• Length 4 years full-time
  • Minimum 192 Units
Admission requirements
  • Academic plan BACCT / BDESN
  • CRICOS code 079093D
  • UAC code 130010

The Bachelor of Accounting is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in reporting, analysing and managing financial resources in business and government entities. In addition to meeting the education requirements for membership of the Australian accounting professional bodies, the degree offers flexibility for you to study in related disciplines of your interest, including finance, business information systems, management, marketing, international business and corporate sustainability.

You will be equipped with the ability to critically analyse emerging accounting issues, and be inspired by the professional and scholarly accounting research that provides you with insights into issues underlying the accounting numbers, thus fostering your academic and professional competence. Gaining these academic and professional attributes will enhance your accounting career opportunities, or pursuance of advanced accounting studies.

The Bachelor of Design critically engages with a diverse set of concepts and practices that give students creative agency to respond to our world’s wicked problems. Courses offered in the program encourage research-driven approaches and partnerships with industry to prepare students with transferable knowledge and skills required to engage sustainably and ethically in a rapidly changing world.

The Bachelor of Design combines cutting-edge digital practices with internationally renowned studio disciplines, allowing students to develop agile approaches to design futures.

Students benefit from deep immersion in digital, practical and theoretical modalities. They engage with wide-ranging perspectives of creative practices to forge their own unique path to becoming designers. From coding, to making, to manufacture, students apply hands-on design to digital and physical materials. Students delve into a wide range of fields from visual communication and web design, data visualisation, and interaction design, object design, user experience design, 3D fabrication, service design, sustainable design, design thinking, to strategic design, they experiment in studios to develop expertise in contemporary approaches.

Career Options

ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.

We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Evaluate and provide solutions to routine accounting problems.
  2. Exercise judgement to provide solutions to accounting problems using, where appropriate, multidisciplinary perspectives.
  3. Critically apply theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to address issues in a broad business context.
  4. Justify and communicate accounting advice and ideas to both specialists and non-specialists from other disciplines.
  1. demonstrate skills and knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials and technologies in their relevant discipline;
  2. research, develop and evaluate design concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively;
  3. apply skills and knowledge to the creation, visualisation and production of design projects;
  4. work independently and collaboratively on design projects and respond to project demands;
  5. interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audiences; and
  6. recognise and reflect on social, cultural technological, environmental and ethical issues of creative practice and design considering local and international perspectives.

Further Information

Electives: 

Students have 48 units of electives in a single degree program. Electives can be selected from CBE or other Colleges. No more than 10 courses at 1000 level.

Students wish to undertake an out of college elective may contact the relevant College directly.


Student Responsibility:

It is the student's responsibility to select electives in such a way that:

It is the student's responsibility to select the courses appropriate for his/her program.


FDD with Law (ALLB):

Due to incompatibilities between (BUSN1101 and LAWS1204) and (BUSN2101 and LAWS2203), students will need to select two additional courses from the second list of courses (that is, select 24 units from the second list). You will meet the prerequisites of BUSN3014 by studying LAWS1204.


FDD with Commerce:

Bachelor of Accounting cannot be combined with Bachelor of Commerce with an Accounting major.

Electives: 

Students have 48 units of electives in a single degree program. Electives can be selected from CBE or other Colleges. No more than 10 courses at 1000 level.

Students wish to undertake an out of college elective may contact the relevant College directly.


Student Responsibility:

It is the student's responsibility to select electives in such a way that:

It is the student's responsibility to select the courses appropriate for his/her program.


FDD with Law (ALLB):

Due to incompatibilities between (BUSN1101 and LAWS1204) and (BUSN2101 and LAWS2203), students will need to select two additional courses from the second list of courses (that is, select 24 units from the second list). You will meet the prerequisites of BUSN3014 by studying LAWS1204.


FDD with Commerce:

Bachelor of Accounting cannot be combined with Bachelor of Commerce with an Accounting major.

Admission Requirements

ATAR:
80
International Baccalaureate:
30

Prerequisites

There are no formal program prerequisites. But assumed knowledge is:-ACT: Mathematical Methods (Major) or NSW: HSC Mathematics Advanced or equivalent. More information about interstate subject equivalencies can be found here.

Adjustment Factors

Adjustment factors are combined with an applicant's secondary education results to determine their Selection Rank. ANU offers adjustment factors based on equity, diversity, and/or performance principles, such as for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies.

