Template 1: New higher education provider and

new program
This application template should be completed and submitted to CPA Australia by a new higher education provider seeking
professional accreditation for a new accounting program or for a new twinning arrangement. Evidence documents should
accompany the completed template. Electronic submissions are preferred and need to be addressed, along with the supporting
documentation, to CPA Australia via: accreditation@cpaaustralia.com.au

Higher Education Provider contact details

Provider name:
Faculty (or equivalent):
Registration with local government body:
Address (including country):
Location: Campus:
Contact name: Position:
Email: Telephone (including area code):
Signature: Date:

Twinning partner contact details (if applicable)

Provider name:
Faculty (or equivalent):
Address (including country):

Campus:
Contact name: Position:
Email: Telephone (including area code):
Registration with local government body:

Program/s details
Name of the program

Internal program identification number

Level of award

Duration of program
– on full-time/part-time basis, as applicable
Attendance mode

Delivery mode

Campus locations where program is offered

Program outline
Provide details of the program outline showing the distribution of compulsory and elective subjects over the duration of the program
 Core curriculum and assessment
Attach subject outlines, including learning outcomes, weekly topic schedule, prescribed text/s and assessment structure, for all
subjects relevant to the listed competency areas:
Competency area Subject/s code Subject/s name
Accounting systems and processes

Financial accounting and reporting

Audit and assurance

Business Law

Economics

Finance and financial management

Management accounting

Quantitative methods

Taxation

Information technology: If integrated, explain

how information technology is incorporated
across the curriculum

Ethics: Explain how ethics is incorporated

across the curriculum

Student data
(include enrolment data from all semesters in current academic year)
Program name Financial Accounting and Degree year Total Domestic Total International Total potential
Reporting Subject Name* subject offered student enrolments student enrolments graduates

eg. Bachelor of eg. Financial

Commerce (Accounting) Accounting and eg.3 eg 500 eg 200 eg 700
Reporting

Note*: The Financial Accounting and Reporting subject has been chosen as the most appropriate to identify students undertaking an accounting specialisation in their degrees.

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Standard Relevant documents Page/Doc Ref
(please tick)
Standard 1: Evidence of current national government program accreditation and higher
Qualification requirements education provider registration status, including most recent approval and
reaccreditation due dates

A copy of all recent academic audit reports from accreditation bodies (if any)

The most recent annual report for the higher education provider

Standard 2: Core curriculum and assessment table (page 1 of Template 1) mapping program
The curriculum subjects to the required and desired competency areas is completed

Subject outlines, including learning outcomes, weekly topic schedule, prescribed

text/s and assessment structure for all subjects provided

The most current sample of the assessment items (assignments, quizzes,

presentations) plus the examination papers for each subject relating to a
required competency area
Standard 3: A list of academic staff which includes: their current qualifications any further
Academic staff qualifications that they are working towards and the discipline area in which they
teach and/or co-ordinate

A copy of the higher education providers’ policies on staff performance

appraisal and development
Standard 4: Details of professional development, research or other scholarly activities in
Staff development which staff are or have been involved over the last 1-2 years (feel free to
attached a curriculum vitae for each staff member)

Standard 5: Copies of published information/policies regarding student entry requirements,

The students student management and support
Copies of the information provided to students regarding the Professional
Bodies’ academic requirements for admission into membership and the study
options which fulfil these requirements
SAMPLE

Standard 6: Details of information resources and learning materials available to students

Resources and facilities
Details of class sizes, program delivery mode, staff:student ratios

Details of how information resources are accessed by students

Standard 7: Details of curriculum design and implementation methods and teaching

Quality assurance practices
Details of the assessment review policy

Details of the system for monitoring and evaluating programs

Standard 8: Data showing the placement of graduates

Graduate
outcomes Outcomes of external surveys and feedback from the business community
regarding the quality of graduates and the accounting program/s
Details of employer representation on advisory groups

Outcomes of graduate surveys

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