Curtin University

Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Course Type: Graduate Diploma

Improve your foundational knowledge and skills to excel in advanced accounting practices.

Course overview

This excellent entry-level qualification is suitable if you wish to upgrade your accounting knowledge to further your career in commerce, government, industry or public practice. It will help you develop intermediate knowledge and skills in accounting. It will prepare you to undertake professional or highly skilled work in areas that require an intermediate understanding of accounting and related practices. You’ll study Australian tax law, corporate accounting, data analytics, microeconomics and macroeconomics in an international context. As the Graduate Certificate in Accounting is nested within this course, you will also study topics from that course, including cost behaviour and financial accounting.

When you complete this course, you can progress to the Master of Professional Accounting.

Key facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
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Can be studied part time
12 months (Full time)
Price Per Unit
From $4,175.50
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The estimated per-unit fee is calculated using the annual average first-year fee. It is based on a full-time study load of 8 units (200 credits) per year.
Campus
Perth
Intake
Units
8
Fees
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What you will study

To complete the Graduate Diploma of International Relations and National Security, you must complete 200 credit points.

Core units

  • Intermediate Financial Accounting
  • Financial Principles and Analysis
  • Fundamentals of Business and Corporations Law
  • Intermediate Management Accounting
  • Fundamentals of Australian Tax Law
  • Global Managerial Economics
  • Accounting Systems in the Digital Age
  • Business Analytics and Data Visualisation

Entry requirements

A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a field of study other than accounting, or a Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting from a recognised tertiary institution.

English language requirements

Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined below.

  • IELTS - Writing 6.0
  • Speaking 6.0
  • Reading 6.0
  • Listening 6.0
  • Overall bans score 6.5.

You may demonstrate English proficiency using other tests. Please get in touch with the university for complete details.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Applications for credit for recognised learning are not considered within this course.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

  • Bookkeeper
  • Account Clerk
  • Contracts Administrator
  • Business Analyst
  • Tax Agent

Learning outcomes

  • Apply accounting, economics, information systems, statistics, law and social sciences principles related to reporting business activity.
  • Critically analyse issues in the collection, recording and reporting of economic activity to enable the development of accounting information systems, giving cost-effective decisions useful information.
  • Locate, extract and critically appraise decision-useful information related to economic activity from sources within an organisation and from external sources.
  • Relate the significance of commercial events and issues to the business and investing community using effectively structured financial communication and appropriate language.
  • Use electronic resources to effectively interrogate databases, analyse data, collect information and communicate.
  • Take responsibility for self-directed learning and developing a career-long attitude of continuing professional development.
  • Recognise the global nature of accounting by applying international financial reporting standards and appreciate the information requirements of a worldwide economic system.
  • Demonstrate an understanding that cultural practices and differences impact commercial practices and interpersonal relations.
  • Apply an ethical approach to analysing and reporting commercial activities; advising clients; demonstrate leadership and the ability to delegate tasks to ensure timely outcomes; Work independently and in teams to achieve agreed outcomes.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative 2025 first-year fee: $33,404 (domestic full-fee paying place).

All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 100 credit points (normally four units) per semester or 200 credit points (normally eight 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.