Accountants are trusted business advisors who work with clients to help them make their businesses more profitable and successful. If you enjoy working with numbers and want to help businesses grow, accounting may be a good fit for you. Accounting students can meet the academic requirements of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia or ACCA accountancy professional institutions by taking an approved suite of papers.

Accounting is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Business (BBus) and the Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours (BMS(Hons))[1]. Accounting may also be included as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.

To complete Accounting as a single major for the BBus, students must gain 135 points from papers listed for Accounting, including 105 points above 100 level, and 60 points above 200 level. Students must complete ACCTN101, ACCTN102, ACCTN202, ACCTN203, ACCTN204, ACCTN301, ACCTN308, 15 points from ACCTN302, ACCTN303, ACCTN304, ACCTN305, ACCTN306 or MNGMT304, and one of WSAFE396 or WSAFE399.

To complete Accounting as part of a double major for the BBus or other undergraduate degree, students must gain 120 points from papers listed for Accounting, including 90 points above 100 level, and 45 points above 200 level. Students must complete ACCTN101, ACCTN102, ACCTN202, ACCTN203, ACCTN204, ACCTN301, ACCTN308, and 15 points from ACCTN302, ACCTN303, ACCTN304, ACCTN305, ACCTN306 or MNGMT304.

To complete a minor in Accounting, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the Accounting major, including at least 30 points above 100 level. Students must complete ACCTN101.

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[1] There will be no new enrolments into the BMS(Hons) from 2024. Students who commenced a BMS(Hons) in 2023 or prior should contact the Waikato Management School for programme advice.

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Students meeting the academic requirements for CA are required to complete MNMGT304 and the remaining papers from ACCTN302, ACCTN303, ACCTN304, ACCTN305 and ACCTN306 not already taken for the major. Students are encouraged to contact the Waikato Management School for programme advice.

Other qualifications

Prescriptions for:

Accounting papers

Code and paper titlePoints
ACCTN101Accounting for Managementright arrow

This paper focuses on the analysis and use of financial and non-financial information by internal and external stakeholders to make informed business...

1525A (Hamilton) & 25B (Hamilton) & 25B (Hamilton Waikato College) & 25B (Tauranga) & 25C (Hamilton Waikato College) & 25VA (National Economics University, Vietnam) & 25X (Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou China)
ACCTN102Introductory Financial Accountingright arrow

This paper teaches students how to record, report, and analyse accounting information and prepare financial statements. The paper involves the use of...

1525A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga) & 25B (Hamilton) & 25X (Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou China)
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2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 11 Jun 2025 01:00am