After developing a solid grounding in business in your first year, customise your degree with a major in Accounting. Students must also complete BMIPAC Professional Accounting as part of their undergraduate course. Graduates with an Accounting major can gain employment in accounting practices, medium and large corporations, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
By completing all units in this major, along with the Professional Accounting minor, graduates are eligible for admission into the CPA and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Programs.
For a major study students must complete 96 credit points (equivalent to 8 units) consisting of:
72 credit points (equivalent to 6 units) Major Studies
24 credit points (equivalent to 2 units) Capstone Units
Please note: Students undertaking this accounting major are required to complete the minor, BMIPAC Professional Accounting, except students undertaking the Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business (LBWB) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Business (LHWB) who are required to complete BAO3306 Auditing in place of BEO2006 Corporate Regulation.
A full course is made up of several smaller topics or subjects. These are referred to as 'units'.
Most courses have compulsory 'core' units, as well as optional units
'Credit points' are the value that each unit contributes towards your course.
Most units at VU are worth 12 credit points. You will need to complete the required course credit points to graduate.
Students undertaking a second major are required to complete BPD2100 International Business Challenge instead of BPD3100 Applied Business Challenge.
Please note: students undertaking the Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business (LBWB) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Business (LHWB) are required to complete BAO3306 Auditing in place of BEO2006 Corporate Regulation.
Major Studies
Capstone Units
This unit set is studied as part of the following course(s):