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Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting
NZQF Level 7

About the course

Study the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting to continue your journey to becoming a Practising Accountant.

This course is great opportunity for those who already have a degree including the equivalent of accounting at Level 6 or who have extensive accounting experience and want to specialise in Professional Accounting.
You will learn about the different financial and accounting practices that are applicable in a range of business environments in New Zealand and internationally.
The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting may help you qualify for membership with professional accounting bodies such as Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand or Certified Practising Accountants Australia.
Graduates will be qualified to work in a range of accounting disciplines including financial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, taxation, auditing, and business consulting in many industries.

This course is great opportunity for those who already have a degree including the equivalent of accounting at Level 6 or who have extensive accounting experience and want to specialise in Professional Accounting.

You will learn about the different financial and accounting practices that are applicable in a range of business environments in New Zealand and internationally.

The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting may help you qualify for membership with professional accounting bodies such as Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand or Certified Practising Accountants Australia.

Graduates will be qualified to work in a range of accounting disciplines including financial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, taxation, auditing, and business consulting in many industries.

This course is great opportunity for those who already have a degree including the equivalent of accounting at Level 6 or who have extensive accounting experience and want to specialise in Professional Accounting.
You will learn about the different financial and accounting practices that are applicable in a range of business environments in New Zealand and internationally.
The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting may help you qualify for membership with professional accounting bodies such as Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand or Certified Practising Accountants Australia.
Graduates will be qualified to work in a range of accounting disciplines including financial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, taxation, auditing, and business consulting in many industries.

Compulsory papers

ACC701 Advanced Financial Reporting

ACC702 Advanced Management Accounting

Elective Papers
At least 45 credits must be taken from the following list of papers: 

ACC704 Applied Research Project - Accounting (With PL approval only)

ACC705 Auditing

CON759 Contemporary Issues

ETH760 Business Ethics

IBS790 International Business

WPE700 Workplace Experience

Balance of credits may be taken from the following list of papers (Up to 45 credits)

ACCY6103 Taxation in Aotearoa New Zealand

ACCY6104 Introduction to Finance

ACCY6108 Accounting Information Systems

ACCY5105 Commercial Law

ACCY6106 Law of Business Entities

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.

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