Charles Darwin University – Master of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice)
The Master of Professional Accounting (Professional Practice) complements your non-accounting or partial accounting, or accounting but not equivalent to Australian accounting qualifications to meet the entry requirements for membership of CPA Australia and The Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required for practice as a certified practising or chartered accountant along with effective management, accountability and control, and effective decision-making for financial success.
You will develop technical and conceptual skills required to become a competent accountant as well as abilities to analyse, criticise and synthesise various accounting and related principles, methods and techniques.
Key study areas include: financial accounting, management accounting, accounting theory, information systems/technology, auditing, taxation, finance, company law, and corporate law. You will also combine academic studies with professional practice experience related to accountancy.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
This conversion course enables graduates with non-accounting, partial accounting, or accounting but not equivalent to Australian accounting backgrounds to meet the academic requirements for membership of CPA Australia and The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
This course is also available for students whose current qualifications only partially satisfy the application requirements of these accounting professional bodies.
The course will equip students with contemporary knowledge and skills required for professional practice as a certified practising accountant or chartered accountant. The course will provide the technical and conceptual skills required in a competent accountant, and will develop students’ abilities to explore, analyse and synthesise various accounting and related principles, methods and techniques. Where students have prior CPA/CAANZ assessed exemptions and require electives to complete the total of 160 credit points, electives may be selected from this course, on approval of the Course Coordinator.
Admission criteria
Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree 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.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
English language requirements
All HE applicants are expected to demonstrate the minimum English language proficiency requirements for their chosen course of study. CDU assumes domestic applicants applying are proficient in the English language. Therefore, domestic applicants do not need to prove their proficiency.
The minimum English language requirement for this course is met by either undertaking previous education in an English-speaking country or undertaking one of the following English language tests and obtaining the minimum requirements listed below.
| IELTS Academic Module | A minimum overall score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0. |
| Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) | A minimum overall score of 176, with no skill below 169. |
| Common European Framework Certificate of English Proficiency | A minimum overall grade of C1, valid for three years from the date of the test to the date of commencement at CDU. |
| Navitas Academic English (will not be accepted from 2021 onwards) | A minimum overall pass and 65% in Academic English 3 with a 65% pass in the research essay. (Note: this score will not be accepted from 2021 intakes onwards). |
| Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic module | A minimum overall score of 58 with no score lower than 50. |
| TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) | A minimum overall score of 79 with a minimum writing score of 21. |
* All tests are valid for two years from the date of the test to the date of commencement at CDU, unless otherwise specified.
* Where applicable, international applicants must also satisfy the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) English language requirements for student visa applications.
COURSE STRUCTURE
This is a conversion course that enables graduates with non-accounting or partial accounting backgrounds to meet the academic requirements for membership of CPA Australia and The Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). This course is also available for students whose current qualifications only partially satisfy the application requirements of these accounting professional bodies. The course will equip students with contemporary knowledge and skills required for professional practice as a public or chartered accountant. The course will provide the technical and conceptual skills required in a competent accountant, and will develop students’ abilities to explore, analyse and synthesise various accounting and related principles, methods and techniques.
Where students have prior CPA/CAANZ assessed exemptions and require electives to complete the total of 160 credit points, electives may be selected from the MBA, on approval of the Course Coordinator.
A candidate must successfully complete units totaling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Core Units (15 units) |
160 cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 160 credit points as detailed below.
ACT501Accounting Principles (previously PRBA001) Professional Practice Experience Option or |
| Specialist Elective (0 units) |
0 | There are no Specialist Elective units for this course. |
| Electives (0 unit) |
0 | There are no elective units for this course |
| 160 | Total Credit Points |
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