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The Master of Professional Accounting is the best way  for graduates of undergraduate degrees in non-accounting disciplines to gain entry to the professional accounting bodies. The course is open to graduates but non graduates may enter following successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Accounting. The course covers introductory as well as advanced units in financial and management accounting, finance, tax and company law and auditing. On successful completion, graduates can apply for Associate Membership of the Professional Accounting Bodies. The course is accredited by the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and CPA Australia. It meets the entry requirements of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

Invest in yourself and become a globally in-demand accountant. Gain your MPA and graduate work ready and eligible for industry memberships including CPA Australia. If you’re a non-accounting graduate looking to enter the business world, start here!

Master of Professional Accounting

The Graduate Certificate in Accounting is a course that will service the needs of students requiring four or fewer units for accreditation with the professional accounting bodies. It can serve as an entry and exit point for the Master of Professional Accounting. The course comprises four units (that is 24 credit points) and is usually used to supplement existing studies in accounting to satisfy the entry requirements of the professional accounting organisations. Subjects are drawn from the Master of Professional Accounting and may cover introductory as well as advanced units in accounting, finance, systems, law, auditing, economics and business statistics.

If you've previously studied accounting and need just four more units to apply for accreditation, this could be the course for you. Cover areas such as finance systems, law, auditing, economics and business statistics. Choose to continue studying for your Masters. 

Graduate Certificate in Accounting

Expand and deepen your understanding of topics underpinning Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASBs) standards, other regulations and statutory requirements, and disclosure by reporting entities, with this advanced accounting subject. With a focus on accounting for group structures, you will explore equity methods of accounting for associates and joint arrangements, operating segments and construction contracts. You will also examine foreign currency transactions, translating financial statements of foreign operations, and financial instruments including derivatives and hedging. Studying this subject will allow you to hone your practical skills solving complex business problems and preparing consolidated financial statements. You will also deepen your knowledge of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility reporting in the context of ethical and social issues.

Advanced Financial Accounting

A strong and detailed understanding of professional ethics is essential for a career in accounting and financial advice. This subject will equip you with the essential knowledge you need to make ethical decisions and give you skills to help you stand tall in your profession. You will explore the major normative theories of ethics and deepen your understanding of ethical decision-making and reflective practice. By examining and discussing descriptive theories of ethics, you will gain insight into influences on ethical decision-making, including cognitive biases. You will investigate concepts of professions and professionalism, and analyse, compare and contrast the roles and contents of professional body codes.

Dive into ethics in the world of accounting and financial advice. Learn the major theories of ethics and investigate professionalism in the field. 

Professional Ethics

Modern accounting information systems allow organisations to make timely decisions based on reliable data and evidence. To future proof your career, you need the up-to-date skills and knowledge to apply this technology in your role. Studying this subject will equip you with the skills to effectively use software to produce information critical to business success. You will gain practical experience using an accounting software package to generate financial statements. You will hone your spreadsheet skills to build models to meet managers’ needs and enhance your database management skills to successfully handle large volumes of data. With a focus on internal control systems and the impact of cloud computing, you will analyse the interactions between technology and accounting systems.

Accounting Information Systems

Fraud is a pervasive problem that has significant consequences for individuals, organisations and society. In this subject you will hone your understanding of the causes of fraud and their significance in effectively fighting this white-collar crime. Examining the types of fraud that can be perpetrated on individuals and organisations, you will critically analyse situations that allow fraud to occur. You will explore a range of methods for preventing, detecting, investigating and resolving fraud committed against organisations and individuals.

Fraud Prevention and Investigation

Building on your understanding of financial accounting and reporting requirements for organisations of varying complexity, this subject introduces you to the major conceptual and technical aspects of contemporary auditing.  Studying this subject, you will explore the societal roles and responsibilities of auditors, including ethical and legal obligations. You will examine professional auditing techniques, learn how to apply these techniques to financial statements, and analyse issues associated with sample selection.

Auditing

Your ability to discriminate between fact and opinion in the context of accounting theory and reports is essential in contemporary accounting practice. Studying this subject, you will explore accounting theory, financial reporting and regulations and hone your critical cognitive and communication skills to add value in your role. You will examine theories that underpin accounting methods, regulations and disclosure by reporting entities, including normative and positive accounting theories, new conceptual frameworks for accounting reports, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Integrated Reporting (IR). You will also explore unregulated corporate reporting decisions, capital market and behavioural research in financial reporting and measurement in financial accounting. Examining the nature of ethical decision making, you will assess the role of ethics in the accounting profession, including in the context of fraud and failure.

Accounting Theory and Research

Build on your financial accounting knowledge with this subject to expand your real-world business skills for working with Australian reporting entities. Studying this subject will equip you with the specialist knowledge to apply several accounting standards for external financial reporting in practical situations. You will explore various financial reporting issues pertaining to Australian reporting entities. This includes examining financial accounting processes and requirements related to various assets, liabilities, owners&#39; equity, income and expense. Through practical assignments, you will develop the skills and knowledge for creating and interpreting statements of financial position, comprehensive income and cash flow. You will also analyse and apply theories, concepts and information from a range of sources to solve business problems.

Intermediate Financial Accounting

This introductory subject will thoroughly prepare you for later postgraduate subjects in the accounting stream, while equipping you with financial skills that you can apply immediately in the workplace.You must complete this subject if you are seeking Professional Accounting recognition.In this subject you will examine the basic financial statements that summarise an entity’s financial transactions and learn to record economic transactions in the accounting records. You will explore the fundamentals of preparing or understanding published financial statements with a focus on the double-entry book-keeping system for analysing, summarising, and recording business transactions in an organisation’s accounting system for decision making.This subject offers a wide range of resources to support different approaches to learning. You may complete assessments on demand, enabling you to accelerate your study to complete the subject early.

Introductory Accounting

Hone your management accounting skills to confidently provide information and analyses of planning and control functions, supporting short-to-medium and long-term decision making and the efficient use of the tangible and intangible resources in contemporary business organisations. In this practically focused subject, you will build skills to add value to your role or advance your career in management accounting and related areas. Your skills will be useful in small, medium and large organisations in a range of industries including manufacturing, retailing and the service sector. Through extensive case analysis using problem-based learning, you will explore cost-volume-profit analyses, short, medium and long-term decision making, flow of cost and cost behaviour patterns, alternative costing systems, direct and indirect costs variance analyses and budgeting and performance evaluation.

Management Accounting

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