Carefully co-designed with leading industry experts, our Bachelor of Business (Accounting) will teach you core skills across every aspect of business accounting, as well as communications, research, problem-solving and teamwork skills to boost your business credentials.

Learn how to meet business needs and take on social challenges. You can also explore your interests through electives in a range of speciality areas, including digital business, finance and management.

You may be able to apply for internships with leading organisations, enabling you to gain real-world experience, develop your professional networks and plan for career success.

You'll learn:

• Financial and management accounting
  • Recognise and apply the accounting principles that govern the preparation, presentation and communication of accounting information. Learn how to use accounting software to record business transactions.
• Company and commercial law
  • Explore the core principles of contract and consumer protection law, the law of negligence and property law. Understand how to work with different business structures.
• Auditing
  • Understand concepts involved in the auditing process and integrate them with practical applications.
• Tax
  • Examine Commonwealth income tax legislation and the implications of income tax on individuals and businesses.
• Economics and finance
  • Learn a variety of economic concepts and how to apply them in business and policy-making.
• Statistics
  • Explore the relationship between businesses, financial systems and the wider world.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7 - Bachelor Degree.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.