UNSW Handbook Plan - Professional Accounting

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Professional Accounting - ACCTAS8409

Plan Outline

Plan Structure

Professional Accreditation

Further Information

Plan Summary


	Faculty: Australian School of Business
	School: School of Accounting
	Contact: pgbusiness@unsw.edu.au
	Program: 8409 - Professional Accounting
	Award(s):
	Master of Professional Accounting (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

The MProfAcc program is taught on-campus. The typical duration of the program is 1.5 years full-time or 3 years part-time.

As the degree is primarily aimed at graduates with non-accounting studies, students with an undergraduate major in accounting from an Australian university are not advised to enrol in this degree

Plan Structure

The Master of Professional Accounting comprises 72 UOC (12 core courses and 1 elective course). Students undertaking the program should take care to take the courses in an appropriate sequence. For instance, ACCT5930 and LEGT5512 should be taken early in the program as they provide the foundation for other courses.

Core Courses

ACCT5908 Auditing and Assurance Ser. (6 UOC)
ACCT5930 Financial Accounting (6 UOC)
ACCT5931 Strategic Management Accountin (6 UOC)
ACCT5942 Corporate Accounting & Regulat (6 UOC)
ACCT5996 Management Accounting and Busi (6 UOC)
ECON5103 Business Economics (6 UOC)
ECON5257 Intro Stats & Data Analysis (3 UOC)
FINS5511 Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
INFS5978 Accounting Information Systems (6 UOC)
LEGT5512 Legal Foundations for Acct (3 UOC)
LEGT5541 Corporations and Bus Assoc Law (6 UOC)
LEGT5551 Taxation Law (6 UOC)

Elective Courses

Choose one of the following:

ACCT5910 Business Analysis & Valuation (6 UOC)
ACCT5943 Advanced Financial Reporting (6 UOC)

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

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