Bachelor of Accounting

Summary

Gain the skills to become an accounting professional. Becoming an accountant will open doors for you across the globe. Our graduates are known not only for being highly skilled, but also for being able to hit the ground running.

Through active and applied learning in small classes, you’ll learn a skills and knowledge in a range of accounting topics such as accounting systems and processes; taxation; finance and financial management; economics; accounting information systems; quantitative methods for accounting; audit and assurance; management accounting; financial accounting and reporting; and business law.

Alongside these accounting areas, you’ll also cover core business topics enabling you to develop comprehensive professional accounting skills, knowledge and capabilities, while an elective will enable you to focus on another topic of interest in business.

In your final year you’ll undertake a professional accounting project which involves applying your learning within a real business environment. You’ll undertake a deep-dive project into a specialist area of accounting and on successful completion you’ll have real-life work experience to add to your CV.

Both CAANZ and CPA have accepted the Bachelor of Accounting degree as the educational pathway to their full professional membership.

• Change and innovation
• Introduction to accounting and taxation
• Applied accounting
• Analysis of financial information
• Budgets for planning and control
• Commercial law
• Economics
• Intermediate management accounting
• Intermediate financial accounting
• Taxation in Aotearoa New Zealand
• Introduction to finance
• Data analytics
• Law of business entities
• Research methods
• Accounting information systems
• Advanced management accounting
• Advanced financial accounting
• Auditing and assurance
   

Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive the award of:

• Bachelor of Accounting (Level 7)