Course director: Professor Claudio Romano
The course
This course is a coursework full-fee paying degree, undertaken either on a full-time or part-time basis. The program comprises eight semester units and normally takes one-year full-time study or two years part-time. It has been designed specifically for those students who have completed an accounting-specific undergraduate degree or related discipline or have membership in a recognised professional accounting body, and who want to enhance and develop their knowledge and skills especially with a view to senior management responsibilities. The graduate diploma encompasses studies at an advanced level in financial and managerial accounting, finance, and investments. Students complement their learning of theoretical concepts by using a wide range of practical applications and case studies. Students also gain insight into research methodologies and techniques which extend and support their learning and expose them to the contemporary issues and problems confronting senior managers of modern enterprises.
Venue
Classes are offered at the Caulfield campus. All classes are held in the evening between 6 and 9 pm.
Credit for work done elsewhere
Please refer to the course regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Financial Management for details relating to credit transfers.
Course structure
A total of eight subjects is required.
(1) ACC4050 (Research project) and SYM4060 (Research methods), both of which are compulsory and equivalent to two subjects each;
(2) two subjects chosen from ACC4010 (Advanced financial accounting), ACC4020 (Advanced management accounting), ACC4030 (Advanced finance), ACC4040 (Advanced investments) and ACC7210 (Advanced treasury management);
(3) two subjects chosen from those listed in (2) above (and not previously selected) or from subjects offered by the Syme Division of Accounting and Finance with a subject code with a numeric prefix of `7'.