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Handbook Archive / 2024 / Business School Postgraduate / Postgraduate coursework / Professional Accounting and Business Performance / Unit of study table

Professional Accounting and Business Performance

Unit of study table

Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance
To qualify for the Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance, a candidate must complete 96 credit points, comprising:
(a) 84 credit points in core units of study, which includes:
(i) 36 credit points in foundation core units of study
(ii) 42 credit points in advanced core units of study
(iii) a 6 credit point capstone unit of study and
(b) 12 credit points in elective units of study.
Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting and Business Performance
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting and Business Performance, a candidate must complete 48 credit points, comprising:
(a) 36 credit points in core units of study, which includes:
(i) 24 credit points in foundation units of study
(ii) 12 credit points in advanced units of study and
(b) 12 credit points in elective units of study

Unit of study	Credit points	A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance
Core units of study
Foundation
BUSS5080 and ACCT5001 must be completed in the first semester of study.
ACCT5001 Foundation in Accounting	6
BUSS5080 Succeeding in the Accounting Profession	6
CLAW5214 Business Law	6	N CLAW5001 or CLAW6002
BUSS5514 Foundation in Economics and Finance	6	N BUSS5001 or FINC5001
INFS5000 Accounting Information Systems	6
QBUS5002 Quantitative Methods for Accounting	6	A Students should be capable of reading data in tabulated form, working with Microsoft EXCEL, and doing High School level of mathematics N ECMT5001 or QBUS5001
Advanced
ACCT6001 Financial Reporting and Analysis	6	P ACCT5001
ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing	6	P ACCT6001
ACCT6008 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making	6	P ACCT5001 N ACCT5002
ACCT6010 Financial Reporting for Business Groups	6	P ACCT6001
ACCT6019 Analytics for Accounting	6	P ACCT5001 and QBUS5002
ACCT6029 Applied Business Performance Management	6	P ACCT6001 and ACCT6008 and ACCT6019
CLAW6026 Taxation Law and Practice	6	P CLAW5001 or CLAW5214 N CLAW5002
Capstone
The capstone unit must be completed in the final semester of study.
ACCT6120 Corporate Governance and Accountability	6	A CLAW5001 or CLAW5214 P ACCT6010
Elective units of study
ACCT6002 International Accounting	6	A Accounting standards and their application P ACCT5001
ACCT6003 Fundamental Analysis for Equity Investment	6	A QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 P ACCT5001 and (FINC5001 or BUSS5514)
ACCT6006 Advanced Managerial Accounting	6	P ACCT5002 or ACCT6008
ACCT6015 Extended Performance Reporting	6	P ACCT5001
BWIL6300 Business Consulting Practicum	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills. N BUSS6104
BUSS6105 Leading in a Post-Crisis World	6	N BUSS6103
BWIL6100 Industry Placement	6	P Completion of at least 24 credit points with a minimum WAM of 60. N BUSS6500 or ECOF6500
BWIL6150 Experience in Industry	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills. P Completion of at least 24 credit points N BUSS6514
BWIL6210 China Industry Placement	6	A To enrol in this unit students must be Mandarin speakers and have the right to work in China P Completion of at least 24 credit points with a minimum WAM of 60 N BUSS6506
BWIL6215 USA Industry Placement	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills. A flexible adaptability to international environments P Completion of at least 24 credit points with a minimum WAM of 60 N BUSS6503
BWIL6220 Europe Industry Placement	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills. A flexible adaptability to international environments P Completion of at least 24 credit points with a minimum WAM of 60 N BUSS6504
BWIL6250 Leadership and Collaboration Study Tour	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills. A flexible adaptability to international environments P Completion of at least 24 credit points N BUSS6515
BWIL6260 Philippines Study Tour	6	A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills.
BWIL6573 Job Smart Edge	6	N BUSS6102 Students need to be simultaneously enrolled in the Job Smart Edge co-curricular program.
CLAW6031 International Financial Crime	6
IBUS5003 Global Business	6	N IBUS5001
IBUS6110 Managerial Cognition and Int'l Business	6
INFS6012 Digital Information Infrastructures	6	C INFS5002 or COMP5206
ITLS6501 Infrastructure Financing	6
QBUS6310 Business Operations Analysis	6	P ECMT5001 or QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 N ECMT6008
QBUS6860 Visual Data Analytics	6	A The unit assumes knowledge of statistics and confidence in working with data P QBUS5001 or QBUS5002
WORK5003 Management and Organisations	6
WORK6030 Performance and Rewards	6
Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting and Business Performance
Core units of study
Foundation
ACCT5001 must be completed in the first semester of study
ACCT5001 Foundation in Accounting	6
BUSS5080 Succeeding in the Accounting Profession	6
CLAW5214 Business Law	6	N CLAW5001 or CLAW6002
QBUS5002 Quantitative Methods for Accounting	6	A Students should be capable of reading data in tabulated form, working with Microsoft EXCEL, and doing High School level of mathematics N ECMT5001 or QBUS5001
Advanced
ACCT6001 Financial Reporting and Analysis	6	P ACCT5001
ACCT6008 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making	6	P ACCT5001 N ACCT5002
Elective units of study
ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing	6	P ACCT6001
ACCT6010 Financial Reporting for Business Groups	6	P ACCT6001
ACCT6019 Analytics for Accounting	6	P ACCT5001 and QBUS5002
BUSS5514 Foundation in Economics and Finance	6	N BUSS5001 or FINC5001
CLAW6026 Taxation Law and Practice	6	P CLAW5001 or CLAW5214 N CLAW5002
INFS5000 Accounting Information Systems	6
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting and Business Performance
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting and Business Performance, a candidate must complete 24 credit points from the Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance (Table A) or the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting and Business Performance (Table A).