Program Overview

The course is designed to enable graduates with a recognised bachelor’s qualification, graduate certificate or graduate diploma in any field, at a standard equivalent to AQF Level 7, acceptable to King’s Own Institute, and who satisfy the conditions above, the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills required for Associate Membership of professional accountancy bodies such as Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)and CPA Australia (CPA). The course provides students with the foundation for a successful and rewarding career in professional accountancy.

The course has 12 core subjects, which offer students advanced learning in accounting within the contexts of both professional practice and the theoretical standards that underpin such practice. The course concludes with a research component (BUS707 Applied Business Research) which reinforces technical excellence in these fields within a framework that emphases core professional competencies in critical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making, professional communication and persuasion, information systems applications and management and ethical awareness and reasoning.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate current, comprehensive, coherent and connected knowledge
2. Command a higher order of skills in analysis and professional application through the planning and execution of project work and applied research
3. Demonstrate leadership, creativity and flexibility in the application of knowledge and skills to new situations to solve complex problems and to think rigorously and independently
4. Show an informed appreciation of the ethical standards and requirements for continuing professional development of their profession