Master of Professional Accounting

	2013
Location:	Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session:	February, July, November
Normal Course Duration:	2 years / 12 subjects or 16 subjects (or 1 year / 8 subjects if you complete the Graduate Diploma of Accounting)

About the Course

The course provides a generalised professional accounting education to graduates of non-accounting disciplines. Both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (CAA) and CPA Australia recognise the qualification.

Above all, the Master of Professional Accounting is designed for students looking for a change in career. The degree opens the way to many vocational choices in areas of commerce and industry, government and semi-government organisations. This degree will prepare students to:

undertake and evaluate the conceptual basis of accounting
understand, evaluate and apply the principles of current accounting practice
recognise and analyse the impact of the business environment on accounting theory and its application
understand and apply principles and analytical techniques from economics, commercial law, business communications and the accounting context.

Master of Professional Accounting (16 Subjects)

16 subjects
144 credit points
two years

This course is primarily undertaken for those seeking a professional accounting course but do not hold a recognised bachelors' degree. In such cases students enter the Master of Professional Accounting via the Graduate Diploma of Accounting.

Master of Professional Accounting (12 Subjects)

Master of Professional Accounting (16 Subjects)

12 subjects
96 credit points
two years

Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised tertiary institution, or a qualification deemed to be equivalent.

Students with a completed Australian Bachelor level qualification or equivalent in business may be eligible for up to three subjects' credit into the Master of Professional Accounting (depending on subjects studied in the first degree) – reducing your studies to nine subjects over 1.5 years. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.

Students with an undergraduate accounting degree from an overseas university are eligible to apply.

Admission requirements

Applicants for direct entry to the 12-subject Master of Professional Accounting are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised tertiary institution, or equivalent qualification. Applicants with an undergraduate accounting degree from an overseas university are eligible to apply.

Applicants who do not have a bachelor degree but have lower level qualifications (an associate degree or three-year diploma) can pathway through to the 16-subject Master of Professional Accounting via the Graduate Diploma of Accounting.

These students will then complete a further eight subjects to qualify for the MPA qualification. Students who do not have a bachelor qualification are required to undertake 16 subjects in total to gain recognition by the CPA.

The English language proficiency requirement must be satisfied to gain entry into the Master of Professional Accounting: Academic IELTS minimum overall 6.0 with writing band no less than 6.0 and all other bands no less than 5.5.

Contact a Student Enrolment Advisor if you have any questions.

Qualifications

Graduates are awarded a Master of Professional Accounting (MProfAcc) and are eligible to gain CPA associate membership. Students gaining entry to the program via the Graduate Diploma of Accounting will be conferred with both the Graduate Diploma of Accounting and the Master of Professional Accounting qualifications. and are also eligible to gain CPA associate membership.

Course structure

Master of Professional Accounting via Graduate Diploma of Accounting (16 subjects)

Students who do not have a recognised undergraduate degree will be considered for admission to the Graduate Diploma of Accounting, after which they can apply to enrol in the Master of Professional Accounting. Students of the Master of Professional Accounting via Graduate Diploma will study 16 subjects over two years.

Normally one elective is taken per session. A Graduate Diploma of Accounting, followed by a Master of Professional Accounting, typically looks like this when the study cycle commences at the beginning of a calendar year:

February Session:
ACC544	Decision Support Tools
ACC566	Accounting Systems and Processes
ECO511	Economics for Business
[Your Choice]	Elective 1
July Session:
ACC514	Financial Accounting
ACC539	Accounting Information Systems
LAW504	Business and Corporations Law
[Your Choice]	Elective 2
February Session:
ACC515	Accounting and Finance
ACC567	Financial Accounting 2
LAW505	Taxation 1
[Your Choice]	Elective 3
July Session:
ACC512	Management Accounting for Costs and Control
ACC518	Current Developments in Accounting Thought
ACC568	Auditing
[Your Choice]	Elective 4

Students choose four electives from the following:
ACC501	Business Accounting and Finance (available only in the first session of study)
HRM502	Human Resource Management International Human Resource
HRM514	Management
HRM528	Strategic Human Resource Management
MGT501	Management Theory and Practice
MGT510	Strategic Management
MGT540	Management of Change
MKT501	Marketing Management
MKT510	Customer Behaviour
MKT520	Managing Product and Service innovation
MKT550	Global Marketing

* The sequence may differ according to intake. Only a restricted number of accounting subjects are offered in the November session.

* Note it is not possible to study more than two accounting subjects during the November session.

Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)

Students who have completed a recognised undergraduate degree in a field other than accounting will be considered for admission into the 12-subject Master of Professional Accounting.

Please note that it is not possible to study more than twoAccounting subjects during the November session.

If commencing at the start of a calendar year a typical course load will be as follows:

February Session:
ACC544	Decision Support Tools
ACC566	Accounting Systems and Processes
ECO511	Economics for Business
July Session:
ACC514	Financial Accounting
ACC539	Accounting Information Systems
LAW504	Business and Corporations Law 1
February Session:
ACC515	Accounting and Finance
ACC567	Financial Accounting 2
LAW505	Taxation 1
July Session:
ACC512	Management Accounting for Costs and Control
ACC518	Current Developments in Accounting Thought
ACC518	Auditing

Your membership with the CPA or ICAA

Following subjects may qualify you for the membership with the CPA or ICAA.

Membership of CPA Australia
ACC566	Accounting Systems and Processes
ACC512	Management Accounting for Costs and Control
ACC513	Management Accounting for Decisions
ACC514	Financial Accounting
ACC515	Accounting and Finance
ACC518	Current Developments in Accounting Thought
ECO511	Economics and Business
LAW504	Business and Corporations Law 1

Membership of ICAA
ACC566	Accounting Systems and Processes
ACC568	Auditing
ACC512	Management Accounting for Costs and Control
ACC514	Financial Accounting
ACC515	Accounting and Finance
ACC518	Current Developments in Accounting Thought
LAW505	Taxation 1
LAW504	Business and Corporations Law 1

Course start dates and fees
CRICOS CODE	Location	Intake	2013 fees (AUD)
			(per subject)	(per year)
Master (12 Subjects): 070652F (CSU Study Centre – Melbourne) 068967E (CSU Study Centre – Sydney)	Sydney, Melbourne	Feb/Jul/Nov	$2,626	$15,756
Master (16 Subjects): 070653E (CSU Study Centre – Melbourne) 070183G (CSU Study Centre – Sydney)	Sydney, Melbourne	Feb/Jul/Nov	$2,626	$21,008