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 and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).  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.

For undergraduate students from 2024*, applicants for membership of CPA Australia or CA ANZ 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
ECON123 Economics for Management
LSSU251 Introduction to Business Law
LSSU391 Principles of Corporation Law
LSSU392 Principles of Taxation Law
QM161 Business Statistics
QM162 Introduction to Business Analytics

For postgraduate students from 2024*, applicants for membership of CPA Australia or CA ANZ must pass, or be exempted from, the following units:

AFM403 Management Accounting
AFM406 Introductory Accounting
AFM410 Intermediate Financial Accounting
AFM501 Accounting Theory and Research
AFM505 Advanced Financial Accounting
AFM519 Auditing
AFM531 Corporate Finance
AFM575 Accounting Information Systems
ECON406 Economics for Management
LSSU592 Taxation Law
LSSU594 Issues in Commercial and Financial Services Law
QM461 Quantitative Techniques for Management

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.

*There have been changes to accredited unit requirements over time.  If you commenced your course prior to 2024 and require guidance as to which units need to be completed in order to meet accreditation requirements, please contact AskUNE for an individual response.