Course description
About Financial Planning/Accounting
Financial Planning and Accounting is the kind of career that can take you anywhere. From computer auditing to taxation planning to treasury, an accounting degree gives you endless career possibilities.
CQUniversity's Bachelor of Financial Planning/Bachelor of Accounting is an excellent preparation for your career. As well as helping you to develop excellent technical skills, our degree will hone your analytic and problem-solving abilities, and help you become an effective communicator across a range of media. Your studies will have a wide base, including such areas as computing, economics and management, taxation and commercial law, superannuation, investment management, risk management and estate planning so that you will have the skills you need to work in many different areas.
The final year of the program contains a set of integrating courses, designed to develop analytical and strategic skills.
Career Opportunities
Modern professional accountants and Financial Planners are multi-skilled and dynamic. They enjoy a wide range of career opportunities in areas such as assurance services, consulting services, information technology (IT) services, forensic accounting, international accounting, strategic management, taxation and financial planning within the private or banking sector.
Given the need for financial accountability and cost effective decision making in just about every organisation throughout the world, qualified accountants and Financial Planners are essential to international businesses, rock bands, government departments, sporting teams, small businesses, multinational corporations and dot-com start ups. With the growing complexity in financial markets, changes in the superannuation law and the growing needs of the individuals to maintain their chosen lifestyle, the need for expert knowledge in planning financial wealth has increased.
Professional Accreditation
The Faculty is currently seeking accreditation for this program with the financial planning professional bodies of Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as well as the accounting professional bodies of CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and the National Institute of Accountants. Some of these organisations accredit each campus individually, so students should check the current status of accreditation for their desired location.
Program Structure
Students must complete 32 courses/192 units of credit:
* 29 core courses; and
* 3 elective courses taken from any 6 credit undergraduate course from the Faculty of Business and Informatics.
Year 1
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ACCT11057 Principles of Accounting
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
HRMT11010 Organisational Behaviour
MRKT11029 Marketing
Term 2
ECON11026 Principles of Economics
FINC11001 Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning
LAWS11030 Introductory and Contract Law
STAT11048 Essential Statistics
Year 2
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ECON19033 Macroeconomics
FINC19011 Business Finance
FINC19016 Retirement and Superannuation
LAWS19033 Taxation Law and Practice A
Term 2
FINC19012 Investment Analysis and Risk Management
FINC19015 Risk Management and Derivatives
FINC19018 Estate and Succession Planning
FINC19019 Insurance Planning
Year 3
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ACCT11059 Using Accounting for Decision Making
FINC19017 Advanced Financial Planning
MGMT19114 Strategic Management
Elective
Term 2
ACCT19062 Issues in Financial Reporting
ACCT19084 Financial Accounting
FINC19020 Financial Plan Construction
LAWS19032 Company & Association Law
Year 4
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ACCT19060 Management Accounting
ACCT19064 Auditing & Professional Practice
ACCT19082 Financial Accounting Theory
Elective
Term 2
ACCT19061 Corporate Accounting
ACCT19066 Accounting Systems and Assurance
ACCT19083 Corporate Governance & Ethics
Elective
