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Master of Professional Accounting Articulated Set

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+ Award nomenclature

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
GradCertProfAcc
Graduate Diploma of Accounting
GradDipAcc
Master of Professional Accounting
MProfAcc

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Master of Professional Accounting (2716PA)
On Campus CSU Study Centre Melbourne
CSU Study Centre Sydney
Distance Education Wagga Wagga
Master of Professional Accounting (2712PA)
On Campus CSU Study Centre Melbourne
CSU Study Centre Sydney
Distance Education Wagga Wagga
Graduate Diploma of Accounting (2611AC)
On Campus CSU Study Centre Melbourne
CSU Study Centre Sydney
Distance Education Wagga Wagga
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (2304PA)
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

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

Normal course duration

Master of Professional Accounting

Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)

Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects) - 128 points - 2.0

Graduate Diploma of Accounting

Full-time 1 years (2.0 sessions)

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 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.
  • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    Master of Professional Accounting

    Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)
    Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. The undergraduate qualification if completed in Australia must be in a field other than accounting. Applicants with an undergraduate accounting degree from an overseas university are eligible to apply.

    Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects)
    Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. The undergraduate qualification must be in a field other than Accounting. Applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or work experience acceptable to the University which indicates the ability to undertake the course successfully will be considered.

    Graduate Diploma of Accounting

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

    Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

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

    Credit CSU Credit Policy

    Master of Professional Accounting

    Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)
    Students may receive up to 50% (six 8 point subjects) worth of credit into the MPA program for related prior studies. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.

    Applicants who have completed either the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting or the Graduate Diploma of Accounting will be awarded credit for those subjects upon admission to the Master of Professional Accounting.

    Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects)
    Students may receive up to 50% (eight 8 point subjects) worth of credit into the extended MPA program for related prior studies. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.

    Applicants who have completed either the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting or the Graduate Diploma of Accounting will be awarded credit for those subjects upon admission to the Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects).

    Graduate Diploma of Accounting

    Students may receive up to 50% (four 8 point subjects) worth of credit into the Graduate Diploma program for related prior studies. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.
     

    Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

    Students may receive up to 50% (two 8 point subjects) worth of credit into the Graduate Certificate program for related prior studies. Credit will not be awarded for work experience.

    Articulation

    The Master, the Graduate Diploma and the Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.

    Graduation requirement

    Master of Professional Accounting

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

    Graduate Diploma of Accounting

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

    Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

    Course structure

    Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)

    The course consists of 12 subjects as follows:

    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law 1
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects)

    The course consists of 16 subjects (128 points) as follows:

    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law 1
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    Restricted electives

    Plus 4 restricted electives from the following list:

    ACC501 Business Accounting & Finance (available only in the first session of study)
    HRM502 Human Resource Management
    HRM512 Values and Conflicts in Organisations
    HRM514 International Human Resource Management
    HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
    MGT501 Management Theory & Practice
    MGT510 Strategic Management
    MGT530 International Business
    MGT540 Management of Change
    MKT501 Marketing Management
    MKT510 Customer Behaviour
    MKT520 Managing Product and Service Innovation
    MKT550 Global Marketing

    Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

    The course consists of 4 subjects and is designed to allow students to choose subjects from the list of core Master of Professional Accounting subjects to best meet their individual needs. Students may make up their course from the following subjects:

    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law 1
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    Graduate Diploma of Accounting

    The course consists of 8 subjects. At least 4 subjects must be accounting subjects and no more than 4 subjects can be drawn from the list of restricted electives.

    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law 1
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    Restricted electives

    Maximum of 4 restricted electives from the following list:

    ACC501 Business Accounting & Finance (available only in the first session of study)
    HRM502 Human Resource Management
    HRM512 Values and Conflicts in Organisations
    HRM514 International Human Resource Management
    HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
    MGT501 Management Theory & Practice
    MGT510 Strategic Management
    MGT530 International Business
    MGT540 Management of Change
    MKT501 Marketing Management
    MKT510 Customer Behaviour
    MKT520 Managing Product and Service Innovation
    MKT550 Global Marketing

    Enrolment pattern

    Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)

    Full-time Study Sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ECO511 Economics for Business

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    ACC568 Auditing

    If commencing in the second session of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2


    Distance Education Study Sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law

    5th session of enrolment
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    6th session of enrolment
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought

    If commencing in the second session of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    LAW505 Taxation 1

    5th session of enrolment
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought

    6th session of enrolment
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools


    Master of Professional Accounting (16 subjects)

    Full-time Study Sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    [ ] Elective 1

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
    [ ] Elective 2

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    LAW505 Taxation 1
    [ ] Elective 3

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    [ ] Elective 4


    If commencing in the second session of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
    [ ] Elective 1

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW505 Taxation 1
    [ ] Elective 2

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought
    [ ] Elective 3

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    [ ] Elective 4


    Distance Education Study Sequence

    If commencing at the start of a calendar year

    1st session of enrolment
    ACC566 Accounting Systems & Processes
    ECO511 Economics for Business

    2nd session of enrolment
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    [ ] Elective 1

    3rd session of enrolment
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    [ ] Elective 2

    4th session of enrolment
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law

    5th session of enrolment
    LAW505 Taxation 1
    [ ] Elective 3

    6th session of enrolment
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    [ ] Elective 4

    7th session of enrolment
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2

    8th session of enrolment
    ACC568 Auditing
    ACC518 Current Developments in Accounting Thought

    + Residential School

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

    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC518 Current Developments In Accounting Thought
    ACC539 Accounting Information Systems
    ACC544 Decision Support Tools
    ACC566 Acc Systems and Processes
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ACC568 Auditing
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
    LAW505 Taxation 1

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

    Professional recognition

    The Masters level programs have been developed to satisfy, where relevant, the academic requirements of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and CPA Australia.

    The Graduate Diploma of Accounting and the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting are not separately accredited by the professional accounting bodies.

    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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