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Become A Professionally Qualified Accountant.

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) programme at AIS is accredited by both Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and CPA Australia.

This means that with careful selection of your electives, you can satisfy the academic requirements for admission to CAANZ and CPA Australia membership, putting yourself on the front foot for a career in accounting.

As the only private tertiary education provider in New Zealand to have this accreditation, you can be assured of the quality of the BBus (Accounting) programme.

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Below are the courses required for membership. Most are prescribed within the Accounting specialisation, but there are four courses you'll need to select as your electives.

  1. ACCT501 Accounting Principles  *
  2. COMP551 Information Technology Concepts  *
  3. ECON501 Business Economics  *
  4. LAWS501 Business Law
  5. MATH511 Business Mathematics and Statistics
  6. FINA601 Financial Management  *
  7. ACCT601 Financial Accounting *
  8. ACCT602 Managerial Accounting  *
  9. ACCT603 New Zealand Taxation
  10. BUSS602 Research Methods
  11. ACCT701 Advanced Financial Accounting *
  12. ACCT702 Advanced Managerial Accounting *
  13. ACCT703 Auditing *

Speak to Business Lecturer and Resident CPA Australia member, Beena Lal, about your study plan to ensure you can complete all the required courses.

Students who only need to complete a few more courses to meet the requirements can do this through a Certificate of Proficiency. Enquire with our marketing team - enquiry@ais.ac.nz 

* (prescribed for the BBus (Accounting) degree)