Template 4: Program reaccreditation
This template should be completed and submitted to CPA Australia by higher education providers seeking 5-yearly reaccreditation of
their programs. Evidence documents should accompany the completed template. Evidence associated with Standards 5-7 is only
required where there have been significant changes since the program’s last professional accreditation/ reaccreditation review.
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):
Program name:
Location:
Campus:
Contact name:
Position:
Email:
Telephone (including area code):
Signature:
Date:
Program 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 competence 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.
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.
Yes
A copy of all recent academic audit reports from accreditation bodies (if any)
Yes
The most recent annual report for the higher education provider
Yes
Core curriculum and assessment table (as above) mapping program subjects
to the required competency areas and learning outcomes is completed
Yes
Standard 2:
The
curriculum
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
Standard 4:
Staff
development
Standard 5:
The students
Standard 6:
Resources
and facilities
Standard 7:
Quality
assurance
Standard 8:
Graduate
outcomes
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
Required
Yes
Yes
Yes
A copy of the higher education providers’ policies on staff performance
appraisal and 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)
Only if changed
since last review
Copies of published information/policies regarding student entry
requirements, student management and support
Only if changed
since last review
Copies of the information provided to students regarding the Professional
Bodies’ academic requirements for admission into membership and the
study options which fulfill these requirements
Only if changed
since last review
Details of information resources and learning materials available to students
Only if changed
since last review
Details of class sizes, program delivery mode, staff:student ratios
Only if changed
since last review
Details of how information resources are accessed by students
Only if changed
since last review
Details of curriculum design and implementation methods and
teaching practices
Only if changed
since last review
Details of the assessment review policy
Only if changed
since last review
Details of the system for monitoring and evaluating programs
Only if changed
since last review
Yes
Data showing the placement of graduates over the last 5 years
Yes
Outcomes of external surveys and feedback from the business community
regarding the quality of graduates and the accounting program/s
Yes
Details of employer representation on advisory groups
Yes
Outcomes of graduate surveys
Yes
Attached
(please tick)
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