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Charles Darwin University (CDU)

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Graduate Certificate of Accounting Studies

  • Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate of General Accounting Environment will help you develop an understanding of accounting principles.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time, 1 year part-time
Course Code
UACC01
Study Mode
Online, In person

About this course

The Graduate Certificate of General Accounting Environment will help you develop an understanding of accounting principles. This course articulates into the Graduate Diploma of General Accounting and the Master of Professional Accounting and can be your first step on the pathway to an accounting career.

Entry requirements

Successful completion of a recognised Bachelor degree in any discipline. Applicants who have fully satisfied the entry requirements of the accounting professional bodies are not eligible for entry. Consideration will be given to applicants who do not have one of the above qualifications, but have either:

  • a combination of postgraduate qualifications and relevant professional experience in accounting and finance roles; or
  • at least five years full time equivalent relevant professional experience in accounting and finance roles

Applicants applying with this pathway must provide further documentation detailing their employment experience (i.e. work experience certificate from an employer/s) and outlining their roles and achievements in the form of a curriculum vitae (CV) and a statement of purpose. The statement of purpose should address why you would like to be admitted into the course, career goals and aspirations and benefits the course will provide you.

Study locations

Waterfront Darwin

Waterfront Darwin

Waterfront Darwin

Darwin

Online

What you will learn

The course structure includes the compulsory study of an accounting principles unit to equip you with specific skills and knowledge to help you apply underlying theory and concepts in a professional or academic context. You will then be able to select your remaining units from a list of accounting and business units offered in the Master of Professional Accounting to support your career goals.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU).
67.5%
Overall satisfaction
77.5%
Skill scale
61.3%
Teaching scale
88%
Employed full-time