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
Reporting Subject Name*
eg. Bachelor of
Commerce (Accounting)
eg. Financial
Accounting and
Reporting
Degree year
subject offered
Total Domestic
student enrolments
Total International
student enrolments
Total potential
graduates
eg.3
eg 500
eg 200
eg 700
Note*: The Financial Accounting and Reporting subject has been chosen as the most appropriate to identify students undertaking an accounting specialisation in their degrees.
2
Attached
(please tick)
Standard
Relevant documents
Standard 1:
Qualification requirements
Evidence of current national government program accreditation and higher
education provider registration status, including most recent approval and
reaccreditation due dates
Page/Doc Ref
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:
The curriculum
Core curriculum and assessment table (page 1 of Template 1) mapping program
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
A sample of the assessment items (assignments, quizzes, presentations) plus
the examination papers for each subject relating to a required competency area
Standard 3:
Academic staff
A list of academic staff which includes: their current qualifications any further
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:
Staff development
Details of professional development, research or other scholarly activities in
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:
The students
Copies of published information/policies regarding student entry requirements,
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:
Resources and facilities
Details of information resources and learning materials available to students
Details of class sizes, program delivery mode, staff:student ratios
Details of how information resources are accessed by students
Standard 7:
Quality assurance
Details of curriculum design and implementation methods and teaching
practices
Details of the assessment review policy
Details of the system for monitoring and evaluating programs
Standard 8:
Graduate
outcomes
Data showing the placement of graduates
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
..
.