To be eligible for adjustment factors, you must have:

  • achieved a Selection Rank of 70 or more before adjustment factors are applied
  • if you have undertaken higher education, completed less than one year full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) of a higher education program
  • applied for an eligible ANU bachelor degree program

Please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.

Bachelor of Accounting - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)

Bachelor of Design - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)

For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees

Annual indicative fee for international students
$56,120.00

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are.  Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

Program Requirements

This double degree requires the completion of 192 units.

The Bachelor of Accounting flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:

A maximum of 48 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses

The 96 units must include:

84 units from the following compulsory courses:

BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis

BUSN1002 Accounting Processes and Systems

BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law

BUSN2011 Management Accounting

BUSN2015 Company Accounting

BUSN2101 Law of Business Entities

BUSN3001 Accounting Theory

BUSN3002 Auditing

BUSN3014 Principles of Tax Law

ECON1101 Microeconomics 1

ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1

FINM1001 Foundations of Finance

INFS2005 Accounting Information Systems

STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods


12 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU, which may include courses from the following list:

BUSN2037 Fundamentals of Accounting Data Analytics

BUSN3003 Advanced Management Accounting

BUSN3006 Public Sector Accounting

BUSN3008 Financial Reporting By Corporations

BUSN3017 Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting

BUSN3051 Advanced Accounting Data Analytics

CBEA2001 Indigenous Perspectives in Business and Economics

STAT2008 Regression Modelling

The Bachelor of Design flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:


A maximum of 42 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses


The 96 units must include:

42 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

DESN1002 Visual Communication: Design and Production

DESN1003 Contemporary Design in Context

DESN1004 The Past as Prototype: History, Ethics and Concepts for Design in the Twenty-First Century

DESN2008 Design Thinking: Human-Centred Design Methodologies

DESN3010 Design Studio: Independent Practice

DESN3011 Design Studio: Engagement and Collaboration

DESN3012 Design Studio: Professional Practice

 

A minimum of 6 units from completion of foundation courses from the following list:

ARTV1020 Drawn from life: Techniques and Perspectives of Observational Drawing

ARTV1034 Foundations of Contemporary Arts Practices

DESN1005 Precise Drawing and Model Making


A minimum of 24 units from completion of design courses from the following list: 

DESN2001 Digital Form and Fabrication 

DESN2002 Foundations of Creative Code 

DESN2003 Creative Data Visualisation: Representing Data in Visual and Material Form 

DESN2004 Autonomous Agents

DESN2006 Front-End Web: Crafting Online Experience 

DESN2007 Design Fiction: Speculative and Critical Design 

DESN2009 Typography in Context: Digital Typographic Design 

DESN2010 Making Creative and Critical Technologies: Physical Computing for Art and Design 

DESN2012 The Ethics of Making: Design for Reuse and Repair 

DESN2015 Supporting Bodies: Now that we're here, where do we sit?

 

A minimum of 12 units from completion of courses from the subject area ARTV Visual Arts


A maximum of 12 units from completion of interdisciplinary concepts and theories courses from the following subject areas:

ANTH Anthropology

ARTH Art History

ENVS Environmental Science

GEND Gender Studies

INDG Indigenous Studies

PHIL Philosophy

PSYC Psychology

SOCY Sociology

MEDN2222 Exquisite Corpse - Insight into the Human Body

Minors

Bachelor of Accounting Minors

Bachelor of Design Minors

Study Options

Year 1 BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units
BUSN1002 Accounting Processes and Systems 6 units FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units
Year 2 ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units BUSN2015 Company Accounting 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law 6 units
Year 3 BUSN2011 Management Accounting 6 units BUSN2101 Law of Business Entities 6 units
BUSN3001 Accounting Theory 6 units INFS2005 Accounting Information Systems 6 units
Year 4 BUSN3014 Principles of Tax Law 6 units BUSN3002 Auditing 6 units
Accounting course from the List 6 units CBE LIST 1 Elective course 6 units

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The Bachelor of Accounting is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in reporting, analysing and managing financial resources in business and government entities. In addition to meeting the education requirements for membership of the Australian accounting professional bodies, the degree offers flexibility for you to study in related disciplines of your interest, including finance, business information systems, management, marketing, international business, corporate sustainability and economic studies.

