Charles Sturt University
Graduate Diploma of Accounting
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
- Course Type: Graduate Diploma
Develop your skills by combining professional accounting and broad-based business studies.
Course overview
Extend your knowledge of professional accounting. If you have a non-accounting background, this course allows you to build your skills by combining professional accounting studies with broad-based business studies. This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs will enable you to build on your research to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Key facts
13th July, 2026
16th November, 2026
What will you study
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Accounting, you must complete 64 credit points (eight credits points each):
- Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
- Global Perspectives of Accounting
- Risk-Based Auditing
- Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
- Data Analysis for Financial Decision Making
- Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision Making
- Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
- Professional Practice
- Economics for Business
- Corporate Finance
- Business and Corporations Law
- Taxation Principles and Application
Entry requirements
Applicants will generally be required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. However, applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications acceptable to the university will be considered.
English Language Proficiency
For postgraduate coursework courses, applicants must have obtained an Academic IELTS within the last two years with:
- A minimum overall score of 6.0.
- No individual score below 6.0.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Your previous studies can be acknowledged as credit towards your postgraduate studies, provided that they meet the relevant course requirements.
If you receive an offer of enrolment and you’ve undertaken prior learning, you may be eligible to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning. The procedure is governed by the university Recognition of Prior Learning policy. Contact the university for more details.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
The Graduate Diploma of Accounting will add significant value to your professional career. It also offers a pathway to study further. For instance, if you complete the Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects), you'll meet the academic requirements for entry into the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia postgraduate programs. This can open up many vocational opportunities in areas as diverse as financial management, public practice, commerce and industry, government and semi-government organisations and accounting education.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Research and evaluate a range of leadership perspectives and critical management theory
- Apply knowledge of leadership perspectives to practice-based problems
- Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and global literacies
- Develop and apply communication practices
- Develop and apply facilitation and team coaching skills
- Develop a practice of continuous learning through reflection and self-leadership that is grounded in emerging personal and ethical values
- Design responses that shape social outcomes and drive corporate social responsibility and create shared value
Fees and FEE-HELP
Estimated first year fee in 2026: $$33,680 (domestic full-fee paying place).
All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a full-time study load of 64 units per year.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change.
Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.