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Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business (BASB) - BAccSustBus

This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should contact us.

 On-campusExternal
Start:No new admissionsNo new admissions
Campus:Springfield  
Fees:Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Standard duration:4 years full-time; up to 9 years part-time 

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Contact us

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Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252
Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285
Email usq.support@usq.edu.au 

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Professional accreditation

Graduates of this program will meet the educational entrance requirements of CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). This provides Associate membership of CPA Australia, eligibility to study the CPA Australia professional exams and eligibility to study the CAANZ professional exams.

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Program aims

This program aims to provide students with specific knowledge and skills relevant to the accounting discipline and satisfy the educational entrance requirements for membership of relevant Australian accounting professional bodies. The program also aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to meet the needs of organisations to strategically manage and report their environmental and social impacts on the community. In addition, the program aims to provide students with the necessary broad-based administrative and management skills required by organisations to compete in the global economic environment.

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Program objectives

At the completion of the program, students should exhibit the following graduate qualities:

  • Discipline expertise - demonstrate strong communication skills to transfer their knowledge from program studies to the workplace; acquire specific knowledge and skills relevant to the accounting discipline

  • Professional practice - identify, analyse and solve problems in different decision contexts; satisfy the educational entrance requirement of the relevant Australian accounting professional bodies

  • Global citizenship - understand and apply the broad-based administrative and management skills required by organisations to compete in the global economic environment

  • Scholarship - demonstrate an understanding of the principles of accounting, finance, economics and business law; think constructively and logically

  • Lifelong learning - make effective and creative use of modern technologies; understand and apply the broad-based administrative and management skills required by organisations to compete on an ongoing basis in the global economic environment

  • Awareness of sustainability issues - assist organisations to strategically and ethically manage and report their environmental and social impacts on the community.


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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Year 12 English [4,SA] or equivalent.

  • Current skills at the level of Queensland Senior Secondary School Studies Maths A (4,SA) or equivalent is assumed.

  • Admission to the Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business is in accordance with University's Admissions Policy for undergraduate programs.


All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

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Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedules.

Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedule

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called FEE-HELP provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for FEE-Help.

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, external or online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedules.

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Program structure

The Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business is comprised of 32 single-unit courses as follows:

Courses  Units 
Core business courses  8 units 
Accounting major courses  8 units 
Sustainable Business major courses  8 units 
Business Administration courses  8 units 
Total  32 units 

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Program completion requirements

To be eligible to graduate with the award Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business, students must have successfully completed the core business courses, Accounting major courses, Sustainable Business major courses, and Business Administration courses (32 courses in total).

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Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 9 years to complete this program.

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Core courses

All students are required to complete all the following core courses. The purpose of these courses is to expose business students to fundamental concepts and methods and the diversity of subject matter that they will encounter in their studies. The functional areas of business are identified and elementary tools leading to a focus in the major areas of Accounting, Sustainable Business, and Business Administration.

Courses  Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus  Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus 
ACC1101   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC), S2 (ONC) 
CIS1000 Digital Disruption  S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC), S3 (ONC) 
ECO1000   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT), S3 (EXT)  S2 (ONC), S3 (ONC) 
FIN1101 Corporate Finance  S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC), S2 (ONC) 
LAW1101   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC), S2 (ONC) 
MKT1001 Marketing Fundamentals  S1 (EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
STA2300   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
Select one of the following 2 courses: 
MGT1000   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
PWE3000 ~  S2 (EXT), S3 (EXT)   

Footnotes
~PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.

Specific majors

In this section:

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Accounting major courses

Courses  Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus  Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus 
ACC1102 Financial Accounting  S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
ACC2113   S1 (EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
ACC2115 (Formerly ACC3115)  S1 (EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems  S1 (EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
ACC3116 Accounting and Society  S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
ACC3118   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
LAW2106   S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
LAW3130   S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (EXT), S3 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 

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Sustainable Business major courses

Not all courses are available on-campus.

Courses  Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus  Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus 
ACC3114   S1 (ONL)   
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies  S2 (ONL)   
LAW2107 Environmental Law  S2 (ONL)  S2 (ONC)  
POL3013 Sustainability and Politics  S1 (ONL)   
REN1201 Environmental Studies  For current year offerings, please refer to course specification website  
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation 
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use 

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Business Administration courses

Courses  Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus  Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus 
CMS1009   For current year offerings, please refer to course specification website 
CTU3020 Writing for the Professions^*  S2 (EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
CTU3040 Effective Organisational Communications^*  S2 (EXT)  S2 (ONC) 
CTU3070 Corporate Social Responsibility*  S1 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
CTU4050 Operations Management^*  S1 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
CTU4080 Fair Labour Practices*  S1 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
CTU4950 Business Strategy*  S1 (EXT)  S1 (ONC) 
MAT1001 Business Maths  For current year offerings, please refer to course specification website 

Footnotes
^Offered in odd-numbered years.
*Jointly badged course UniSQ/City University of Seattle (CityU), USA - students can enrol directly with the CityU to undertake this course in years not offered at UniSQ. If a course is undertaken directly with CityU rather than UniSQ it will not be covered under the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) or international UniSQ course fee scheme. As such, the full costs of direct course enrolment with CityU will be the sole responsibility of individual students choosing this option.
Offered in even-numbered years.