Single degree

  • This degree requires 144 units
  • A maximum of 60 units of 1000 level courses
  • 15 compulsory courses
  • 9 electives (of which 1 must be CBE List 1 elective courses)

Commencing Semester 1:
Semester 1 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units
  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • FINM1001 Foundations of Finance- 6 units
Semester 2 
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1- 6 units
  • BUSN1002 Accounting Processes & Systems - 6 units
  • BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law - 6 units
  • List 1 Elective Course - 6 units

Commencing Semester 2:
Semester 2 

  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units
  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law - 6 units

Double degree

  • This degree requires 96 units of CBE courses
  • A maximum of 48 units of 1000 level CBE courses
  • 15 compulsory courses
  • 1 CBE List 1 elective courses

Commencing Semester 1:
Semester 1 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units

Semester 2 

  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods - 6 units
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1- 6 units


Commencing Semester 2:
Semester 2 

  • BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis - 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 - 6 units

About this degree

Single degree
In a Bachelor of Accounting single degree program you will study a total of 144 units.  Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 24 courses across your whole degree. You will need to complete a minimum of 16 CBE courses (96 units) but will also get to choose 8 courses (48 units) from other ANU Colleges.  You can try a range of courses or take a major or minor in a non-CBE subject, the choice is yours.

Double degree
In a Bachelor of Accounting double degree program you will study a total of 16 courses (96 units).  Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 16 courses (96 units) across your whole degree.  However, for each semester you are likely to take 2 courses from your Accounting degree and then 2 courses from the other half of you degree - still a total of 4 courses a semester.



Enrolment Status

It is possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester but it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international student you must always be enrolled full-time in 24 units each semester.


Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

When you enrol for the first time you will study ‘1000-level’ courses. These courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course code, such as ECON1101.



Please also note that:

  • You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester.
  • In your first year, you cannot study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year. 
  • You may take 1000-level courses later in your program.   But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) in total towards your single degree.
  • You can change your enrolment via ISIS in courses up until the Monday of Week 2.

Electives

You can use your electives to enrol in any courses that you like, provided you meet prerequisite requirements.

  • Remember that you can choose up to 8 courses from another ANU College if you are undertaking the single Bachelor of accounting degree.
  • If you are in a double degree, your electives must be CBE courses.
  • Don't forget the maximum number of 1000 level courses is 10 in single degree.



Study Options

Bachelor of Accounting

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Accounting degree

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units
BUSN1002 Accounting Processes and Systems 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units BUSN1101 Introduction to Commercial Law 6 units CBE Elective 6 units

Bachelor of Accounting - Double Degree

This is a typical study pattern for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Accounting with another degree, such as the Bachelor of Arts (degree B).

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units Degree B Course 6 units Degree B Course 6 units
STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units Degree B Course 6 units Degree B Course 6 units

Disciplines

For further information on specific discipline you can:


Academic Advice

Please refer to the CBE Fast Track page:
https://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/fasttrack 


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Enrolling for the first time can be overwhelming. Below, you will find information that will assist. Please note that advice on this page is indicative, and you are encouraged to contact the CASS Student office at students.cass@anu.edu.au or visit the the CASS student office website  if you require tailored information.

Important items to note: 

  • We recommend you start a CASS Program Plan. This is a way to track how the courses you take fit within the overall structure of your degree and will help you plan for your later year courses.
  • The Bachelor of Design can be taken as a single degree or combined with another degree in a Flexible Double Degree (FDD). When the Bachelor of Design is combined with another undergraduate degree through a Flexible Double Degree, 48 units of ANU electives units are replaced with the core requirements of the other degree and the total program duration is expanded to 192 units (4 years Full-Time) or 240 units (5 years Full-Time) depending on the duration of the other program. 
Semester 2 commencers
Please note that if you are commencing your studies in Semester 2 there may be restrictions on the courses available for enrolment. If you have concerns, please contact students.cass@anu.edu.au

Single degree

The Bachelor of Design requires 144 units (24 courses), including:

  • A maximum of 60 units from 1000-level courses (i.e. 10 x 6 unit courses)
  • Seven compulsory courses  
  • A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving (i.e. 2 x 6 unit courses) 

Double degree

The total number of overall units in a Flexible Double Degree (FDD) depends on the FDD combination e.g.

