Accounting (Master of Commerce)
Description
The Accounting specialisation equips students with an advanced level of understanding of the issues and practices related to an ever-changing global environment. 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 international 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 specialisation at the postgraduate level qualifies students in the development of modern financial theory and its application to financial decision-making.
Please Note: The following requirements for the specialisation are for students commencing or transferring into the Master of Commerce in 2012. Students who commenced in 2011 should refer to the details listed below under "Information for pre-2012 continuing students".
Requirements for the specialisation (2012 commencing students)
To be awarded a specialisation in Accounting students complete five units of study (30 credit points), comprising:
(i) one foundational unit of study (six credit points), as follows:
(ii) four elective units of study (24 credit points), selected from the following unit options:
- ACCT5002 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making
- ACCT6001 Intermediate Financial Reporting
- ACCT6002 International Accounting
- ACCT6003 Financial Statement Analysis
- ACCT6005 Management Control Systems
- ACCT6006 Advanced Managerial Accounting *
- ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing
- ACCT6010 Advanced Financial Reporting
- ACCT6014 Designing Accounting Systems
- ACCT6015 Extended Performance Reporting
- ACCT6116 Corporate Collapse *
- ACCT6118 Public Sector Accounting
- ACCT6120 Corporate Governance and Accountability
* These units will not be offered in 2012.
Note: Non-foundational units of study can be used to count to one specialisation only. For example, ACCT6003 cannot be used to count towards both an Accounting and a Banking specialisation.
Information for pre-2012 continuing students
Students who commenced study in the Master of Commerce in 2011 may choose to complete their specialisation according to the information set out above or can choose to complete according to the information set out in the following downloadable PDF which lists the 2011 structure. Students should also refer to the handbook of the year they commenced study for exact details of their specialisation requirements.
Availability of this specialisation
This version of this specialisation is available under the following degrees:
- Master of Commerce
- Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management
- Master of International Business and Master of Commerce
Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Commerce or the Master of Professional Accounting may choose units from this specialisation subject area as electives in their course.