Diploma of Accounting at Macleay College
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It’s a career for life and, in a single year, Macleay College’s Diploma of Accounting will give you the skills and knowledge to get started on a path that can traverse industries and take you around the world. Covering a range of topics and issues, the course sets up graduates for entry-level positions as bookkeepers and accountants, as well as further study at university level.
Units will cover all aspects of business accounting and bookkeeping, as well as the key concepts and issues associated with business finance, business accounting and business law. Practical experience is on offer, too: the Business Enterprise Project, in trimesters two and three, brings together the knowledge and skills already acquired to give you a mentored experience in the planning and execution of a business idea.
In your final trimester, you’ll also undertake and internship with a business. All of this practical and theoretical experience could lead to a career as an accountant, finance administrative officer, commercial loans officer, accounts clerk, assistant accountant, business banking officer or trainee accounts manager.
Course Structure
The Diploma of Accounting consists of 12 units of equal weight. A full load of study is four units per trimester, comprising 16 contact hours per week. It is possible to complete the Diploma of Accounting either full-time (a minimum of three trimesters) or part-time over a maximum of six trimesters.
Course Progression
| Trimester 1 | Foundations of Marketing | Introduction to Business Finance | Managing People and Organisations | Survey of Business Perspectives |
| Trimester 2 | Business Finance | Management Accounting | Business Enterprise Project 1 | Business Law and Business Structures |
| Trimester 3 | Investment Management and Business Statistics | Business Economics | Business Enterprise Project 2 | Business Internship |
Admission
To apply, students must have successfully completed the NSW HSC or equivalent Australian senior secondary certificate.
Stepping stones to university
Credit recognition with UTS and University of Wollongong.
Course Costs
$8,200 per trimester
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Start Date
30 January, 2012