Master (Accounting)

at University of Waikato

Your MMS must include at least 120 points inside the field of your specialist subject. You may take up to 60 points outside the field of the degree.
 

Prescriptions for the PGCert(Acc), PGDip(Acc), BBus(Hons), MMS and MPAcct
 

The qualification regulations define the subject requirements for the BBus(Hons), PGCert(Acc), PGDip(Acc) and MMS. There are no specified subject papers that must be completed for the BBus(Hons), PGCert(Acc) and PGDip(Acc) programmes.

 

MMS students must complete MNMGT581 and one of ACCTN590, ACCTN591, ACCTN592, ACCTN593 or ACCTN594. Students taking the 120 point MMS are required to complete at least 60 points from the papers listed for the subject. Students taking the 180 point MMS are required to complete at least 120 points from the papers listed for the subject.
 

MPAcct students must complete ACCTN570, ACCTN571, ACCTN572, ACCTN573, ACCTN574, ACCTN575, ACCTN576, ACCTN577, ACCTN578, ACCTN581, one of ACCTN582 or ACCTN583, ECONS506, ECONS507 and MNMGT504.
 

To meet the academic requirements to join either Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia or ACCA once you graduate from your bachelor's degree, you will need to choose Accounting as a single major and follow a specific programme of papers.
 

This means it's not possible to take a 2nd Major (8 papers) in another subject without completing 4-5 extra papers, depending on your degree.
 

However, you may still have the option of taking a Minor (4 papers) in another subject, if you wish.
 

You will need to pass the following papers, in addition to any other papers required to complete your degree:

• ACCTN101 Accounting for Management

• ACCTN102 Introductory Financial Accounting

• ECONS101 Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy

• FINAN101 Introduction to Finance

• ACCTN202 Intermediate Financial Accounting

• ACCTN203 Management Accounting: Accounting for Organisational Control

• ACCTN204 Accounting Information Systems

• ECONS205 Data Analytics with Business Applications

• MNMGT301 Business Law and the Legal Environment

• ACCTN301 Capstone in Accounting

• ACCTN302 Financial Accounting

• ACCTN303 Management Accounting

• ACCTN305 Auditing

• ACCTN306 Taxation

• ACCTN308 Performance Reporting

• ACCT309 Law of Business Enterprise

This degree consists of either:

• a dissertation and coursework

• coursework only
   

This degree can be either in the same area as your undergraduate study or in a new area of study.
 

Depending on your previous study and chosen subject, a masters may take one, one and a half, or two years to complete.
 

A recognised bachelors degree with a B/B+ average, and a B/B+ average in a relevant subject if required.
 

Some Faculties/Schools require an honours degree (to demonstrate research capacity). Where the above requirements are not met, further study in a lower level programme may be required first.
 

To provide flexibility to students during COVID-19 who are affected by the closure of testing centres, the University of Waikato will accept the following alternative tests for all 2021 and 2022 intakes. Please note this policy is subject to review.
 

• IELTS Indicator (this is an online version of the regular IELTS test)

• TOEFL iBT Home (Plus) (this is an online version of the regular TOEFL test)

• Duolingo English Test (DET) with the following scores:

  • DET score of 90 for pre-degree programmes (IELTS 5.5 equivalent)

  • DET score of 100 for undergraduate programmes (excluding those listed below)

  • DET score of 110 for postgraduate programmes (excluding doctoral programmes)
     

The University of Waikato will accept Duolingo (DET) as an alternative means of meeting the English language entry requirements for the majority of its programmes (excluding all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, BSW and LLB) while test centres remain closed and until further notice.


Students who are accepted into their programme using any of the three language tests named above will be issued an unconditional offer, but will be required to undertake a supplementary online language assessment. For doctoral students using DET to gain admission, you will be required to undertake a supplementary assessment prior to an offer being issued.
 

If you are an international student, you will also need to meet an English language entry requirement. If you do not meet the requirement for your chosen postgraduate qualification, we have Academic English Language programmes available that you can enrol in to help you meet these entry requirements.
 

For admission to the Master of Teaching and Learning (MTchgLn) an academic IELTS overall score of 7.0 (with no less than 7.0 in any band) is required.

Estimated Fees* (International):    2022: $32,400 (120 pts); $48,600 (180 pts) per programme

• Auditor

• Business consultant

• Chief financial officer

• Company accountant

• Financial accountant/controller

• Management accountant

• Tax accountant