Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects)

What will you study

To complete the Master of Professional Accounting (12 subjects), you must complete 96 credit points. This consists of 96 credit points of compulsory coursework.

Compulsory coursework (eight credit points each):

• Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures
• Global Perspectives of Accounting
• Risk-Based Auditing
• Interpreting and Communicating Accounting
• Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making
• Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making
• Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought
• Professional Practice
• Economics for Business
• Corporate Finance
• Business and Corporations Law
• Taxation Principles and Application

Entry requirements

Applicants will normally be required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. However, applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications acceptable to the university will be considered.

English Language Proficiency

For postgraduate coursework courses, applicants must have obtained an Academic IELTS within the last two years with:

• A minimum overall score of 6.0.
• No individual score below 6.0.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

As a graduate of the Master of Professional Accounting, you could provide auditing, advisory, taxation, insolvency and recovery services to clients or put your budget planning, management accounting, internal auditing, strategic planning and policy formation skills to work in any-sized organisation. You could also make a difference by applying your financial accountability, budgeting and performance measurement, policy formulation and cost-benefit analysis skills for the public good. Whatever industry you'd like to work in and wherever you'd like to live, Charles Sturt University's accounting courses can take you there.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• Become successful, ethical and professional accountants able to think and act independently, tolerate ambiguity and think creatively
• Understand and be able to apply principles and analytical techniques from economics, commercial law, business communications and quantitative methods, in the accounting context, for the recognition and solution of accounting and other business problems and the identification of sustainable opportunities in the business environment
• Demonstrate knowledge of the technical skills essential for the professional accountant in the global environment
• Listen and communicate effectively, to collaborate with colleagues and to demonstrate interpersonal skills of negotiation and co-operation
• Recognise and analyse the impact of the business environment on accounting theory and its application, including the regulatory requirements controlling the accounting process, to anticipate, deal with and initiate change in the accounting and business environment

Fees and FEE-HELP

Estimated 2026 first-year fee: $33,680 (domestic full-fee paying place).

All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 32 credit points (normally four units) per semester or 64 credit points (normally eight units) per year. A student’s annual 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.

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.