Professional Accounting Recognition

Professional Accounting Recognition Requirements

UNE’s Bachelor of Accounting and Master of Professional Accounting courses are accredited by the professional bodies CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).  A number of UNE’s other undergraduate courses include an Accounting major, which primarily delivers knowledge in the areas of financial accounting, accounting information systems, auditing and finance.  For some courses the completed major may need to be supplemented with additional ‘Non-Award’ units in order to satisfy the academic requirements for professional membership of the accrediting bodies.

From 2022, applicants for membership of CPA Australia or CA ANZ or IPA must pass, or be exempted from, the following units:

AFM101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM112 Introduction to Management Accounting
AFM211 Intermediate Financial Accounting
AFM231 Corporate Finance
AFM275 Accounting Information Systems
AFM301 Accounting Theory
AFM305 Advanced Financial Accounting
AFM319 Auditing
ECON101 Introductory Microeconomics
ECON102 Introductory Macroeconomics
LSSU251 Introduction to Business Law
LSSU391 Principles of Corporation Law
LSSU392 Principles of Taxation Law
QM161 Business Statistics
QM162 Introduction to Business Analytics

If any of the units above are not completed within the student’s substantive course, the units will need to be completed either as non-award subjects, or via the Graduate Certificate in Accounting.  Alternatively, applicants for membership of CPA Australia will have the option of completing equivalent subjects within the CPA program.