Program Requirements

Program Requirements

The Master of Professional Accounting requires the completion of 72 units, which must consist of:

72 units from completion of the following compulsory courses

BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
BUSN7021 Taxation Law
BUSN7052 Commercial Law 
BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services
BUSN7057 Business Association Law
ECON8069 Business Economics
FINM7006 Applied Foundations of Finance
INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems
STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance

Admission Requirements

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0, with courses in at least one cognate area.

Or an ANU Graduate Certificate of Accounting with a minimum GPA of 4.5/7.0

Cognate Disciplines

Accounting, Business, Business information systems, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Actuarial studies, Mathematics, Management, Marketing, International Business

English Language Requirements

All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students.

Assessment of Qualifications

Unless otherwise indicated, ANU will accept all Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications or international equivalents that meet or exceed the published admission requirements of our programs, provided all other admission requirements are also met. Where an applicant has more than one completed tertiary qualification, ANU will base assessment on the qualification that best meets the admission requirements for the program. Find out more about the Australian Qualifications Framework: www.aqf.edu.au

ANU uses a 7-point Grade Point Average (GPA) scale. All qualifications submitted for admission at ANU will be converted to this common scale, which will determine if an applicant meets our published admission requirements. Find out more about how a 7-point GPA is calculated for Australian universities: www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/admission-criteria/tertiary-qualifications

Unless otherwise indicated, where an applicant has more than one completed tertiary qualification, ANU will calculate the GPA for each qualification separately. ANU will base assessment on the best GPA of all completed tertiary qualifications of the same level or higher.

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are.  Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:

1. Integrate advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge in a business context, including an understanding of developments in accounting and accounting research.
2. Exercise judgement under minimal supervision to analyse and provide possible solutions to emerging and advanced accounting problems in complex contexts.
3. Critically apply advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to evaluate complex accounting problems in professional and research contexts.
4. Justify and communicate accounting advice and ideas to both specialists and non-specialists.

Further Information

Please note there are TWO recent important changes to CPA accreditation:

- Students commencing in Semester 2, 2017 are required to take BUSN7021 Taxation Law as one of the compulsory courses.

- Students who commenced the Master of Professional Accounting in 2016 are required to study INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems as one of ten compulsory courses. Continuing students who transferred into the Master of Professional Accounting in 2016 have permission to count the former compulsory course INFS7040 Electronic Commerce for Managers towards their degree instead of INFS7004. A student who makes use of this permission needs to confirm with CPA Australia or other relevant professional accounting bodies that they will accept INFS7040 as well for the purpose of exemption assessment.

Detailed information is available on CPA website here: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/academics/accreditation-guidelines-for-higher-education-programs/pro...