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About the course
This graduate certificate helps you transition into accounting with an introductory grounding in accounting concepts and budgeting. You’ll explore core areas such as financial and management accounting, cost behaviour and costing systems, corporations law, and planning and decision-making. You’ll also gain familiarity with common accounting applications used in business processes. This is a Graduate Certificate in Accounting & Finance designed as a pathway into further study.
What you might learn
You’ll learn to apply and integrate accounting principles with related disciplines to report business activity, and to analyse how economic events are collected, recorded and communicated. You’ll develop skills in locating and appraising decision-useful information, using electronic resources to interrogate data, and communicating financial information effectively. The course emphasises ethical practice, professional development, and working independently and in teams in an Accounting & Finance context.
Career outcome
Graduates may pursue entry-level roles supporting accounting functions, such as bookkeeper or accounts clerk, applying skills in billing, ledgers, inventory, purchasing and sales processes. The course is relevant to work across sectors including accounting services, finance and investment, government and related regulatory environments, law-adjacent business roles, and resource and renewable industries. This is a Graduate Certificate in Accounting & Finance aimed at launching an accounting career or pathway study.
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