

Professional accreditation

The degree satisfies the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, for senior associate membership of the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Venue

Day and evening classes are offered at Caulfield campus.

Credit for work done elsewhere

In addition to part one, section four of the degree regulations, the following credit transfers have been standardised for the Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance):

• members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators will be granted credit for three subjects;
• holders of a recognised Certificate of Business Studies from the TAFE college are eligible for credit for up to a maximum of four subjects in the course, to be determined by the course director on a subject-by-subject basis;
• holders of an Associate Diploma in Accounting from a TAFE college (post-1989) are eligible for up to a maximum of eight subjects on a subject-by-subject basis to be determined by the course director;
• holders of the AAIB award from the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance are eligible for credit for up to six subjects to be determined by the course director (these will usually include ACC1110, FIN1300, FIN1710, FIN1010).

Course structure

Year one

First semester

• ACC1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• ECN1640 Business mathematics and statistics
• FIN1010 Commercial law
• FIN1710 Macroeconomics

• ACC1121 Accounting systems and procedures
• FIN1300 Money and capital markets
• MGM1230 Business communication
• MKT1120 Marketing theory and practice

Year two

First semester

• ACC2391 Cost accounting
• FIN1151 Corporations law and trusts
• FIN2401 Commercial banking and finance
• MGM1300 Introduction to management

• ACC2051 Financial modelling
• ACC2491 Company reporting
• FIN2601 Banking law
• FIN2710 Microeconomics

Year three

First semester

• ACC2431 Management accounting
• ACC2631 Financial management
• FIN2801 Lending law
• MKT2111 Buyer behaviour

• ACC3631 Auditing
• ACC3781 Corporate takeovers and insolvency
• FIN3651 Treasury management
• FIN3931 Taxation law

Year four

First semester

• ACC3051 Advanced financial modelling
• ACC3791 International accounting
• FIN3331 International banking and finance
• FIN3841 Lending decisions

• ACC3491 Advanced financial accounting theory and practice
• MGM3401 Strategic management
• MKT3141 Issues in competitive advantage
• ACC/FIN0011 Elective

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