Master of Business (Accounting) - MBus(Acc)

• General
• Course objectives
• Admission requirements
• Fees
• Duration
• Mode of offering
• Credit for work done previously
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
  • Elective subjects

General

Course code: 0503
Course director: Associate Professor Andrew Child
This course is designed to enhance and develop the knowledge and skills of accounting graduates in public practice, industry and academia. The degree encompasses studies at an advanced level in financial and managerial accounting, auditing, corporate and international finance and investments, and electives chosen from masters level subjects offered in banking, marketing and management. Students attain an advanced conceptual understanding of the fields of accounting and finance, complemented by 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 modern accountants and finance specialists.

Course objectives

The Master of Business (Accounting) aims to develop and enhance students' knowledge and skills of accounting and related fields. Students will obtain a thorough understanding of accounting and finance concepts, complemented by a wide range of practical applications. In addition, students' learning will be supported by exposure to research methodologies and techniques which will reveal to them contemporary issues and problems which confront accountants and financial specialists.

Admission requirements

Applicants need to have completed, with an average grade of credit or above, an honours degree in a relevant discipline, or the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting or the Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution. Students who have completed the Master of Practising Accounting may also apply for admission to this masters degree.

Fees

This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the Department of Accounting and Finance as to the 1999 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Duration

The Master of Business (Accounting) is normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semesters of part-time study.

Mode of offering

Classes are offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus in two block teaching sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6-10 pm and Saturday 9 am - 5 pm.

Credit for work done previously

Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for subjects considered to be equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study. Please refer to the course director for further details.

Course structure

The course consists of two core subjects and six elective subjects:

Core subjects

• AFF5200 Issues in competitive advantage I and
• AFF5401 Issues in competitive advantage II

Elective subjects

Six subjects chosen from the following list:

• AFF5100 Advanced strategic management accounting
• AFF5110 Advanced information systems
• AFF5120 Advanced auditing and professional practice
• AFF5130 Financial statement analysis
• AFF5140 International finance
• AFF5150 Financial reporting issues
• AFF5190 Research dissertation (two-subject equivalent research report)
• AFF5210 Advanced treasury management
• AFF5220 Advanced corporate finance
• AFF5231 Financial product analysis
• or any subject with a numeric prefix of 5* in the Department of Accounting and Finance
• or any subject with a numberic prefix of 5* in the Faculty of Business and Economics (two subjects maximum)

*EXCEPT FOR AAF5001 CPA - CORE I; AFX5002 CPA - CORE II; TBX5003 CPA - TAXATION; AFX5004 CPA - TREASURY; AFF5005 CPA - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; AND AFX5006 CPA - AUDITING.

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