In this articulated pathway, you first complete the Diploma of Accounting at TAFE Queensland Brisbane, South Bank and then continue studying to complete the degree at either South Bank or USC’s Sippy Downs campus.
This diploma provides skills and knowledge for graduates to work strategically with executive and management teams to provide expert financial advice to support business decision making. Graduates can prepare income tax returns, implement and maintain internal control procedures and provide management accounting information. The bachelor component provides a complementary theoretical grounding in commerce, including studies in financial accounting, taxation law and practice, auditing, and contemporary accounting issues. Refer to the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) for more information.
This diploma provides skills and knowledge for graduates to work strategically with executive and management teams to provide expert financial advice to support business decision making. Graduates can prepare income tax returns, implement and maintain internal control procedures and provide management accounting information. The bachelor component provides a complementary theoretical grounding in commerce, including studies in financial accounting, taxation law and practice, auditing, and contemporary accounting issues. Refer to the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) for more information.
Career opportunities
Refer to separate entry for the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting).
Teaching mode
There are different teaching modes between the TAFE Queensland Brisbane diploma modules and the University’s Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) courses. Diploma modules are face-to-face teaching with performance-based assessment. The University’s Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) courses include three or four hours of contact per course per week, generally in the mode of a one-hour lecture and two-hour tutorial. Students complete a further six to seven hours of self-directed learning per course per week. The self-directed learning consists of readings, research, assignments and other assessment items.
Please note: This full-time program commences only in Semester 1 each year. New students do not undertake any USC courses until they complete their TAFE Queensland Brisbane diploma.
Program structure
This pathway is an articulation between the Diploma of Accounting at TAFE Queensland Brisbane, South Bank and the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
TAFE Brisbane
Students completing the Diploma of Accounting at TAFE Queensland Brisbane will be awarded credit towards their USC degree as specified below.
8 courses credit:
ACC106 Health and Physical Education: Curriculum B*
BUS108 Fraser Island Expedition*
COR109 Leading Coastal Environmental Studies*
BUS199 Introductory Level Business Elective
BUS199 Introductory Level Business Elective
BUS199 Introductory Level Business Elective
BUS199 Introductory Level Business Elective
BUS299 Advanced Level Business Elective
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Students complete 16 courses within the USC degree component, either at South Bank or USC’s Sippy Downs campus.
Introductory courses (3)
BUS101 Teaching Senior Secondary English
BUS102 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
BUS104 Teaching Senior Secondary History
Advanced courses (10)
ACC210 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
ACC220 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
ACC211 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
ACC221 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
ACC310 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
ACC311 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
ACC320 The Psychology of Learning
ACC321 Using Data for Learning
BUS203 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
BUS320 Communication and Thought
Elective courses (3)
Select 3 advanced level elective courses (200/300 coded) from the Faculty of Arts and Business courses available at South Bank. Students can also access the full suite of electives from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law, or Science, Health, Education and Engineering), on campus at Sippy Downs.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
- Present your completed Diploma of Accounting to enable 8 courses (96 units) of transfer credits to be applied to your academic record
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
- Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Not available to international students on a Student Visa
- When enrolling, please refer to the Plan your study tab
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)