Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting

Course code: 1307 + Course abbreviation: PostgradDipAdvAcc + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time + On-campus (Caulfield)
Course director: Dr Geoff Speight

Course description

This course is designed specifically for those students who wish to meet the professional educational needs to complete the CPA program and qualify for admission as a full member of CPA Australia.

Advanced standing

Candidates may be eligible for advanced standing for a maximum of five credit exemptions for units considered to be equivalent to particular units in the course of study.

Course structure

A total of eight units is required.
(a) Students must complete five units (30 credit points) from the following list:

• AFF5001 CPA - Reporting and professional practice
• AFX5002 CPA - Financial accounting
• BTX5003 CPA - Taxation
• AFX5004 CPA - Treasury
• AFF5005 CPA - Strategic management accounting
• AFX5006 CPA - Assurance services and auditing
• AFX5012 CPA - Corporate governance and accountability

(b) Students must complete at least one unit (six credit points) from the following list:

• AFX4011 Business accounting I: concepts and techniques
• AFF4012 Strategic policy and entrepreneurship
• AFF4013 Financial reporting and statement analysis
• AFF4014 Business accounting II: strategic issues

(c) Students must complete two units (12 credit points) from: (a) or (b) above, or from graduate level units from the departments of the faculty, but no more than one taken from an external institution.
Students who successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting with an average grade of credit or above may apply for admission to the Master of Business (Accounting).

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