Accounting is a key management tool for business planning, monitoring and control that can create a range of career opportunities in government and in business, management and finance across a multitude of industries. Through a combination of required units and electives, students will gain requisite knowledge and skills in many areas of Accounting and related fields. As students develop an understanding of accounting principles and practices, they explore the relationship between accounting, finance and economics, the law, management and marketing. Students also have the opportunity of selecting four elective units, so as to tailor the degree to individual needs.
Subject to any course credits applied, students completing this course will satisfy the educational requirements for admission to the major professional accounting bodies of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
The course consists of 24 units: 2 Core Units, 18 CPA Accredited Core Units and 4 Elective Units.
Core Units:
10 July 2023, 6 November 2023, 11 March 2024
Melbourne Campus
Level 10, 350 Queen Street,
MELBOURNE,
Victoria,
3000, MELBOURNE, Australia
10 July 2023, 6 November 2023, 11 March 2024
Kent Institute Australia
Sydney Campus,
Level 11, 10 Barrack Street,
SYDNEY,
New South Wales,
2000, SYDNEY, Australia
All applicants must:
Applicants with Higher Education Study
Applicants who have undertaken any higher education study, within the last ten years since leaving school, may be eligible for admission to a Kent course with credit transfers (advanced standing).
Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) Study
Applicants who have undertaken any VET study within the last ten years since leaving school may be eligible for admission to a Kent course with credit transfers (advanced standing).
Entry pathways
English language proficiency
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall score with no band less than 5.5 or equivalent; PTE Academic (Pearson) - Overall score of 50 (with 42 or more in all communicative scores); TOEFL IBT (Internet based) - Overall score of 60 (Writing/Speaking of 18+ and Reading/Listening of 12+); Cambridge CAE & CPE - 169+
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.