Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
PostgraduateCSU-PAC-GCE2025
Course information for 2025 intake
Complement your abilities with accounting skills
Add to your existing skills or take the first steps towards a career in a high-demand financial service. Focus on the areas that interest you by selecting subjects like risk-based auditing. Keep studying for professional accreditation in accounting.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 1 year full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 4
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
About this degree
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the technical skills essential for the professional accountant in the global environment.
- Listen and communicate effectively, to collaborate with colleagues and to demonstrate interpersonal skills of negotiation and co-operation.
Whether you are looking for a career change or you simply want to gain some accounting knowledge to complement your other skills, the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting from Charles Sturt University would be ideal for you. This flexible degree provides a general professional accounting education for graduates of other disciplines.
From the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting through to the master's degree, Charles Sturt University has an option to suit you.
Recommended study pattern
Due to the flexible nature of the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma structures, these courses have no fixed enrolment patterns. Students can choose the order in which they study the subjects, taking into account assumed knowledge and pre-requisite requirements that need to be met.
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Indicative total fee $16,200
The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
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How to apply
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Entry requirements
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience.
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Professional Accounting and receive credit for applicable subjects.
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience.
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Professional Accounting and receive credit for applicable subjects.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.
Career opportunities
Charles Sturt University's suite of postgraduate accounting programs are designed for students looking for a change in career. If you go on to complete the Master of Professional Accounting, you'll meet the academic requirements for entry into the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia postgraduate programs. This can pave the way to many vocational choices in areas of financial management, public practice, commerce and industry, government and semi-government organisations, and accounting education.