Postgraduate - Course4402 - Master of Business and Master of Professional Accounting

The double degree is intended to provide students with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in accounting, to specialise in a second area of business of specific interest to them while also gaining an understanding of the broad range of contemporary business topics and their relevance to the business environment. Students also have the opportunity to participate in a unique suite of units that build skills and knowledge in personal development and corporate social responsibility, to increase their employment opportunities in public practice and industry.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0503.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0790.html.

Students may be eligible for credit to a maximum of 50 per cent of course requirements for previous graduate level studies. Credits or exemptions will not be granted for undergraduate qualifications.

48 credit points

For further details visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/

This course consists of seven compulsory units and nine electives.

Students must complete

(a.) seven units (42 points) as follows:

• AFX9500 Introductory accounting OR AFG9071 Introductory accounting
• AFX9530 Financial accounting OR AFG9073 Financial accounting
• AFX9540 Business finance OR AFG9044 Business finance
• AFX9550 Management accounting OR AFG9072 Management accounting
• AFX9560 Advanced financial accounting
• BTX9500 Business and corporations law
• MGX9001 Personal development - critical thinking and communication

(b.) a further nine elective units (54 points) as follows:

(i.) one of the following units (6 points):

• MGX5020 Business ethics in a global environment
• MGX5030 Corporate social responsibility

(ii.) two of the following units (12 points):

• AFX9570 Auditing and assurance
• AFX9580 Accounting information and systems modelling***
• BTX9651 Taxation law
• ECF9530 Economics***

(iii.) three of the following units (18 points)

• AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
• ETX9000 Business and economic statistics
• FIT9006 Information technology management
• MGX9600 Managing people and organisations
• MKX5461 Contemporary issues in marketing***
• MKX9550 Marketing and the international consumer****
• MKX9610 Supply chain logistics

(iv.) a further three units (18 points) from the remaining units listed in (ii.) and (iii.) above or graduate-level units from any department in the Faculty of Business and Economics.

*** Note: These units are only available to students who have completed the specified unit prerequisite or can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the course director, the completion of an undergraduate major in marketing.

**** Note: This unit should not be taken by students intending to complete the advanced marketing specialisation and cannot be counted towards the completion of this specialisation.

Students seeking associate membership of the Institute of Public Accountants must include all units listed in (b.) (ii.).

Available units can be identified via the index of units by faculty at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/units/index-byfaculty-bus.html or by browsing units at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/units/search.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Business and Master of Professional Accounting early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• 1679 Graduate Certificate in Business after successful completion of 24 points of study
• 3484 Graduate Diploma in Business after successful completion of 48 points of study
• either of the single master's degrees (3844 Master of Business or 0790 Master of Professional Accounting) subject to satisfying the requirements of the single degree.

Master of Business
Master of Professional Accounting