Section 9 - Faculty of Commerce

Master of Accountancy
MAcc

Fees apply

The purpose of the course is to provide a general professional accounting education to graduates of non-accounting disciplines and to satisfy the academic requirements of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

The degree is designed to build upon previous non-accounting undergraduate studies and work experience and to add conceptual depth by concentrating on studies in accounting and related disciplines. The program includes the concepts of spiral learning and the integration of communication skills, computer applications and quantitative analysis within the discipline of accounting.

The degree will prepare students to:

• understand 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, including the regulatory requirements controlling the accounting process;
• understand and be able to apply principles and analytical techniques from economics, commercial law, business communications and quantitative methods, in the accounting context.

Enrolment through

Wagga Wagga Campus

Study mode

Distance education

Normal course duration

3 years (6 sessions)

Admission criteria

Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. Applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or work experience acceptable to the University will be considered.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 128 points (12 single-session subjects).

Professional recognition

Graduates will be well qualified for employment in public practice, commerce and industry, government, semi-government non-profit organisations and in accounting education.

Residential schools and other requirements

Each subject has a residential school. Students in Australia attend these schools in Wagga Wagga. Overseas students attend in selected overseas locations. All distance education students are required to have access to a personal computer (IBM PC or compatible) and spreadsheet software capable of reading Excel and/or Lotus 123 files. It is recommended that distance education students have access to appropriate hardware and software to enable them to communicate electronically with the University. The current specifications are available upon request.

Course structure

Session 1 (Autumn)

• ACC511 Accounting & Information Systems (16 points)
• ECO511 Economics for Business

Session 2 (Spring)

• ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
• LAW511 Commercial Law 1

Session 3 (Autumn)

• ACC513 Management Accounting for Decisions
• LAW512 Commercial Law 2

Session 4 (Spring)

• ACC514 Financial Accounting
• LAW514 Australian Taxation (16 points)

Session 5 (Autumn)

• ACC515 Accounting & Finance
• ACC516 Advanced Financial Accounting (16 points)

Session 6 (Spring)

• ACC517 Auditing & Control Systems (16 points)
• ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought

Inquiries

Jenny Kent
School of Financial Studies
Telephone: (02) 6933 2378
Facsimile: (02) 6933 2790
Email: jkent@csu.edu.au