UNSW Handbook Plan - Accounting

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Accounting - ACCTAS8404

Plan Outline

Plan Structure

Professional Accreditation

Further Information

Plan Summary


	Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
	School: School of Accounting
	Contact: pgbusiness@unsw.edu.au
	Program: 8404 - Commerce and Economics
	Award(s):
	Master of Commerce (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

Master of Commerce (MCom) students must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 2 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with only one specialisation must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses (made up of 2 specialist core courses and 4 specialisation elective courses)
• 6 elective courses - students can choose electives to deepen their specialisations or can choose any other Master of Commerce course where prerequisites are met.

Master of Commerce (Extension) (MCom(Ext)) students with two specialisations must complete:
• 4 core courses
• 6 specialisation courses from the first specialisation
• 6 specialisation courses from the second specialisation
• No electives

Note: Students who wish to obtain an accounting qualification which meets CPA Australia and ICAA professional requirements should undertake the Master of Professional Accounting program (8409).

Plan Structure

In order to qualify for the Accounting specialisation, students must complete

4 core courses

COMM5001 Bus Comm, Ethics & Practice (6 UOC)
COMM5002 Managing for Value Creation 1 (6 UOC)
COMM5003 Managing for Value Creation 2 (6 UOC)
COMM5005 Quant Methods for Business (6 UOC)

2 disciplinary core courses:

ACCT5930 Financial Accounting (6 UOC)
ACCT5996 Management Accounting and Busi (6 UOC)

and 4 disciplinary courses to be selected from the following list:

ACCT5907 Corporate Financial Analysis (6 UOC)
ACCT5908 Auditing and Assurance Ser. (6 UOC)
ACCT5910 Business Analysis & Valuation (6 UOC)
ACCT5917 Value Creation from the Office (6 UOC)
ACCT5919 Business Risk Management (6 UOC)
ACCT5920 Managing Intangible Resources (6 UOC)
ACCT5921 Managing the Acct and Fin Func (6 UOC)
ACCT5922 E-Business: Strategy & Process (6 UOC)
ACCT5931 Strategic Management Accountin (6 UOC)
ACCT5942 Corporate Accounting & Regulat (6 UOC)
ACCT5943 Advanced Financial Reporting (6 UOC)
ACCT5949 Managing Agile Organisations (6 UOC)
ACCT5955 Management Accounting Control (6 UOC)
FINS5526 Inter. Corp. Governance (6 UOC)
INFS5905 Information Systems Auditing (6 UOC)
INFS5984 Information Systems Security (6 UOC)

and 2 elective courses selected from MCom offerings.

Note: Students who commenced prior to 2007 can complete COMM5004 instead of COMM5005.

Professional Accreditation

CPA Australia
Please refer to the CPA Careers website or the Professional Recognition of Programs in the Online Handbook for further information.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Please refer to the ICAA website or the Professional Recognition of Programs in the Online Handbook for further information.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.

Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Current students are to refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for program requirements.

Please contact the Business Student Centre for advice.

Business Student Centre
e-mail: pgbusiness@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building