Courses
| Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Code | FC061 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Type | Postgraduate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit Points Required | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRICOS code | 061849A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course description | MCom/MPAccThis program combines the Master of Commerce with the Master of Professional Accounting. It allows students to specialise in a major subject area from Commerce as well as complete professional accounting units of study. The two master’s degrees can be awarded in a shorter time than it would take to study the two independently.Please Note Students who commenced their degree prior to 2009 should refer to the course structure, available major subject areas and resolutions in the faculty handbook for the year they commenced. Archived downloadable faculty handbooks can be accessed on the Handbooks website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course requirements | To qualify for the combined award, Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting, a student must successfully complete a total of 16 units of study (96 credit points), comprising:
* Please Note. Students who wish to complete the requirements for CPA or ICAA accreditation must complete a defined set of elective units of study. Please refer to the information under the heading Accreditation requirements below for details of these required units of study. Table A (Compulsory Professional Accounting Units)
Table B (Commerce subject areas for majors and electives)* These majors will NOT be available for 2009. Please Note:
Please Note. The requirements set out here is for students commencing their Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting degree in 2009. Continuing students should follow the degree structure outline in the Faculty Handbook for the year they commenced their degree. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accreditation requirements | Professional accounting accreditation requirementsCPA Australia accreditation Students who wish to apply for CPA Australia accreditation must complete in addition to the eight compulsory units, the following units of study as electives in the Master of Professional Accounting program.
ICAA accreditation Students who wish to apply for ICAA accreditation must complete in addition to the eight compulsory units of study, the following elective unit of study as part of the required four electives in the Master of Professional Accounting program: Australian Computer Society (ACS) accreditation programStudents planning to satisfy the entry requirements of the ACS should include in their award course a prescribed set of units of study, including a major in Business Information Systems.The required units of study are listed below:
For further information, click on the following link: ACS accreditation. Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) accreditationAHRI is the national association representing human resource management professionals and is Australia's leading human resources professional body. All courses incorporating a major/specialisation in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management are AHRI-accredited. Students wishing to satisfy the requirements for professional membership of AHRI should include this major in their course. The required units of study for the major listed under the major Employment Relations and Human Resource Management. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enrolment guide | Students should check the particular requirements for accreditation with CPA Australia or ICAA to ensure that they select the appropriate elective units of study. Students wishing to have accreditation with CPA or ICAA should refer to the information under the heading Accreditation requirements for details of the required elective units of study they will need to complete. Degree progression examplesThe following tables illustrate degree progression examples for:
Please Note. The information listed in these degree progression examples are meant as a guide only. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study. Students are advised to plan their degree based upon their individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their degree. (In these examples "MCom" refers to the Master of Commerce)
Please Note: This example shows only the basic generic compulsory requirements for the combined degree. If students wish to meet CPA or ICAA requirements they they must complete additional specific elective units of study as illustrated in the following program of study examples. The following example illustrates the progression of a full-time student completing four units of study per semester to meet CPA accreditation requirements in the Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting.
Please Note: The following example illustrates the progression of a full-time student completing four units of study per semester to meet ICAA accreditation requirements in the Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting.
Please Note: This progression is meant to be a guide only. Students may be able to undertake the required units of study for this degree in a different sequence to that listed above. Students should also note that this example has been developed using 2009 offerings of units of study and there is no guarantee that the units listed above will be offered in the same semesters in the years after 2009. Units of study listed above may also be available in Summer or Winter School sessions. Sample degree progressions - majors and major combinationsPlease click on the links below to download some of the major/unit of study combinations for the Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting. Please Note. The information listed in these program of study examples are meant as a guide only. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study and majors. Students are advised to plan their degree based upon their individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their degree..
For possible combinations of majors available under the combined degree please refer to the information below: Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting: Possible major combinations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entry requirements | For entry into this degree, students must have completed a bachelor’s degree, graduate diploma/certificate or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution with a minimum credit (65 per cent) average. For details of the English language requirements for entry into this course, please refer to the section headed English Language Requirements under the Admissions page on this website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost | For details of course fees information please see the Postgraduate coursework fees page on this website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration of course | Full-time: A typical full-time student will undertake three or four units of study per semester, completing the 16 units in four to five semesters (two to 2.5 years). Part-time:Students undertake one or two units per semester, typically completing the program in four to six years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty resolutions and handbook | For more detailed course information, requirements and resolutions for this course in 2009, students should refer to the Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook. This handbook will be available from late September 2008. Students who commenced this degree prior to 2009, should refer to Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook's updates errata page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available units of study | The following is a list of the compulsory Professional Accounting units of study from the Faculty of Economics and Business which are available for enrolment this year. For details of the available elective units and required units for the Commerce major, please refer to the subject areas listed under Table B above. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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