  • Flexible Double Degree - Arts, Social Sciences, Business, Science (4050): 192 units

  • Flexible Double Degree - Law (Honours) (4350), Flexible Double Degree PhB Advanced Arts Social Sciences Business & Science (4569), or Flexible Double Degree - Engineering and Advanced Computing (Honours) (4750): 240 units

Of which a minimum of 12 units (i.e. 2 x 6 unit courses) must be tagged as transdisciplinary problem-solving. These courses may be taken in either component of the FDD.

The Bachelor of Design component of an FDD requires 96 units, including:

  • A maximum of 36 units from 1000-level courses (i.e. 6 x 6 unit courses)
  • Seven compulsory courses  
  • A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving (i.e. 2 x 6 unit courses)

Enrolment Status

Duration

The Bachelor of Design typically takes three years to complete on a full-time basis. Students will usually take 24-units (four x six-unit courses) each semester and there are two semesters each year. One course is typically worth six-units.

In total, students need to complete 144 units of study towards the Bachelor of Design. This will be 24 courses if all courses are worth six-units, but may be fewer if one or more courses of 12-units or more are taken.

If you combine the Bachelor of Design with another degree in a Flexible Double Degree, you will need to complete a total of 192 units (32 six-unit courses) or 240 units (40 six-unit courses) depending on the combination. This will typically take four years for a 192-unit degree or five years for a 240-unit degree on a full-time basis. 

Domestic students may choose to enrol in fewer than 24-units in any semester or half-year study period. Students studying 18 or more units in a half year (January – June or July – December) are considered full-time. Students studying less than this are considered part-time.

If you take fewer than 24-units in any half year period, then your degree is likely to take longer than three years to complete. 

International students on a student visa are required to enrol in a full-time study load of 24-units in each half year study period (Summer, Semester 1, Autumn or Winter, Semester 2, Spring) unless they have been approved for Reduced Study Load or program leave

Maximum time for completion

  • The maximum period for completion of the single Bachelor of Design degree is 10 years from the date of first enrolment in the program. This 10 years includes any periods of leave.
  • The maximum period for completion of a flexible double degree is 10 years for a 192-unit degree or 11 years for a 240-unit degree from the date of first enrolment in the program. The maximum period includes periods of leave.

A transfer of credit (status) from previous studies will reduce the total amount of time remaining to complete the balance of your degree. When you are assessed for credit, you will be notified of the new maximum end date for your degree in your credit offer. 

Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

In your first year, you will typically enrol in 1000-level courses – these courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course code. E.g. DESN1001, DESN1003. Many 2000 and 3000 level courses build upon the specific knowledge achieved through 1000-level courses 

You may take 1000-level courses later in your program.  But remember you can’t count more than 10 x 1000-level courses (60 units) towards your single degree or 6 x 1000-level courses (36 units) towards your Design half of the double degree. 

Electives

Electives are courses that provide freedom for you to select subjects that align to your personal interests and career aspirations in a more individualised way than is possible through general major or degree requirements. An ANU elective is a course that you can select without restriction, beyond the global requirements of your program (e.g. limits on 1000-level courses, etc).

In the Bachelor of Design, you can select a minimum of 48 units of electives. You can try a range of courses such as computing, history, or marketing. The choice is yours. 

We also recommend holding some ANU electives in reserve to keep other opportunities open, such as international exchange, internships, and meeting the transdisciplinary requirements of your degree. 

Study Options

Bachelor of Design - Single Degree

For study plans, please visit cass.anu.edu.au/current-students/degrees-and-program-plans

Study Options

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Bachelor of Design - Double Degree

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Study Options

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Disciplines

Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving Courses (TD)

Transdisciplinary courses at the ANU are?courses that encourage students to collaborate across different disciplines and perspectives to solve complex problems. These courses help students develop skills to synthesise knowledge from different fields. 

In this degree, you will have to complete 12 units of courses flagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving (TD). TD courses can be identified using the Programs and Courses search engine. 
 
You can satisfy this requirement through a course/s listed in the program or through the ANU electives it all depends on how you structure your degree and your other enrolment choices. 

Academic Advice

Course credit

If you have undertaken previous study that is relevant to your current academic program, you can request to receive course credit. For more information and how to apply, see the CASS credit application webpage, or contact the CASS Student Office.

For further information on prerequisites and Arts and Social Science disciplines you can:

  • Email us at students.cass@anu.edu.au, or

  •  Come and talk to someone - you can attend a drop in session with an academic advisor here  


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