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Master of Accounting Practice

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+ Award nomenclature

Master of Accounting Practice
MAccPrac

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Currently no enrolment information is available for this course

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 2 years (4.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
  • This course may utilise a three session per year teaching calendar. Students should consult the Enrolment Pattern for availability of subjects in Session 3, or contact their Course Coordinator.
  • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    Applicants must have a bachelor degree with a major in accounting, or a postgraduate foundation degree in accounting, from a recognised Australian tertiary institution, or a qualification deemed to be equivalent.

    Applicants must have sufficient English proficiency to meet the general requirements of the University, or must demonstrate proficiency explicitly as follows: Students must have attained within two years of commencement of the course an Academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System) overall score of at least 6.5 with no score below 6 (or equivalent).

    Applicants wishing to transfer into the program must have a credit average on studies completed prior to transfer.
     

    Credit CSU Credit Policy

    Students may receive up to 50% credit into the Master of Accounting Practice for related prior postgraduate studies with a grade of Credit or above. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.

    Graduation requirement

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

    Course structure

    Students who enrol in a ‘CPA subject’, must be enrolled in the CPA Program administered by CPA Australia and sit the CPA Australia exams. In completing the ‘CPA subject’ in the Master of Accounting Practice with Charles Sturt University, students do not receive the CPA Australia qualification until they have met all the requirements of the CPA Program as set by CPA Australia, from time to time. For information about the CPA Program, visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au.

    The course comprises four compulsory core subjects and eight subjects chosen from a further three groups of subjects.

    Group A. FOUR Core CPA subjects
    ACC586 Ethics and Governance CPA
    ACC587 Strategic Management Accounting CPA
    ACC588 Financial Reporting CPA
    ACC589 Global Strategy and Leadership CPA

    Group B. Elective CPA subjects – TWO subjects from:
    ACC596 Advanced Taxation CPA
    ACC597 Advanced Audit and Assurance CPA
    ACC598 Financial Risk Management CPA
    ACC599 Contemporary Business Issues CPA

    Group C. A minimum of FOUR subjects and a maximum of SIX subjects offered by the School of Accounting and Finance from:
    ACC525 Financial Accountability in the Public Sector
    FIN560 Financial Planning
    FIN564 Superannuation and Retirement Planning
    ACG501 Forensic Accounting
    ACG502 Business and Financial Analysis
    ACG503 Business Valuation
    ACG504 Communication in Business
    ACG505 Professional Work Practice

    Group D. A maximum of TWO subjects offered by the Faculty of Business from:
    HRM502 Human Resource Management
    HRM552 Organisation Behaviour
    ITC501 Strategic Information Management
    ITC567 Principles of Information Security
    ITC574 Information Technology for Management
    ITC594 E-Commerce Technologies
    MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
    MGT510 Strategic Management
    MGT530 International Business
    MGT531 Business Ethics
    MGT540 Management of Change
    MGT550 Operations Management
    MGT553 Project Management
    MKT501 Marketing Management
    MKT510 Customer Behaviour
    MKT550 Global Marketing

    Enrolment pattern

    Master of Accounting Practice

    Full-time Study Sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC586 Ethics and Governance CPA
    ACC587 Strategic Management Accounting CPA
    [ ] Group C Elective

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC588 Financial Reporting CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective
    [ ] Group B Elective

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC589 Global Strategy and Leadership CPA
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    4th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective

    If commencing in the second session of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC586 Ethics and Governance CPA
    ACC588 Financial Reporting CPA
    [ ] Group C Elective

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC587 Strategic Management Accounting CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective
    [ ] Group B Elective

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC589 Global Strategy and Leadership CPA
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    4th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective


    Distance education study sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC586 Ethics and Governance CPA
    ACC587 Strategic Management Accounting CPA

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC588 Financial Reporting CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC589 Global Strategy and Leadership CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective

    4th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    5th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    6th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective

    If commencing in the second session of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC586 Ethics and Governance CPA
    ACC588 Financial Reporting CPA

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC587 Strategic Management Accounting CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC589 Global Strategy and Leadership CPA
    [ ] Group B Elective

    4th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    5th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C Elective
    [ ] Group C Elective

    6th session of enrolment
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective
    [ ] Group C or Group D Elective

    + Residential School

    Please note that the following subject may have a residential school component.

    FIN560 Financial Planning

    Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.

    + Workplace Learning

    Please note that the following subject has a Workplace Learning component.

    ACG505 Professional Work Practice

    Professional recognition

    Delivery of the professional level of the CPA Program in any university course requires annual registration as a Tuition Provider and annual course accreditation. While the CPA subjects within this course have been accredited by CPA Australia as part of the Master of Professional Accounting (CPA), the Master of Accounting has not as yet received accreditation. Applications for Tuition Provider registration and accreditation for this course will now be progressed.

    Contact

    For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

    The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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