Master of Professional Accounting
Australian Catholic University
Program Overview
Open the door to work in management roles and build a career in professional accounting. Artificial intelligence, machine learning and emerging technologies are creating a new era in accounting and finance, so now is the perfect time to change your focus and qualify as a professional accountant.
With us you will graduate with a Microsoft certification in Excel and will learn the latest business issues and integrate theoretical and technical knowledge of financial and management accounting, auditing, finance, economics, quantitative methods, information systems, business law and taxation law. You will also go beyond the numbers and understand how to think outside the box to develop skills in areas including literacy and writing, quantitative data and statistics, and critical thinking and complex information processing. All our units are embedded with the United Nations sustainable goals. Plus you’ll develop your soft skills in areas such as advanced communication and negotiation, empathy, continuous learning, management, adaptably, and technological skills including basic to advanced IT skills, and data analysis.
If you are a current professional with a completed bachelor’s degree looking to change or diversify your career with an accounting qualification, this is an ideal course for you.
Sydney, Australia
24 Months
AU$ 32,320
IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 79
Year 1
Course Modules
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Auditing and Assurance Services
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Accounting for Corporate Structures
- Managerial Accounting
- Mastering Accounting Information Systems
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance and Risk Management
- Research Methods
- Managerial Economics in a Global Environment
- Commercial and Corporations Law
- Taxation Law
- Strategic Management for Sustainability
- Ethical Leadership
- Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
Applicants must have an overall academic IELTS of 6.5 (with an individual score of 6.0 for all tests) as well as an equivalent of an Australian bachelor’s degree in any discipline (the equivalent of an Australian bachelor's degree in a related discipline will be eligible for up to four units credit); or a Graduate Certificate in a related discipline.
- Unit fee: $4040
- Average first year fee: $32320
- Estimate total cost: $64640
The Tuition fees quoted above are for commencing students in the current year who undertake a normal full-time load. The Unit Fee is based on a 10cp unit. Fees are reviewed annually.
Tuition fees for continuing students may increase by up to 3 percent each year for the minimum duration of the course as provided on your electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCOE). Students who continue to study beyond the minimum duration will have the relevant annual commencing rate applied to their fees for subsequent study periods.
Our graduates have pursued careers in:
- financial accounting
- management accounting
- taxation
- auditing
- public sector accounting
- investment analysis
- stockbroking
- business analysis