Graduate Diploma of Accounting
PostgraduateCSU-ACC-GDI2025
Course information for 2025 intake
Branch out into the field of accenting
Learn accounting principles and processes. You’ll explore financial management, commerce, and related applications. You can use this course as an entry point to CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand postgraduate programs.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 1 year full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 8
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Graduate Diploma of Accounting
About this degree
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Understand and be able to apply principles and analytical techniques from economics, commercial law, business communications and quantitative methods, in the accounting context, for the recognition and solution of accounting and other business problems and the identification of sustainable opportunities in the business environment.
- 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.
Extend your knowledge of professional accounting with the Graduate Diploma of Accounting from Charles Sturt University. If you have a non-accounting background, this course allows you to build your skills by combining professional accounting studies with broad-based business studies.
From the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting through to the Master of Professional Accounting, Charles Sturt University has an option to suit you.
Recommended study pattern
Due to the flexible nature of the Graduate Diploma structure, this course has no fixed enrolment pattern. Students can choose the order in which they study the subjects, taking into account assumed knowledge and prerequisite requirements that need to be met.
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Indicative total fee $34,200
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.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
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- 31
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 37
How to apply
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Entry requirements
Applicants will normally be required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. However applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications acceptable to the University will be considered.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.
Career opportunities
The Graduate Diploma of Accounting will add significant value to your professional career. It also offers a pathway to further study. For instance, if you go on to complete the Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects), you'll meet the academic requirements for entry into the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia postgraduate programs. This can open up many vocational opportunities in areas as diverse as financial management, public practice, commerce and industry, government and semi-government organisations and accounting education.
Professional recognition
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.