Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Accounting Practice from Macquarie Business School equips students with core accounting knowledge and skills for an accounting career or to advance their current field. Through hands-on learning from experienced lecturers, the program offers a pathway to advanced postgraduate study, preparing graduates for roles in accounting, business, and finance. Additionally, students benefit from the school's world-renowned ranking and connections to world-leading organizations in the Macquarie Park Innovation District.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Graduate Certificate of Accounting Practice is designed for individuals seeking to transition into an accounting role or gain a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles to advance within their current field. The program focuses on contemporary accounting practices and equips students with essential accounting knowledge and skills.
Objectives:
- Gain essential accounting knowledge
- Acquire a range of skills in business and company law, managerial accounting, and accounting standards and practice.
- Undertake a certificate taught by accounting experts
- Learn from qualified and experienced lecturers who have first-hand experience with the accounting professional bodies.
- Position yourself for advanced postgraduate study
- Set yourself up for the Graduate Diploma of Accounting Practice, the Master of Accounting or the Master of Professional Accounting.
- Enhance your learning within a unique high-tech precinct
- Connect with world-leading organisations in the Macquarie Park Innovation District – right next door.
Teaching:
- The program is delivered through structured learning activities facilitated by teachers with extensive industry experience.
Careers:
- The program prepares graduates for roles in accounting, business, and finance.
- It also serves as a pathway to a Master of Accounting or Master of Professional Accounting.
Other:
- The program is part of the Macquarie Business School, which is ranked in the top 100 in the world for Accounting & Finance by QS World Uni Rankings by Subject, 2022.
- The school offers over 80 postgraduate courses, many of which are designed in collaboration with industry.
- Macquarie University is located in a booming business region, only 15 kilometers from the Sydney CBD.
