Master of Professional Accounting

Program Structure

Students must complete 72 UOC when taken as a standalone program

Core Courses

72 Units of Credit:

Students must take 72 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note: Students undertaking the program should take care to take the courses in an appropriate sequence. For instance, ACCT5930 and TABL5512 should be taken early in the program as they provide the foundation for other courses.

• Auditing and Assurance Services

• Financial Accounting

• Strategic Management Accounting

• Corporate Accounting and Regulation

• Advanced Financial Reporting

• Management Accounting and Business Analysis

• Business Economics

• Introductory Statistics and Data Analysis

• Corporate Finance

• Accounting Information Systems

• Legal Foundations for Accountants

• Corporations and Business Associations Law

• Taxation Law

Recognised bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) with a credit average as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator. Note: This degree is designed for graduates with no or limited accounting studies. If you have studied a Bachelor of Accounting or completed an Accounting major, you are not advised to apply and enrol into this degree. 

English language requirements

• IELTS 7.0 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

• TOEFL iBT 94 overall (min. 25 in writing, 23 in reading, listening and speaking)

Indicative First Year Fee

AU $50,200

Potential careers

• Auditor 

• Business Risk Manager

• Chief Financial Officer

• Financial Accountant

• Financial Analyst

• Insolvency and Reconstruction Specialist

• Management Consultant

• Treasurer