Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting GradCertProfAcc
Graduate Diploma of Accounting GradDipAcc
Master of Professional Accounting MProfAcc
Online - Wagga Wagga
Online - Wagga Wagga
Online - Wagga Wagga
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Course duration referenced below is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full time (full time equivalent duration). At Charles Sturt the standard calendar refers to 32 points a session over a 2 session calendar year. The Actual Duration is the time taken to complete the course following the prescribed enrolment pattern. A course's actual duration can be affected by the session calendar (number of sessions undertaken per year) and/or mode (full time, part time or mixed) and credit packages which may have been granted upon admission. Therefore, depending on the prescribed enrolment pattern, mode, calendar utilised and credit awarded a course may take less time or more time to complete than the duration noted as full time equivalent years. Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine the actual duration of study.
Full-time: 1.5 Years (Actual Duration 2.0 Years) years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 1 years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 0.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Master of Professional Accounting
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution (or equivalent). The undergraduate degree must be in a field other than Accounting, or not recognised by the Australian Accounting professional bodies for associate membership.
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting or Graduate Diploma of Accounting on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Professional Accounting/Graduate Diploma of Accounting, students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Professional Accounting and receive credit for applicable subjects.
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.
Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Professional Accounting and receive credit for applicable subjects.
No special arrangements apply
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.
Standard Charles Sturt University Credit Policy applies: https://policy.csu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=120
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.
Standard Charles Sturt University Credit Policy applies: https://policy.csu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=120
The Master, Graduate Diploma and 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.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
Master of Professional Accounting
The course consists of 12 subjects (96 points) as follows:
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
The course consists of 4 subjects chosen from the following:
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
Graduate Diploma of Accounting
The course consists of 8 subjects chosen from the following:
ACG508 Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
ACG509 Global Perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG516 Professional Skills for Contemporary Accountants
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting and Graduate Diploma of Accounting
Due to the flexible nature of the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma structures, these courses have no fixed enrolment patterns. Students can choose the order in which they study the subjects, taking into account assumed knowledge and pre-requisite requirements that need to be met.
Master of Professional Accounting
The recommended enrolment pattern is 3 or 4 subjects per compulsory session for a full-time student (course duration 1.5 to 2 years) and 1 or 2 subjects per compulsory session for a part-time student (course duration 3 to 4 years).
Full-time - commencing at the start of a calendar year
30 session
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
ECO511 Economics for Business
FIN516 Corporate Finance
60 session
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
ACG508 Accounting Standards Application and Disclosures
30 session
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
ACG509 Global perspectives of Accounting
60 session
Elective
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
Full-time - commencing in the session 2 intake
60 session
ACG511 Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
Elective
30 session
ECO511 Economics for Business
ACG508 Accounting Standards Application and Disclosures
ACG513 Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
60 session
ACG509 Global perspectives of Accounting
ACG510 Risk Based Auditing
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
30 session
ACG514 Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
FIN516 Corporate Finance
LAW533 Taxation Principles and Application
The Masters course has been developed to satisfy the academic requirements of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia. Accreditation leads to membership of the above accounting professional organisations, required for practice as a public accountant.
The Graduate Diploma of Accounting and the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting are not separately accredited by the professional accounting bodies.
Accrediting Bodies: CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Requirements for graduates to practice: Completion of degree
Start and End Date of Accreditation: 2020 - December 2025
Accreditation Status: Full
Potential Impact on Students if Conditional etc: N/A
Post conferral of award practice registration or additional study requirements of graduates: None
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: July 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.