Master of Professional Accounting Articulated Set
By coursework
+ 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) |
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On Campus | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
CSU Study Centre Sydney |
Distance Education | Wagga Wagga |
Master of Professional Accounting (2712PA) |
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On Campus | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
CSU Study Centre Sydney |
Distance Education | Wagga Wagga |
Graduate Diploma of Accounting (2611AC) |
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On Campus | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
CSU Study Centre Sydney |
Distance Education | Wagga Wagga |
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (2304PA) |
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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)
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.