Graduate Diploma in Accounting

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

No changes in 2025.

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

No changes in 2024.

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

Update to admission rule (b) - clarifying currency of degree

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There are no changes for 2022

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There are no changes for 2021

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There are no changes for 2020

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There are no changes for 2019

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Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There are no changes for 2018

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Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

Admission to Candidature – Overview

  • Rule (c) has been removed. The previous Rule (c) is now  Rule (b)

Program of Study – Rule (a)

Core Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36cps to 24cps
  • QM461 has been moved to Listed Units
  • AFM472 and LSSU451 have been removed
  • LSSU594 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12cps to 24cps
  • QM461 AFM501, AFM575 and LSSU592 have been added
  • LSSU591 and LSSU592 have been removed

Program of Study – Rule (b)

Advanced Standing changed to Specified Advanced Standing

Core Units:

  • Changed from 18cps to 0-24cps
  • AFM403, AFM406 and LSSU594 have been added
  • AFM472 and LSSU451 has been removed

Listed Units:

  • Changed from 6cps to 0-24cps
  • AFM501, AFM575 and LSSU592 have been added
  • LSSU591 and LSSU592 have been removed

Exit Pathway

Graduate Certificate in Accounting is an Exit Pathway for Rule (a)

Current students may complete under their current rules or apply to transfer to the 2017 rules subject to meeting the admission requirements.

Note unit changes

Students who have not completed AFM472 must complete AFM575

Students who have not completed LSSU591 and LSSU592 must complete LSSU594

Note credit point changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course

Rules Variation Summary for 2016

Summary of Changes for 2016

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

Program of Study – Rules (a) (b) and (c)

Listed Units:

  • AFM541 code changed to AFM505

Note unit code change

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Rules Variation Summary for 2015

Summary of Changes for 2015

Implications for current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students

There have been major changes to the Graduate Diploma in Accounting for 2015.

  • There are now two levels of admission within the Program of Study:
    Candidates admitted under Rule (a) and (b): 48 cps to complete
    Candidates admitted under Rule (c): 24 cps Block Advanced Standing and 24 cps to complete

For candidates admitted under Rule (a) and (b) (was Program of Study)

  • Program of Study changed from 48 cps Listed Units to 36 cps Core Units and 12 cps Listed Units

New - Core Units:

  • Complete the following units:
  • GSB701 moved from Listed Units to Core Units – code changed to AFM406
  • GSB703 moved from Listed Unit to Core Units – code changed to AFM403 and title changed to Management Accounting
  • GSB728 moved from Listed Units to Core Units – code changed to ECON406
  • GSB743 moved from Listed Units to Core Units – code changed to QM461
  • GSB748 moved from Listed Units to Core Units – code changed to LSSU451
  • AFM472 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 48 cps to 12 cps
  • GSB641 code changed to AFM541
  • GSB642 code changed to AFM410 and title changed to Intermediate Financial Accounting
  • GSB644 code changed to AFM519
  • GSB711 code changed to AFM531
  • GSB741 has been withdrawn
  • GSB749 code changed to LSSU591
  • GSB750 code changed to LSSU592

New - For candidates admitted under Rule (c)

Block Advanced Standing : 24 cps

Core Units:

  • Complete the following units: AFM472, ECON406, LSSU451

Listed Units:

  • Complete 6 cps from the following units:
  • AFM410, AFM519, AFM531, AFM541, LSSU591, LSSU592

Note unit code and/or title changes

Note Course Requirements changes

Note changes Program of Study

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Subject to meeting new admission requirements, current students may complete under their current course rules or apply to transfer to the new rules from 2015