Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting
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- About this course
- Careers
- Study pathways
- Course details
- Course structure
- Units and electives
- Admission information
- Course objectives
- How to apply
About this course
Accredited by CPA Australia, this course will provided you with the technical, analytical, appreciative, personal and interpersonal skills essential in today’s global environment.
Delivered by the Victoria Graduate School of Business (VGSB), this eight-unit course provides entry to the accounting profession for non-accounting graduates, and offers a further accounting specialisation to business graduates.
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Careers
This course equips you for a career in accounting and finance.
Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.
Study Pathways
Transferring to VU
You can get credit in the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting (BGAP) for study you have done at other universities. We have formal credit transfer arrangements for this course with the following universities
Melbourne Institute of Technology
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If you studied the Graduate Diploma of Accounting you may get two units of credit.
To find out more about the pathways available for this course, please contact the School of Accounting and Finance
Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
Get credit for your work, study and life experience through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.
Course details
- Course location
- City Flinders
- Other locations
Education Centre of Australia, Sydney, Australia.
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Law
- School
- School of Accounting and Finance
- Duration
- 1 year
- Study options
- Full Time or Part Time
- Study mode
- On campus
- Course code
- BGAP
Course Structure
The course consist of 8 units of study.
Units and electives
For membership of CPA Australia, students need to complete the following units of study:
- Managerial Accounting [BAO5522]
- Professional Auditing [BAO5524]
- Financial and Corporate Accounting [BAO5525]
- Business Finance [BAO5534]
- Issues in Contemporary Accounting [BAO5535]
- Accounting Systems and Processes [BAO5543]
- Business Economics [BEO6600]
- Business and Company Law [BLO5540]
Admission information
- Year 12:
To qualify for admission to the course an applicant must have normally completed a relevant degree or graduate diploma and be employed in or intend to be employed in a position associated with accounting.
Course objectives
The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting gives greater flexibility to students with a business related undergraduate degree, by offering a further accounting specialisation which satisfies entry into CPA Australia.
The objectives of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting include:
- Providing an opportunity for students to gain technical skills and conceptual knowledge in financial accounting, management accounting, finance, auditing and assurance, commercial and corporations law, taxation, information systems, economics and quantitative methods essential for the professional accountant in today's global environment.
- Developing generic skills commonly applied in practice and valued by employers and professional bodies including analytic, appreciative, personal and interpersonal skills.
- Providing an opportunity for students with a Bachelor degree in other disciplines to gain entry to the accounting profession.
- Providing local students with a shorter (8 unit) route to membership of CPA Australia.
How to apply for this course
We are currently accepting applications for this course.
You can apply direct to VU. Applications close on 10 February 2012.
When you're ready to apply:
- Read the Advice to applicants (contains details about how to apply for your course, extra requirements, what happens when you submit your application and other important information).
- Complete the Higher education direct entry application form.
- As part of the application you may need to complete extra requirements such as:
- submit supplementary forms
- attend an interview, audition, information session or workshop
- submit a folio
- sit a test
Details about extra requirements are available in the:
You need to complete all extra requirements by the given dates, otherwise your application may not be considered.
Transferring between VU courses
Want to transfer into this course from another VU course? Complete the Victoria University internal course application form and check whether you need to complete any extra requirements, listed above.
You can also contact us directly:
- Ring us on +61 3 9919 6100
- Find answers and ask questions at GOTOVU
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