Bachelor of Accounting

Designed specifically for online learning, the 100% online Commerce (Accounting) degree will develop your business knowledge, and skills in financial and management accounting, taxation, company law, and auditing.

You will learn about the types of influences affecting global business from economic to legal and political impacts.

In this degree, you will firstly begin with the core business subjects to provide you with a solid grounding in areas including:

• Accounting and quantitative methods for business
• Business law, finance, business intelligence and data management
• Economics and marketing principles

Following this, you will focus on your accounting specialisation and learn skills such as:

• Financial and management accounting
• Taxation and company law
• Auditing
• Sustainability accounting
• Global and contemporary accounting issues
• Strategic financial analysis

This program was previously known as Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting).

Study On Demand – a 100% online Commerce (Accounting) degree designed specifically for online learning. Take full control over your study - access support seven days a week, plan your study to fit around your life, view learning resources 24/7, and log into the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.

This is a globally competitive degree respected internationally for its quality and relevance to the accounting profession. Ranked in the top one per cent worldwide*, UniSA Business is one of the largest leading providers of accounting and finance education in Australia and Asia.

This 100% online degree is accredited by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

*UniSA Business is one of just ten institutions in the country and 180 globally to be accredited by EQUIS, from a total pool of 16,500 Business Schools worldwide, EFMD, February 2020.

Recommended study pattern

Note: The program structure is subject to change at any time. (Information correct as at October 2023)

Year 1

• Business and Society (BUSS 1067) or Elective
• Accounting for Business (ACCT 1011)
• Business Law (LAWS 1019)
• Quantitative Methods for Business (MATH 1075)
• Financial Accounting 1 (ACCT 1012)
• Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange (MARK 1018)
• Principles of Economics (ECON 1010)
•  Elective 1^

Year 2

• Financial Accounting 2 (ACCT 2015)
• Career Development in Business (BUSS 1066)
• Management Accounting (ACCT 2016)
• Business Finance (BANK 2010)
• Business Intelligence (INFS 2038)
• Financial Accounting 3 (ACCT 3014)
• Companies and Partnership Law (COML 2020)
• Management and Organisation (BUSS 2081)

Year 3

• Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (ACCT 3015)
• Auditing Theory and Practice (ACCT 3012)
• Contemporary Issues in Accounting (ACCT 3013)
• Taxation Law 1 (ACCT 3016)
• Elective 2^
• Elective 3^
• Elective 4^
• Strategic Financial Analysis (BUSS 3098)

^ This course may be chosen from any of the UniSA Online elective courses. Course pre-requisites must be satisfied.

*Assessment requirements for this degree include at least one online exam. The online exam software has system compatibility requirements, specifically that tablets, hybrid devices and mobile devices are not supported. Please refer to the online exam requirements prior to conducting your exam to ensure your computer and software is compatible to undertake the exam.

*Recognition for prior learning (RPL) may be granted for this subject to students who have completed relevant work experience as per the UniSA Online RPL framework. Further credit will be assessed in line with the UniSA RPL policy.

Award requirements

Students must complete 24 subjects including 4 electives.

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Electives

Suggested Electives

•  Managing Decision Making - BUSS 3095
•  International Management Ethics and Values - BUSS 3094
•  Strategic Management - BUSS 3097
•  Organisational Leadership - BUSS 3096
•  International Business Environments - BUSS 3107
•  Organisational Entrepreneurship - BUSS 3108
•  Applied Financial Planning - BANK 3015

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Indicative total fee $43,797

The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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This UniSA Online degree is currently available for Commonwealth supported students.

Applicants are required to fulfil at least one of the following requirements with a competitive result and meet any other academic requirements for the program:

• successfully completed equivalent to a minimum of half a year of full-time study of a higher education program at a recognised higher education provider
• completed an award from a registered training organisation at Certificate IV level or above
• passed a UniSA Online literacy and numeracy test and have relevant work experience
• completed a secondary education qualification equivalent to SACE, such as an interstate year 12 or international qualification
• completed a UniSA Foundation Studies Program or equivalent
• qualified for Special Entry

Students who do not meet these criteria can start studying now by enrolling in the subjects below. Students will be eligible to apply upon successful completion of four subjects and all subjects will be credited towards the degree.

• BUSS1066 Career Development for Business
• MARK1018 Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange
• MATH1075 Quantitative Methods for Business
• ECON1010 Principles of Economics

UniSA Online offers four start dates throughout the year so you can apply as soon as you’re ready. As part of your application, UniSA Online will share information about the next available study period for this program.

If you have previous work experience, or have studied before, you could fast-track your studies by reducing the time it takes to complete your degree.