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Overview
- Provides advanced theoretical, technical and practical knowledge and skills to investigate fraud and accounting related situations
- Enhance your accounting career through a formal additional qualification in a growing professional area
- The only postgraduate forensic accounting degree offered by a Queensland university
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On completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business (Forensic Accounting) students may be eligible for credit towards a Master of Business (Accounting)
| QUT course code | BS39 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 6 months full-time
1 year part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
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On campus
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Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions:
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| CRICOS code | 031769E |
Details
If you are interested in working in a growing area of professional accountancy and enhancing your career prospects with a specialised qualification, then forensic accounting is the right course for you.
The Graduate Certificate in Business (Forensic Accounting) provides students with specialised forensic accounting knowledge, investigative abilities and technical expertise, skills which are anticipated to be in strong demand across a broad range of industries including government departments, law firms, accountancy firms and a range of industries within the banking and finance sectors. Forensic accounting will equip you to uncover individual fraud or financial corruption within organisations as well as the ability to mine, analyse and visualise large data sets and present business intelligence reports.
Specifically, the Graduate Certificate in Business (Forensic Accounting) focuses on forensic accounting evidence gathering, expert witness reporting, analytics, data mining, business intelligence, technological skills (including SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3, advanced MS Access and Excel) and oral and written communication – areas that have been identified as key areas of importance by forensic accounting professionals.
The course is suitable for recent accounting graduates and accounting professionals working in industry who seek to enhance their career prospects with a specialised qualification in forensic accounting.
Units
Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points). The course can be undertaken either full-time (1 semester) or part-time (2 semesters).
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Entry requirements
Applicants for the Forensic Accounting Major must have an appropriate degree in accountancy with an overall minimum grade point average of 4.0 (on a 7-point scale).
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: $10,200 (indicative) per 48 credit points (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Graduate Certificate in Business (Forensic Accounting)
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)
