Accountants often take leadership roles in business. A Bachelor of Commerce with a Major in Accounting from The University of Notre Dame Australia will provide you with the skills for the setting, communicating and monitoring of business strategies in a global context.

Why study this degree?

Our Bachelor of Commerce with a Major in Accounting is an accredited degree taken over three years of full-time study – or the equivalent of part-time study. It is recognised by Chartered Accountants ANZ, CPA Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants. Initially, you will build the foundations of your business education with subjects such as accounting for business, business communication, business law, economics, and more. Following this, you will specialise with ten accounting subjects, before having the opportunity to choose two elective subjects. Upon the completion of your program, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to work in a variety of areas such as business advisory firms, management consulting, tax structuring or you may choose to develop your own enterprise.

Year One

• Accounting for Business
• Business Communication
• Business Information Technology
• Business Law
• Economics
• Principles of Management
• Principles of Marketing
• Quantitative Methods for Business

Years Two and Three

• Financial Accounting A
• Financial Accounting B
• Managerial Accounting
• Managerial Finance
• Taxation
• Managerial Accounting and Control
• Accounting for Corporate Entities
• Accounting Theory
• Auditing
• Company Law
• Business Internship

Electives

Choose two of the following courses for Years Two and Three:

• Principles of Finance
• Financial Markets and Instruments
• Microeconomic Theory and Policy
• Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
• History of Austrian Economics
• The Economics of Financial Crises
• Financial Analysis and Valuation

Core Curriculum

• CORE I: Foundations of Wisdom
• CORE II: Elective
  • Electives in philosophy and\or theology
  • Professional embedded electives that integrate studies in a profession with philosophy and\or theology
  • An option to undertake a pilgrimage embedded in the study of the philosophy and theology of pilgrimage, e.g., World Youth Day
  • An option to undertake a course that integrates philosophy & theology with community service and charity work
  • An option to undertake an elective in philosophy, theology, and the liberal arts contained within an international experience

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions pages Fremantle Sydney.

The following careers are open to graduates of this program:

• Financial Controller
• Chief Operations Officer
• Management Consultant
• Banking and finance
• General business
• Government
• Private consulting
• Not-for-profit organisations

Applicants must meet High school qualifications (or equivalent) to apply for undergraduate program. Academic minimum entry requirements for international applicants vary from country to count

IELTS (Academic) - 6.5 overall, with no individual band score lower than 6.0

CAE/CPE - 176 overall, with no individual band score lower than 169

PTE Academic - 58 overall, with no individual band score lower than 50

TOEFL (iBT) - 84 overall, with no score lower than 21 in writing and no other band score lower than 17.