Management Accounting - ACCTYS8404
Stream Summary
Faculty: COMM - UNSW Business School
School: School of Accounting
Contact: UNSW Business School Student Centre
Program: 8404 - Commerce
Award(s):
Master of Commerce (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
This specialisation will provide you with a solid education in relevant core and specialised areas of knowledge and practice. You will develop a core set of high-level skills and have scope to satisfy the first two levels of CIMA's syllabus covering 6 examination papers (Enterprise Operations E1, Performance Operations P1, Financial Operations F1, Enterprise Management E2, Performance Management P2, and Financial Management F2).
Career opportunities are in accounting and financial management in the private and public sectors; working for organisations or government departments. Career progression after the appropriate experience would be: Management Accountant, Finance Manager, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Financial Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Management Consultant.
This specialisation is for business and non-business graduates who wish to pursue a career in the exciting area of management accounting and be professionally recognised by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). If you have prior business studies, you will be able to substitute courses relevant to the CIMA syllabus for courses covered in your prior undergraduate studies. This will allow you to enrich your relevant knowledge and, possibly, reach a higher level of CIMA recognition. In particular, if you have an undergraduate accounting major, you should be able to cover all the CIMA levels other than the final level requiring work-based practical experience and a case study examination.
Career opportunities are in accounting and financial management in the private and public sectors; working for organisations or government departments. Career progression after the appropriate experience would be: Management Accountant, Finance Manager, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Financial Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Management Consultant.
This specialisation is for business and non-business graduates who wish to pursue a career in the exciting area of management accounting and be professionally recognised by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). If you have prior business studies, you will be able to substitute courses relevant to the CIMA syllabus for courses covered in your prior undergraduate studies. This will allow you to enrich your relevant knowledge and, possibly, reach a higher level of CIMA recognition. In particular, if you have an undergraduate accounting major, you should be able to cover all the CIMA levels other than the final level requiring work-based practical experience and a case study examination.
Master of Commerce (MCom) students must complete:
- 2 MCom core courses
- 3 Gateway courses - made up of designated specialist core course/s depending on the specialisation chosen
- 6 Specialisation courses
- 1 Capstone course
Master of Commerce (Extension) students must complete:
- 2 MCom core courses
- 3 Gateway courses - made up of designated specialist core course/s depending on the specialisation chosen
- 6 Specialisation courses
- 4 additional courses
- 1 Capstone course
Stream Structure
Compulsory Core Course:
One Data Analysis core course*:
Three Gateway Core Courses*:
- ACCT5930 Financial Accounting (6 UOC)
- ECON5103 Business Economics (6 UOC)
- FINS5513 Investments & Portfolio Sel. (6 UOC)
Five Required Specialisation Courses:
One Elective Specialisation Course from the following:
- ACCT5955 Management Control Systems (6 UOC)
- COMM5030 Social Entre Practicum (6 UOC)
- FINS5514 Capital Budgeting&Fin Decision (6 UOC)
- INFS5978 Accounting Information Systems (6 UOC)
- MARK5700 Elements of Marketing (6 UOC)
- MGMT5601 Global Bus&Multinat Enterprise (6 UOC)
- MGMT5907 Human Resource Management (6 UOC)
Students may also take any other course approved by the Master of Commerce Coordinator for the School of Accounting, UNSW Business School.
ACCT5955 Management Control Systems in Contemporary Contexts, must be selected if students wish to be exempted from all the examinations for the Operational and Management Levels of the syllabus of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
ACCT5955 Management Control Systems in Contemporary Contexts, must be selected if students wish to be exempted from all the examinations for the Operational and Management Levels of the syllabus of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
One Capstone Course:
If you choose to study the Master of Commerce (Extension) program 8417, you should choose the following extension stream to extend your knowledge of management accounting to the next level of the CIMA syllabus:
Professional Accreditation
The program is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). 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 UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
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 UNSW Business School Student Centre for advice.
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Level 1, room 1028, Quadrangle Building
Forms, policies and procedures
Frequently asked questions
Study Levels
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