Australian National University
Master of Accounting
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 Months
- Course Type: Master's
Enhance your accounting skills and critical thinking abilities.
Course overview
Students with limited or no prior accounting training can undertake courses that allow them to meet the entry requirements of the Australian accounting professional bodies. Students who need additional courses to enter Australian professional bodies can also complete this as part of the program. Students with prior accounting studies will take more advanced accounting courses.
The program is taught by research-active academic staff. Students are exposed to professional and scholarly academic accounting research, enhancing their academic and professional competence.
Key facts
What you will study
The Master of Accounting requires the completion of 96 units, which must consist of:
42 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- Financial Statements and Reporting
- Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
- Corporate Accounting
- Commercial Law
- Business Economics
- Applied Foundations of Finance
- Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
Entry requirements
To be eligible for admission to the course, students must present the following:
- A bachelor's degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0.
- An ANU Graduate Certificate of Accounting with a minimum GPA of 4.5/7.0
Ranking and English language proficiency: At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry. In line with the university's admissions policy and strategic plan, an assessment for admission may include competitively ranking applicants based on specific academic achievement, English language proficiency and diversity factors. Applicants will first be ranked on a GPA ('GPA1') calculated using all but the last semester (or equivalent) of the bachelor's degree used for admission purposes. If required, ranking may further be confirmed based on one of the following:
- For admission purposes, a GPA ('GPA2') calculated on the penultimate and antepenultimate semesters (or equivalent) of the bachelor's degree is used.
- Demonstrating higher-level English language proficiency.
All students who gain entry into this ANU program will have their bachelor's degree reassessed to confirm that they meet the minimum requirements before enrolment.
Recognition of Prior Learning
You may be able to get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. To apply, you will need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
- Integrate contemporary and advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge in a business context.
- Understand and synthesise a broad range of accounting issues through the lens of accounting and business research.
- Exercise judgement under minimal supervision to analyse and provide possible solutions to emerging and advanced accounting problems in complex contexts using where appropriate social, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and/or global perspectives.
- Critically apply advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge and skills to evaluate a range of emerging and advanced accounting problems in professional and research contexts.
- Justify and communicate accounting advice and ideas to both specialists and non-specialists.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Fee information not provided.
A student’s course fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
All students are required to pay a services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.