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

In order to complete the Master of Commerce program with an Accounting specialisation, students must complete 4 core courses

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

plus 2 specialist core courses

and 4 specialist courses to be selected from the following list

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.

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.

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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