Course code: 0026 + Course abbreviation: MPhilPrelim + Total credit points required: 48 + One year full-time + On-campus (Berwick; Caulfield; Clayton; Gippsland; Malaysia; Peninsula)
This course, available to international students only, provides a fourth year of study for students wishing to undertake a research degree. It is also suitable for students who wish to undertake a higher degree by research but do not meet the admission requirements.
This program provides a year of study (equivalent to an honours year) for students who wish to undertake a higher degree by research (PhD, DBA or MPhil) but do no meet the admission requirements.
Programs are available in the following areas.
In
their first semester, students will enrol in AFC4400 (Research proposal) (6
points), AFC4100 (Research methods in accounting and finance) (6 points) plus
two other units (total 12 points) selected from the list below. At the end of
first semester, the submitted research proposal will be assessed by a panel
consisting of the research director of the Department of Accounting and
Finance, the lecturer-in-charge of AFC4400 and the student's research mentor.
For those research proposals of students enrolled in the Postgraduate Diploma
in Commerce considered to be of a sufficient standard, the student will be
invited to complete AFC4440 (Research project) (12 points) in second semester.
Only students invited to do AFC4440 will be permitted to enrol. Students not
invited to do AFC4440 but who wish to do it may appeal to the relevant head of
discipline for a review of their research proposal. Unless there are
exceptional circumstances, students enrolled in the Master of Commerce
preliminary program will not be permitted to enrol in AFC4440 (Research
project).
For students who take up the offer of doing a research project, their course
structure for their second semester will be as follows:
Two units (total
12 points) selected from the list below.
For those students who do not undertake AFC4440 (Research project), their
course structure for their second semester will be as follows:
Three units selected (total 18 points) from the list below.
In
order to complete a total of 48 credit points, in addition to completing
AFC4400, AFC4100 and either AFC4440 or AFC4860, students:
(a) must enrol in at least two units (12 credit points) from the list below:
(b) may include up to two special
honours units (those units for which the first two digits are '43') either from
the following list or a maximum of one special unit from the departments of
Business Law and Taxation, Economics, or Econometrics and Business Statistics,
provided that the third-year version of the unit has not been taken in previous
years
(c) may include up to two fourth-year units (12 credit points) that are not
special units from the departments of Business Law and Taxation, Economics, and
Econometrics and Business Statistics
(d) in special circumstances may include up to two units (12 credit points)
from another faculty, where they are complementary to the honours program
offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance. Such a student would need
to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the Department of
Accounting and Finance would need to be satisfied that the units contributed to
a coherent program of study.
The
course comprises eight six-point units selected as follows:
(a) Completion of one core unit (six credit points):
(b) Students must
complete a minimum of three units (18 credit points) from the following
list:
At least two units (12 credit points) selected from:
A maximum of one special honours unit
(six credit points) from the Department of Accounting and Finance (those units
which begin with the code 'AFC43') provided that the third-year-level version
of the unit has not been taken in previous years.
(c) Completion of at least two units (12 credit points) from the units listed
below, including at least one of ETC4410 or ETC4460:
(d) A maximum of one special
honours unit (six credit points) from the Department of Econometrics and
Business Statistics (those units which begin with the code 'ETC43'), provided
that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in previous
years.
The remaining unit(s) can be selected from honours units offered by the
departments of Accounting and Finance, Econometrics and Business Statistics,
Business Law and Taxation, Economics, and Mathematics, or from other faculties.
If the unit is from outside the Faculty, a student would need to have the
appropriate prerequisites, and the heads of the Departments of Accounting and
Finance and Econometrics and Business Statistics, would need to be satisfied
that the units formed a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
(e) Overall, a maximum of two special units can be included in the course.
The
course comprises eight six-point units selected as follows.
(a) Students must complete one core unit (six credit points):
(b) A minimum of four units (24 credit points) from the following list:
(c) A maximum of two special honours units (12 credit points) from the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics (those units which begin with the code 'ETC43') provided that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in previous years.
* It is strongly recommended that ETC4340 be included if the student has not previously passed ETC3400.
(d) A maximum of three units (18 credit points) from honours units offered by the departments of Accounting and Finance, Business Law and Taxation, Economics, Management, Marketing and Mathematics, or from other faculties. Only one of these units can be a special unit (ie those units with a code XXX43XX), and the third-year version of the unit must not have been taken in previous years. Only two of these units can be from outside the faculty (excluding mathematics). For such units, a student would need to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, or their nominee, would need to be satisfied that the units formed a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
The
course comprises eight units (48 credit points) selected as follows.
(a) Students must complete three compulsory units (18 credit points):
(b) Students must complete five units (30
credit points) according to the following degree regulations.
(i) A maximum of five units (30 credit points) from the following list:
(ii) A maximum of two
fourth-year units (12 credit points) from the departments of Accounting and
Finance, Business Law and Taxation, or Econometrics and Business Statistics.
Students would need to have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the
Department of Economics would need to be satisfied that the unit contributed to
a coherent program of study. Only one of these units (six credit points) can be
a special honours unit (that is, a unit for which the first two digits of the
code are '43') and the third-year-level version of the unit must not have been
taken in previous years.
(iii) A maximum of one special honours unit (six credit points) from the
Department of Economics (those units which begin with the code 'ECC43')
provided that the third-year-level version of the unit has not been taken in
previous years.
(iv) In special circumstances, a maximum of one honours unit (six credit
points) may be chosen from other faculties where it is complementary to the
honours program offered by the Department of Economics. Students would need to
have the appropriate prerequisites, and the head of the Department of Economics
would need to be satisfied that the unit contributed to a coherent program of
study.
The
course comprises eight units (48 credit points) selected as follows:
(a) Students must complete one core unit (six credit points):
(b) Students must complete three units (18 credit points) from the following list, one of which must be ETC4410 (Applied econometrics):
(c) Students must complete three units (18 credit points) from the following list, one of which must be ECC4650 (Microeconomics) or ECC4660 (Macroeconomics):
(d) Students must complete one unit (six credit points) from the preceding list, or other honours units (including special honours units for which the first two digits are '43') taught by the departments of Econometrics and Business Statistics and/or the Department of Economics, and/or the Department of Accounting and Finance or, in special circumstances , from another department, provided that the appropriate prerequisites are met, the third-year version of the unit has not been taken in previous years and the heads of the departments are satisfied that the unit forms a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
(a) Students must complete three compulsory common core units (18 credit points):
(b) Students must complete a compulsory thesis (24 credit points):
(c) Students must complete one
unit (six credit points) according to the following degree regulations:
(i) MGC4365 if MGC3650 not previously undertaken.
(ii) one special honours unit (six credit points) taught by the Department of
Management (those units which begin with the code 'MGC43') provided the
third-year version has not been taken in previous years.
(iii) one fourth-year unit from the faculty, provided that prerequisites are
met and the head of the Department of Management is satisfied that the unit
forms a coherent part of the proposed course of study.
(a) Students must complete four compulsory units (24 credit points).
(b) Students must complete one unit (24 credit points).
* Subject to faculty board approval.
(a) Students must complete eight units from the following list:
(b) Students may take up to a
maximum of two units (12 credit points) from the graduate program of the
Department of Business Law and Taxation, other departments within the Faculty
of Business and Economics or other faculties within the university.
(c) Students must complete units in taxation law totalling a minimum of 24
credit points (that is, the equivalent of four units).
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