Bachelor of Professional Accounting

at ATMC - Federation University - Sydney Campus Australia

The Graduate Diploma of Management has been developed for managers and aspiring managers who have a degree in any discipline who now wish to move into general management to give themselves a competitive edge.

The Bachelor of Information Technology is an innovative Program designed with input from major IT industry partners. Upon completion of the Program, you will have achieved industry-recognised qualifications; have the foundation to become a leader in the IT field; be able to understand the impact of technological change; be able to appreciate not only current usage of IT in business and industry environments but also trends in computing; and be able to analyse, design and implement up-to-date  computer-based systems including those related to internet technology, multimedia and web-based applications. 

As a graduate of this Program, you will have been provided with a balance between specific knowledge of particular development tools (languages, operating systems, development environments) and general lifelong learning skills, which will ensure that you are able to remain at the forefront of this vibrant and rapidly developing sector.

This degree teaches students how to harness technology to help organizations achieve a competitive advantage. 

Course Outline
This program examines organizational and technological issues required to analyze and design business information systems.

Throughout the program, you will develop an understanding of organizational settings, and recognize technology threats and opportunities, utilizing modern principles and theories with practical applications.

Subjects such as information security, multimedia, knowledge management, databases, and emerging technologies in business will help you become familiar with the latest developments in IT, as well as different types of tools and their applications.

This post-graduate program gives students the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of relevant topics and technology pertaining to ES (like ERP, SCM, and CRM), BPR, Big Data, Business Analytics, Project Management, and IT strategy, using some cutting-edge technologies from leading vendors like SAP, IBM, SAS, and Teradata. Students will participate in ERP simulation games which teach ERP concepts “by doing”.

This program provides students with an opportunity to gain up to date knowledge and skills to analyse, implement and use ES. It further enhances the student ability to comprehend how and why these systems provide economic, technological, operational, and strategic value to an adopting organisation. It unleashes the strategies to manage ES implementation to achieve the anticipated benefits.

To provide hands on experience with ES, courses in this program are embedded with software’s from leading ES vendors like SAP. Students not only develop skills in learning SAP but also gain the opportunity to prepare for SAP certifications related to business processes, business intelligence and HANA. By doing this, students will have a competitive advantage in the job market.

The Graduate Certificate of Management has been developed for managers and aspiring managers who have a degree in any discipline who now wish to move into general management to give themselves a competitive edge.

The Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) is designed as a comprehensive program. It focuses on the courses needed for professional accreditation with the major professional bodies along with providing a well-defined career path for professionals in the world of commerce.

Graduates of this program will have be able to design, implement and maintain IT systems using a well-informed software engineering approach and create high quality software in a systematic and efficient manner. Graduates may find employment in a wide range of industries including security and defence, education, aerospace, health, business, and finance.

This degree will enable students to apply strategic creativity and innovation to protect data using ethical hacking to test systems and security protocols.

Course Outline
Learn how to defend business, government and individual databases that hold sensitive data. Employment in this area has experienced strong growth over the last ten years and is forecast to continue.

Your specialisation in security will allow you to be on the frontline of the war in cyberspace and become familiar with methods attackers use. You will learn how to investigate and protect against security breaches on vulnerable private information, whilst developing an understanding of the security models provided by the major operating systems involved in modern computer networks.

Through core studies and practicals, you will delve into networks, their protocols and hardware, to investigate how these systems can be vulnerable to a malicious attack. Your problem-solving skills will come to the fore when ethical hacking – testing a system to break-in or to find weak points.

As a network architect, or an IT security specialist, you can look forward to a varied career in information security or IT operations.

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting has been developed as both an entry point and exit point for the Master of Professional Accounting. Please see Master of Professional Accounting for further program outline information.

The Master’s course covers the key knowledge and skills required for engineering project and resource planning and execution. This includes contracts and costing, business analysis and decision making, the global management environment, human and financial resources, risk, and research methodology. You will also undertake an independent piece of research in the last year of your course.

The unique course structure will ensure you are well prepared to make your mark, not only in Australia, but worldwide, where efficient and competent planning and execution of large projects, particularly in infrastructure, is essential in ensuring the success of key global industries.