Accounting

Overview

Our flexible and professionally accredited Accounting course is offered full-time and part-time on campus, or you can study your accounting course online from anywhere in the world. You can also choose from a range of joint study options. Gain a competitive edge over other job applicants when you graduate from the university with the highest graduate employment rate in the country.

Want to see the world while you work? An accounting degree can take you anywhere, from large multinational organisations in the world's most exciting cities to small- and medium-sized businesses across regional Australia. 

When you study the Charles Sturt accounting course online or on campus, you'll undertake a work placement program of 100 hours. All your accounting subjects will feature work-integrated learning and assessment. You'll be job-ready as a highly employable graduate. 

As well as having campuses across regional NSW, Charles Sturt University is one of the largest and most experienced online higher education providers. Online and on-campus classes offer personal engagement and support from our industry-aligned professional educators. Charles Sturt University also gives you the opportunity to graduate sooner by offering select subjects in the summer session.

Charles Sturt University's undergraduate accounting course is accredited by CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. You'll be ready to take the next step and join a worldwide network of chartered accountants and certified practising accountants.

Charles Sturt University's flexible program of study gives you room to specialise in a second discipline through joint studies. Add options to your accounting qualification by also studying finance, financial planning, human resource management, industrial relations, information systems, international business and culture, legal studies, management, marketing, communication and digital media, online business technologies, psychology, advertising, agribusiness, cultural heritage management, ecotourism, leisure and health, organisational communication, public relations or sociology.

Career opportunities

Accountants hold some of the most dynamic and influential positions in the world. That's because every organisation, in every industry – from agriculture to mining, from global finance to not-for-profit – relies on innovative people who can solve complex business problems. Accounting qualifications are also highly sought after in the community.

Beyond your day job, you could contribute your expertise to a local community organisation through a board or committee position, or another worthy cause close to your heart. Choose your own path with a Charles Sturt University accounting degree.