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Units for the course:
Bachelor of Business – Accounting and Financial Planning
The Bachelor of Business with a major in Accounting and Financial Planning consists of 24 units, and will see you undertake the following studies:
- Five core business fundamental units
- Three core practice business units
- Eight major units
- Eight elective units that can be tailored to complement your studies
Core Business Fundamental Units
Core Practice Business Units
These units are designed for you to apply your skills in practical scenarios to solidify your knowledge. You’ll complete Learning and Communicating for Innovative Business Practice, Industry Consulting Project and a choice of one unit from: Planning for Career Success, Sustainable Business Practice and Professional Internship – Business.
Accounting and Financial Planning Major Units
Electives
Tailor your course to suit your strengths, interests and careers goals. Here’s what our Swinburne Online academic staff recommend:
Management Accounting for Planning and Control
View Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this Course students will be able to:
- Define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to accounting and financial planning and apply those principles in a range of practices
- Systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts
- Formulate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and demonstrate cognisance of the impact of business decisions on the triple bottom line
- Coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas
- Communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience
- Build on and continuously develop the intellectual independence to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies
- Work collaboratively in diverse groups
Course Rules
To qualify for the Bachelor of Business with a major in Accounting and Financial Planning students must complete 300 credit points comprising of:
- Five [5] core business fundamental units (62.5 credit points)
- Three [3] business practice core units (37.5 credit points)
- Sixteen [16] units of study from the Accounting and Financial Planning discipline major (200 credit points)
A unit of study can only be counted once. Where there are overlaps between majors and/or minors, students in the first instance choose another unit from the list of units available in the major/minor.
Volume of Learning
The Bachelor of Business with a major in Accounting and Financial Planning consists of 300 credit points. Units normally carry 12.5 credit points (cps). In each year eight (8) units normally constitute a full-time load of 100 credit points and four (4) units normally constitute a part-time load of 50 credit points. The volume of learning of the Bachelor of Business is typically 3 years.
The full Course Information Set and Whole of Institution Set are available for reference.
