Majors
| Accounting (Master of Commerce and combined Master of Commerce programs) | ||
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Major type | Postgraduate | |
Description | A career at a challenging level of professional accounting is simply one option available to graduates with this prestigious qualification. A postgraduate major in Accounting opens up a world of exciting possibilities for the ambitious student in further research as well as the global financial sector. The Accounting major equips students with an advanced level understanding of issues and practices related to an ever-changing global environment. The core units provide essential knowledge in financial reporting, international bank management and financial services and an overview of global financial institutions and banking. The course offers a comprehensive introduction to the legal environment of business, with extensive attention paid to contract, corporations and property law. The course examines key issues surrounding mergers and acquisitions, as well as bank management, and provides students with the necessary resources for interpretation, reporting, prediction, and assessment in the public and private financial sectors. With its emphasis on risk assessment and management, an accounting major at the postgraduate level qualifies the student in the development of modern financial theory and its application to financial decision-making.Please Note. Students who wish to complete an Accounting major under the Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting will need to follow slightly different requirements for a major. Please refer to the Accounting (Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting) entry for further details if you wish to complete an accounting major under this combined degree. | |
Requirements for the major | Students who intend to complete a major in Accounting must complete the foundation level unit of study ACCT5001 Accounting Principles as a prerequisite for the major: To obtain an Accounting major, students must complete four elective units of study (24 credit points) from the following: (At least three of the electives must be ACCT coded units of study):
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Availability of this major | This version of this major is available under the Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce and Master of Facilities Management, Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management, Master of International Business and Master of Commerce and Master of Transport Management and Master of Commerce. Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Commerce or the Master of Professional Accounting may choose units from this major subject area as electives in their course. Students who wish to complete an Accounting major under the Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting will need to follow slightly different requirments for a major. Please refer to the Accounting (Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting) entry for further details if you wish to complete an accounting major under this combined degree. | |
The following is a list of the elective units of study from the Faculty of Economics and Business which are available for enrolment this year. Please Note. Students must complete the following foundation (core) prerequisite unit/s for this major: ACCT5001 Accounting Principles. | ||
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