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Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting

Course code: 1307 + Course abbreviation: PostgradDipAdvAcc + Total credit points required: 48 + 3 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This course is designed specifically for those students who wish to progress toward qualifying for admission for full membership to CPA Australia. Full CPA membership requires the completion of six CPA units.

Entry requirements

Applicants need to have completed, with an average grade of credit or above, a pass degree with a major in the discipline of accounting, banking or finance, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.

Advanced standing

Candidates may be eligible for advanced standing for a maximum of four credit exemptions (24 points) for units considered to be equivalent to particular units in the course of study. Candidates who can show that substantial study has been completed at undergraduate level that overlaps the content of a graduate unit may apply to substitute an elective unit.

Course structure

A total of eight units is required.

(a) Students must complete four units (24 points) from the following list:

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

(b) Students must complete at least one unit (6 points) from the following list:

  • AFX4011 Business accounting: concepts and techniques 1
  • AFF4012 Strategic policy and entrepreneurship
  • AFF4013 Financial reporting and statement analysis
  • AFF4014 Business accounting: strategic issues 2

(c) Students must complete three units (18 points) from: (b) above, or from graduate-level units from the departments of the Faculty of Business and Economics, 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).

Contact details

Course director

Mr Peter Carey

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