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IT requirements

For information technology requirements please refer to the minimum computing standards.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield and Toowoomba external (semester 1 odd-numbered years commencement)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirementsComments
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem
ACC1101 1111
CIS1000 Digital Disruption1111
MAT1001 Business Maths1111
CMS1009 1111
LAW1101 1212
ACC1102 Financial Accounting1212
CTU3020 Writing for the Professions*^1212
CTU3040 Effective Organisational Communications*^1212
REN1201 Environmental Studies2121Enrolment is not permitted in REN1201 if REN8101 has been previously completed.
ACC2115 2121Formerly ACC3115
CTU3070 Corporate Social Responsibility*2121
CTU4080 Fair Labour Practices*2121
STA2300 2222
MKT1001 Marketing Fundamentals2222Enrolment is not permitted in MKT1001 if MKT1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19398 Marketing major students)
ECO1000 2222
LAW2106 2222
FIN1101 Corporate Finance3131Enrolment is not permitted in FIN1101 if FIN1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19395 Finance major students)
LAW3130 3131
POL3013 Sustainability and Politics/31
CTU4050 Operations Management*^3131Pre-requisite: MAT1001
ACC2113 3232
LAW2107 Environmental Law3232Pre-requisite: LAW1501 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 or ENG2002 or REN1201 or (Students enrolled in BEDU (Legal Studies) or BLAW or LLBP or BALW or BCLW - Pre-requisite: LAW1111)
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems3232
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation3232

Select one of the following 2 courses:

     MGT1000 4141
     PWE3000 ~
ACC3118 4141
ACC3116 Accounting and Society4141Pre-requisite: ACC2115
CTU4950 Business Strategy*4141
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies4242
ACC3114 +41
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use4242

Footnotes
*Jointly badged course UniSQ/City University of Seattle (CityU), USA - students can enrol directly with the CityU to undertake this course in years not offered at UniSQ. If a course is undertaken directly with CityU rather than UniSQ it will not be covered under the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) or international UniSQ course fee scheme. As such, the full costs of direct course enrolment with CityU will be the sole responsibility of individual students choosing this option.
^Offered in odd-numbered years.
Offered in even-numbered years.
/is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
~PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.
+is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield and Toowoomba external (semester 2 odd-numbered years commencement)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirementsComments
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem
ECO1000 1212
LAW1101 1212
STA2300 1212
MKT1001 Marketing Fundamentals1212Enrolment is not permitted in MKT1001 if MKT1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19398 Marketing major students)
ACC1101 2121
CIS1000 Digital Disruption2121
MAT1001 Business Maths2121
CMS1009 2121
ACC1102 Financial Accounting2222
LAW2106 2222
ACC2113 2222
LAW2107 Environmental Law2222Pre-requisite: LAW1501 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 or ENG2002 or REN1201 or (Students enrolled in BEDU (Legal Studies) or BLAW or LLBP or BALW or BCLW - Pre-requisite: LAW1111)
REN1201 Environmental Studies3131Enrolment is not permitted in REN1201 if REN8101 has been previously completed.
ACC2115 3131Formerly ACC3115
POL3013 Sustainability and Politics/31
CTU4050 Operations Management*^3131Pre-requisite: MAT1001
CTU3020 Writing for the Professions*^3232
CTU3040 Effective Organisational Communications*^3232
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation3232
FIN1101 Corporate Finance4141Enrolment is not permitted in FIN1101 if FIN1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19395 Finance major students)
CTU3070 Corporate Social Responsibility*4141
CTU4080 Fair Labour Practices*4141
ACC3118 4141
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems4242
ACC3114 +41
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use4242
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies4242
ACC3116 Accounting and Society5151Pre-requisite: ACC2115
LAW3130 5151

Select one of the following 2 courses:

     MGT1000 5151
     PWE3000 ~
CTU4950 Business Strategy*5151

Footnotes
/is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
*Jointly badged course UniSQ/City University of Seattle (CityU), USA - students can enrol directly with the CityU to undertake this course in years not offered at UniSQ. If a course is undertaken directly with CityU rather than UniSQ it will not be covered under the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) or international UniSQ course fee scheme. As such, the full costs of direct course enrolment with CityU will be the sole responsibility of individual students choosing this option.
^Offered in odd-numbered years.
Offered in even-numbered years.
+is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
~PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield and Toowoomba external (semester 1 even- numbered years commencement)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirementsComments
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem
ACC1101 1111
CIS1000 Digital Disruption1111
MAT1001 Business Maths1111
CMS1009 1111
LAW1101 1212
ACC1102 Financial Accounting1212
STA2300 1212
MKT1001 Marketing Fundamentals1212Enrolment is not permitted in MKT1001 if MKT1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19398 Marketing major students)
REN1201 Environmental Studies2121Enrolment is not permitted in REN1201 if REN8101 has been previously completed.
ACC2115 2121Formerly ACC3115

Select one of the following 2 courses:

     MGT1000 2121
     PWE3000 ~
FIN1101 Corporate Finance2121Enrolment is not permitted in FIN1101 if FIN1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19395 Finance major students)
CTU3020 Writing for the Professions*^2222
CTU3040 Effective Organisational Communications*^2222
ACC2113 2222
LAW2106 2222
CTU3070 Corporate Social Responsibility*3131
CTU4080 Fair Labour Practices*3131
LAW3130 3131
POL3013 Sustainability and Politics/31
ECO1000 3232
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems3232
LAW2107 Environmental Law3232Pre-requisite: LAW1501 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 or ENG2002 or REN1201 or (Students enrolled in BEDU (Legal Studies) or BLAW or LLBP or BALW or BCLW - Pre-requisite: LAW1111)
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation3232
CTU4050 Operations Management*^4141Pre-requisite: MAT1001
ACC3118 4141
ACC3116 Accounting and Society4141Pre-requisite: ACC2115
CTU4950 Business Strategy*4141
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies4242
ACC3114 +41
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use4242

Footnotes
~PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.
*Jointly badged course UniSQ/City University of Seattle (CityU), USA - students can enrol directly with the CityU to undertake this course in years not offered at UniSQ. If a course is undertaken directly with CityU rather than UniSQ it will not be covered under the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) or international UniSQ course fee scheme. As such, the full costs of direct course enrolment with CityU will be the sole responsibility of individual students choosing this option.
^Offered in odd-numbered years.
Offered in even-numbered years.
/is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
+is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield and Toowoomba external (semester 2 even-numbered years commencement)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirementsComments
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem
ECO1000 1212
LAW1101 1212
STA2300 1212
MKT1001 Marketing Fundamentals1212Enrolment is not permitted in MKT1001 if MKT1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19398 Marketing major students)
ACC1101 2121
CIS1000 Digital Disruption2121
MAT1001 Business Maths2121
CMS1009 2121
ACC1102 Financial Accounting2222
LAW2106 2222
CTU3020 Writing for the Professions*^2222
CTU3040 Effective Organisational Communications*^2222
REN1201 Environmental Studies3131Enrolment is not permitted in REN1201 if REN8101 has been previously completed.
ACC2115 3131Formerly ACC3115
CTU3070 Corporate Social Responsibility*3131
CTU4080 Fair Labour Practices*3131
ACC2113 3232
LAW2107 Environmental Law3232Pre-requisite: LAW1501 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 or ENG2002 or REN1201 or (Students enrolled in BEDU (Legal Studies) or BLAW or LLBP or BALW or BCLW - Pre-requisite: LAW1111)
ACC3040 Sustainable Business32
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation3232
FIN1101 Corporate Finance4141Enrolment is not permitted in FIN1101 if FIN1100 has been previously completed (excluding BBIZ 19395 Finance major students)
ACC3118 4141
POL3013 Sustainability and Politics/41
CTU4050 Operations Management*^4141Pre-requisite: MAT1001
ACC3101 Accounting Information Systems4242
ACC3114 +41
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use4242
ECO3030 Sustainable Economies4242
ACC3116 Accounting and Society5151Pre-requisite: ACC2115
LAW3130 5151

Select one of the following 2 courses:

     MGT1000 5151
     PWE3000 ~
CTU4950 Business Strategy*5151

Footnotes
*Jointly badged course UniSQ/City University of Seattle (CityU), USA - students can enrol directly with the CityU to undertake this course in years not offered at UniSQ. If a course is undertaken directly with CityU rather than UniSQ it will not be covered under the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) or international UniSQ course fee scheme. As such, the full costs of direct course enrolment with CityU will be the sole responsibility of individual students choosing this option.
^Offered in odd-numbered years.
Offered in even-numbered years.
/is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
+is not offered on-campus. Students should enrol in online mode.
~PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.