Master of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice)
Charles Darwin University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00300K
The professional practice MPA provides you with a unique opportunity to work in an organization and gain valuable professional experience while also gaining an MPA qualification.The course will equip you with contemporary knowledge and skills required for professional practice as a certified practicing accountant (CPA) or chartered accountant (CA). The course will provide you the technical and conceptual skills required in a competent accountant, and will develop your ability to explore, analyze and synthesize various accounting and related principles, methods and techniques. You will undertake a piece of research in your capstone unit of study that incorporates accounting theory and contemporary issues.You can choose to undertake a professional placement, applied research specialization or to choose electives that support your career objectives. For your professional practice component CDU provides training specific to working effectively in an organization. You are then provided with a placement opportunity to work in an organization of approximately 300 hours over a period of eight to ten weeks. If you wish you may also organize your own placement with a suitable organization. The placement occurs in the last semester of study and provides you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge you have gained during your MPA studies.
Subjects
- ACT501 Accounting Principles
- ACT502 Management Accounting
- ACT503 Corporate Accounting
- ACT504 Auditing
- ACT505 Accounting Theory
- ACT506 Accounting Information Systems
- ECO505 Economics of Sustainability (replaces ECO504 from 2022)
- FIN510 Aspects of Corporate Finance
- LAW511 Australian Tax Law
- LAW513 Corporate Law
- LAW514 Commercial Law
- STA510 Business Statistics
- WIB601 Business Skill and Professional Communication (unit title change 2022)
- WIB602 Professional Practice 1
- WIB603 Professional Practice 2 (20cp)
- Advanced Business Research Specialization (no longer available from S2 2023)
- Minimum academic performance required
- BUS801 Business Research Project 1: Literature Review and Research Design (not available from 2023)
- BUS802 Business Research Project 2: Applied Qualitative Business Research (not available from 2023)
- BUS803 Business Research Project 3: Applied Quantitative Business Research (not available from 2023)
- BUS804 Business Research Thesis Proposal (not available from 2023)
- BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise
- BUS505 Design Thinking for Sustainable Innovation
- BUS506 Global Megatrends
- BUS507 Global Market and Sustainability Strategy
- ENT501 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- FIN503 Finance, Investment and Sustainability
- MAN514 Management for the Executive
- MAN516 Resilience Management and Leadership
Standard entry requirements
Successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Accounting StudiesORSuccessful completion of a recognized bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification in any discipline.Applicants who have fully satisfied the entry requirements of the accounting professional bodies in their first degree are not eligible for entry.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| CDU Online | No |
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| CDU Sydney | International: $34,720 | No |
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| Danala | International: $34,720 | No |
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