The degree is designed to build upon previous non-accounting undergraduate studies and work experience and to add conceptual depth by concentrating on studies in accounting and related disciplines. The program includes the concepts of spiral learning and the integration of communication skills, computer applications and quantitative analysis within the discipline of accounting. Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. Each subject has a residential school. Students in Australia attend these schools in Wagga Wagga.
Overseas students attend in selected overseas locations.
The normal minimum time in which the degree may be completed is three years.