When you study a Bachelor of Accounting at The University of Notre Dame Australia, you’ll receive a thorough grounding in all business areas. Embracing the theoretical and practical skills needed to ensure your success, your program will cover everything from business law and IT to corporate accounting and auditing. In addition, an internship with some of Australia’s best-known corporations will allow you to test your skills in the real world. Contact us today to start your learning journey.

Why study this degree?

As long as there is commerce, society will always need accountants. And, with the rise of so many new industries in Australia, accountants have never been in higher demand. Studying your degree with Notre Dame will give you an extra edge, especially as the CPA fully accredits our degree Australia and Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

As part of your degree, you must undertake 150 hours of practical experience in a workplace of your choice. This is not work experience but an embedded internship – indeed, many of our students later find full-time employment with the company where they took their practicum. According to the current QILT (Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching) survey of Australian academic institutions, 76.7 per cent of our graduates found full-time employment after completing their business program at Notre Dame – more than 3 percent above the national average.

The School of Business has built strong links with the business community, which provides obvious benefits for our students. The Commonwealth Bank, Century 21, Nine Network, Bauer Media and St George Bank are just some companies participating in our internship roster. Apart from a dynamic internship program, the university attracts some of the state’s high achievers to teach and inspire our students.

A degree in accounting offers a wide variety of career paths. Depending on your interests and choice of courses, you could specialise in internal auditing, forensic accounting or tax accounting.

4 Business Foundation Courses

• BUSN1000 Economics
• BUSN1030 Quantitative Methods for Business
• BUSN1060 Business Information Technology
• BUSN2400 Business Law

11 Accounting Courses

• BUSN1110 Accounting for Business
• BUSN2150 Financial Accounting A
• BUSN2160 Financial Accounting B
• BUSN2110 Managerial Accounting
• BUSN2200 Managerial Finance
• BUSN2450 Taxation
• BUSN3100 Strategic Business Intelligence
• BUSN3110 Accounting for Corporate Entities
• BUSN3120 Accounting Theory
• BUSN3130 Auditing
• BUSN3400 Company Law

5 Elective Courses

• BUSN1200 Principles of Finance
• BUSN2210 Financial Markets and Instruments
• BUSN2010 Microeconomic Theory and Policy
• BUSN2020 Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
• BUSN2070 History of Austrian Economics
• BUSN2350 The Economics of Financial Crises
• BUSN3270 Financial Analysis and Valuation
• BUSN3380 Advanced Economics

Or any other courses offered by the University 

1 Internship

• BUSN3900 Business Internship

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

_{*The above is the typical course load for a student studying this degree full-time.}

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.

Please note: The availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.

Depending on your interests and choice of courses, the following careers are open to graduates of this program: Banking and finance, general business, Government, private consulting, and not-for-profit organisations. Options include: internal, forensic or tax accounting.

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.