UNSW Handbook Plan - Accounting

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Accounting - ACCTAS8417

Plan Outline

Plan Structure

Professional Accreditation

Further Information

Plan Summary


	Faculty: COMM - Australian School of Business
	School: School of Accounting
	Contact: Australian School of Business Student Centre
	Program: 8417 - Commerce (Extension)
	Award(s):
	Master of Commerce (Extension) (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

Plan Structure

In order to complete the Master of Commerce program with an 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)

(It is recommended that all core cores are taken in the first semester)

plus 2 specialist core courses

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

and 4 specialist courses to be selected from the following list

ACCT5907 Int'l Fin Statement 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)
ACCT5961 Accounting for Climate Change (6 UOC)
ACCT5962 Assurance for Climate Change (6 UOC)
FINS5526 Inter. Corp. Governance (6 UOC)
INFS5905 Information Systems Auditing (6 UOC)
INFS5984 Information Systems Security (6 UOC)
STRE5607 Entrepreneurship & New Venture (6 UOC)

and between 2 and 6 elective courses selected from MCom offerings depending on the program and number of specialisations chosen. Please refer to the Plan Outline for further information.

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

Professional Accreditation

Certain of the courses in the program are accepted for professional accreditation purposes. However, to fully meet the core curriculum requirements of the professional accounting bodies, students are advised to enrol in the Master of Professional Accounting program (8409) or the Master of Professional Accounting (Extension) program (8415).

Please refer to 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. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

Contact the Australian School of Business Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building
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