C04037v4 Master of Business in Accounting

Overview

The Master of Business in Accounting provides advanced-level study in a range of contemporary accounting issues.

The combination of core subjects and electives in this course is designed to offer students the flexibility of specialising in either financial or management accounting, or a combination of both.

The business project offers students the option of applying their learning to a real-world problem for their employer or another organisation.

Career options

Career options include management-level positions in industry or government.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Applicants require one of the following:

• a cognate degree from a UTS-recognised university or other tertiary education institution
• a degree from a UTS-recognised university or other tertiary education institution and a minimum of two years' relevant work experience
• a relevant Graduate Diploma from UTS or a UTS-recognised tertiary education institution, or
• a relevant Graduate Certificate from UTS or a UTS-recognised tertiary education institution, with at least a Credit average.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Students may be granted a maximum of eight subject exemptions based on recognition of prior learning, of which four core subjects may be approved from prior undergraduate study.

Course duration and attendance

The Master of Business in Accounting may be completed in three years of part-time study, or one-and-a-half years of full-time study.

Course structure

The Master of Business in Accounting totals 72 credit points of study, made up of four compulsory core subjects (24 credit points), plus eight advanced elective subjects (48 credit points).

Electives are divided into two specialised strands (48 credit points each): Accounting and Enterprise Systems; and Accounting Performance Measurement and Reporting.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The course program is shown below.

Professional recognition

The Master of Business in Accounting is not recognised by CPA Australia as meeting the membership entry requirements for applicants who do not have a recognised undergraduate degree. Such applicants should enrol in the MBA (Professional Accounting major). However, applicants with a recognised undergraduate degree can include CPA Australia accredited postgraduate subjects in their Master of Business in Accounting program in order to meet the accounting studies requirements for CPA Australia membership. It is recommended that applicants obtain an assessment from CPA Australia of the subjects they are required to complete before enrolling in their program and then discuss this assessment with the Course Coordinator.

Assessment forms are available online, under Membership, at:

Other information

Further information is available from the Graduate School of Business on: