Overview
Overview
In today's dynamic business landscape, there's a soaring demand for professionals adept at understanding and manoeuvring the financial world.
The Undergraduate Certificate in Accounting serves as a solid foundation for those keen on mastering the nuances of ethical business decision-making grounded in accurate financial information. You'll gain comprehensive insights into the core principles of accounting, including financial interpretation and accounting techniques for both small and big business.
Your studies will include:
- the role of accounting and finance in shaping businesses and their broader societal impacts
- the essentials of management accounting and its application in organisational planning and decision-making while considering ethical dimensions
- the concepts of accounting transactions, financial statements, and modern computing tools, while also learning about international reporting standards
- typical accounting information systems, their interplay and the principles guiding them.
This course is tailored for people from all academic backgrounds looking to gain a foundational understanding of accounting.
This undergraduate certificate also offers a pathway into Curtin's Bachelor of Commerce, with a choice of majors in these areas:
What you'll learn
- apply principles and concepts of accounting in a variety of contexts relevant to further learning and/or paraprofessional work
- apply critical and creative thinking and problem solving skills relevant to accounting to generate innovative solutions to problems
- use technology appropriately to communicate accounting concepts to experts and non-experts
- consider global perspectives on accounting and international accounting standards
- work professionally in teams and independently, and demonstrate life-long learning skills
