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Diploma of Accounting
– for Year 11 and 12 STEP Students

Do you like maths and working with numbers? Are you well organised and do you enjoy team work? You might enjoy a career as a bookkeeper or accounts clerk in a large or small company, working with accountants, managers and financial controllers. Learn the basics of accounting: how to prepare income tax returns, manage and forecast budgets, prepare financial reports and implement/maintain internal control procedures. From assistant accountants to budget officers, it’s the perfect course to make your career count.





Registration Details

What is STEP?
In 2009, Southbank Institute of Technology (SBIT) will offer units within selected Diploma programs to school students in Years 11 and 12.

This program is known as STEP – Southbank Tertiary Entrance Program.

STEP students will be offered an on-campus experience at SBIT. STEP students will be required on campus at SBIT between 3–5 hours per week for semesters 1–3. During semester 4 however, students will be required on campus up to 7 hours per week. Following Year 12, STEP students will have the opportunity to complete the entire Diploma program at SBIT with confirmed entry and credit into the Diploma they have been studying.

The majority of these Diplomas will provide pathways and credit towards university programs.

Benefits
• Upon completion of Year 12, STEP students will be offered a confirmed entry with credit towards the Diploma they have been studying at school. STEP students will therefore know in Year 11
they have a guaranteed place at SBIT, post senior schooling and have the ability to bypass the QTAC process at the end of Year 12.

• Since STEP forms part of a student’s high school curriculum, students will be accumulating credit towards their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) as well as undertaking a Diploma qualification.

• STEP offers students a more affordable option; students pay no tuition fees, only material fees.

• If a STEP student transitions to university after completing their Diploma of choice it is likely to diminish their HECS fees due to reduced time at university and students will graduate with both a Diploma and university qualification in near to the equivalent time it takes to complete a university award.

• The pathways developed by SBIT and university partners provide a quality, highly focused learning experience for STEP students. These pathways combine the complementary strengths of both institutions.

Entry Requirements

To be considered as a STEP student, Principal and Parent/Guardian consent is mandatory.

Career Opportunities

At the completion of this Diploma STEP students may be employed as:
• an assistant accountant
• an office manager
• a budget officer
• an accounts receivable or payable clerk
• a payroll clerk

Program Duration

Full Time :
School: 2 years (refer to the outline section for more information)

Remainder of time at Southbank Institute of Technology 1 year

Program Articulation

University Pathway Programs

Successful completion of this Diploma allows students to articulate directly into the Bachelor of Commerce, at Griffith University. Students will receive 6 months credit towards this Bachelor, leaving only 2.5 years at university.

Program Award

Diploma

Venue

  • Southbank Campus

How to Apply

To be considered as a STEP student, you must firstly submit an Expression of Interest in STEP. This form will be available online from 1 August 2008.

Once the Expression of Interest has been logged with SBIT by your school principal or STEP coordinator, SBIT will send an information pack to the STEP coordinator for distribution. The pack will include online enrolment information. To be formally accepted as a STEP student, you must enrol and pay online as soon as possible. Online enrolments open on 1 September and close on 30 October 2008.

Please visit our STEP HUB website from the 1 August 2008 for more information.

Cost

STEP students will not be required to pay any tuition fees, only the material and administration fees associated with the units over Years 11 and 12. The material fees for this program are:

Semester one $ 18.00*
Semester two $ 15.00*
Semester three $ 28.00*
Semester four $ 41.00*

*As at 1 August 2008, these are the material fees for the abovementioned Diploma. Southbank Institute of Technology reserves the right to change these fees without notice. Material fees are non-refundable post start of study.

Please note: All programs are subject to a $14 Administration Fee per year, payable on enrolment.

For Additional Information

Location:Southbank
Telephone:13 72 48
Facsimile:
Address 
In Person: Ground Floor, C Block
Ernest Street
South Brisbane
Mail: Locked Mail Bag 14
South Brisbane QLD 4101
Email: STEP@southbank.edu.au
Find us at:www.Southbank.edu.au

Outline

Year 11

Semester One
Course Name Course Code
FNSICGEN302B Use technology in the workplace
BSBITU202A Create & use simple spreadsheets
Semester Two
Course Code Course Name
FNSICGEN301B Communicate in the workplace
FNSICGEN304B Apply health & safety practices in the workplace
Year 12

Semester Three
Course Code Course Name
FNSICGEN305B Maintain daily financial/business records
FNSICACC301A Administer accounts payable
FNSICACC307B Reconcile & monitor accounts receivable
Semester Four
Course Code Course Name
BSBCMN308A Maintain financial records
FNSICACC304B Prepare & bank receipts
FNSICACC306B Process journal entries
BSBADM408A Prepare financial reports
This brochure was last updated Monday, 15 December 2008
All information was accurate at time of printing, however, Institute policies, fees and details are subject to change without notice. Course commencement is dependent on sufficient enrolments, accreditation and registration requirements
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