Master of Commerce (Accounting), Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting, Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting at Charles Sturt University

Master of Commerce (Accounting) MCom(Acc)

Including:
Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting GradDipProfAcc
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting GradCertProfAcc

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CSU’s Master of Commerce (Accounting) degree and the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting are designed for accounting graduates who wish to further their professional and academic studies and qualifications.

About the course

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting serves three groups of students:

accounting graduates seeking further academic qualifications
graduates requiring additional subjects to qualify for admission to CPA Australia or to the CA Program administered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
non-Australian residents seeking an Australian qualification.

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting draws subjects from the Master of Accountancy degree (for subjects needed to satisfy the academic requirements of CPA Australia or ICAA) and from the Master of Commerce (Accounting) degree.

Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting is designed to provide accounting graduates with the knowledge and skills required to be competent in professional accounting. By building upon previous undergraduate studies in accounting, the course provides students with a greater depth of knowledge and a critical perspective of contemporary accounting issues.

A unique feature of the course is the integration of postgraduate studies with the CPA Australia program. Students are required to complete four postgraduate subjects while concurrently completing four subjects of the CPA Australia program.

Master of Commerce (Accounting)

The program allows students to integrate postgraduate academic studies with professional studies required for membership of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). This may be achieved in one of three modes:

Mode 1 - By concurrently studying the CPA Program in conjunction with Master of Commerce subjects; or
Mode 2 - By claiming credit for completed professional subjects in the CPA or CA Programs, or by studying all Master of Commerce subjects; or
Mode 3 - By combining coursework with a research dissertation.

The course aims to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills required to be competent in professional accounting and to develop skills in critical analysis of current issues in accounting theory and practice.

Professional recognition

The Master of Commerce (Accounting) is recognised by CPA Australia as a Specialist Masters degree. Graduates of the Masters degree are eligible to join the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants at the Fellow level, without further study.

Articulation

Mode 1 of the Master of Commerce (Accounting), the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting and the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting make up an articulated set of courses, and credit is awarded in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower level course.

Credit

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
Credit may be granted for subjects deemed to be equivalent to the compulsory or elective subjects. The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting articulates with Mode 1 of the Master of Commerce (Accounting). Students completing the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting are offered credit into the Master degree and can then also count the equivalent of six (48 points) CPA subject or five (40 points) CA subjects towards the Master degree.

Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
Credit may be granted for subjects deemed to be equivalent to the compulsory or elective subjects. The Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting articulates with Mode 1 of the Master of Commerce (Accounting). Students completing the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting are offered credit into the Master degree for completed compulsory and Group A elective subjects and can count the equivalent of six (48 points) CPA subjects or five (40 points) CA subjects towards the Master degree.

Master of Commerce (Accounting)
Credit will be granted for up to the equivalent of six subjects (48 points) passed in the CPA Program administered by CPA Australia or up to the equivalent of five subjects (40 points) in the CA Program administered by the ICAA. Credit may be granted for other subjects deemed to be equivalent to the compulsory or elective subjects.

Graduation requirements

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points (comprising four 8 point elective subjects and four specified CPA or CA subjects).

Master of Commerce (Accounting)
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points (comprising either coursework, or coursework plus a dissertation).

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