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ACCOUNTING
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CHOOSE YOUR SUBJECT
WAIKATO MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
ACCOUNTING
Far more than just number-crunchers, accountants often hold high-level management positions where
fi nancial control, legal compliance and leadership skills are essential.
Accounting is the language of business. Financial accountants
process and communicate financial information for all
stakeholders; management accountants prepare data
for management decisions; tax accountants provide tax
compliance advice, and auditors check the financial reporting
of organisations. Study accounting at Waikato and any of
these careers are possible.
Waikato Management School was rated top in New Zealand
for its accounting and finance research in the Tertiary
Education Commission’s 2007 assessment of tertiary
research. Learn from the best at a school where the academic
requirements of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered
Accountants (NZICA) can be met with an appropriate
selection of papers.
You can choose to study Accounting in the
Bachelor of Management Studies page 33
Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours) page 36
Bachelor of Business Analysis – Financial page 43
Bachelor of Business Analysis (Honours) - Financial page 46
Graduate Certificate page 57
Graduate Diploma page 57
Postgraduate Certificate page 58
Postgraduate Diploma page 58
Master of Management Studies page 60
Accounting can also be taken as a second major for most
other University of Waikato undergraduate degrees.
Accounting papers include
Accounting for Management
Accounting and Managerial Decision Making
Management Accounting: Accounting for Organisational Control
Accounting Theory
Financial Accounting
Accounting Information Technology and Systems
Commercial Law
Law of Business Enterprises
Legal Issues in E-Commerce
Management Accounting
Auditing
Taxation
Accounting for Sustainability
Organisations and Society
Advances in Accounting Theory and Research
Advanced Financial Reporting
International Accounting
Accounting, Sustainability and a Changing Environment
Virtual Accounting Systems
Public Sector Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Fraud Auditing
International Tax Strategies
Dissertation
Thesis
Research Methods in Management Studies
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Auditor Financial Accountant
Business Consultant Finance Manager
Company Accountant Management Accountant
Financial Controller Taxation Advisor
JARED WILLIAMS (BMS)
Audit Senior, Staples Rodway Waikato Limited & Co.
“As a chartered accountant I deal to the decimal point, but I also see
the wider picture. I went straight from university to Staples Rodway and
the firm has really developed my expertise. Now they’re sending me to
New York to experience some of the world’s largest businesses. From
there I’m off to London and after that, who knows where? Eventually,
commercial accounting and my own company are the goals.
Accounting offers huge opportunities as the skills apply across the
business spectrum. It’s not about sitting in a back-room playing with
an abacus; accountants head many of our major organisations.”