Master of Professional
Accounting (Advanced)
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Key Details
Course abbreviation:
MPAA
AQF Level:
9
CRICOS Course Code:
(Application pending)
2025 Starting Dates:
16th March, 6th July, and 26th October
Duration:
2 years full-time, 46 years part-time, 1 year and four months
Credit Points:
96
Units:
16
Mode:
Face-to-face only
Required Academic Background:
Bachelor’s Degree
Required English:
IELTS 6·5
Course Fee:
$2,156·25 per unit; $34,500·00 per course plus ancillary fees.
Work placement:
Not applicable
Please note, some locations may not have all intake periods available. See the full availability details for further information.
Synopsis
The accounting discipline is vital for running any firm. It ensures accurate, efficient reporting of the state of your finances. It drives stakeholders’ stewardship and accountability. It controls the flow of funds and helps ensure that they are used strategically to grow the business and compete in the market.
MHE’s Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) equips you to empower and expand your business. You will learn to gather and analyse financial data. You will learn to comply with financial regulations and accounting standards. You will develop the sound judgement required to prepare and interpret financial reports targeted at different stakeholders. The expertise available here includes advisory services, taxation, auditing, financial planning, international accounting, investment analysis and strategic planning.
You will not focus only on providing financial information. You will also examine broader social and impacts of your business. You will learn to consider ethical governance and environmental factors and their role in sustaining your business.
This course qualifies you for membership of Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
Majors
There are no majors in this course.
Majors
You have a choice of three majors:
Course Learning Outcomes
Academic or Work Experience Requirements:
One of the following:
- Apply fundamental business and accounting knowledge and skills in practice.
- Exercise judgment in decision making to appraise and resolve business and accounting problems by applying economic imperatives, social judgement, ethical principles, regulatory requirements and global perspectives.
- Critically evaluate emerging professional accounting issues by applying theoretical, technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Appraise expert and informed knowledge to a range of emerging accountability issues relating to sustainability, governance and social responsibility that impacts contemporary business.
- Interpret and communicate business and accounting information effectively to a range of intended stakeholders by drawing on technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Evaluate contemporary accounting and business issues using research-based skills.
Majors
You have a choice of three majors:
Course Learning Outcomes
Academic or Work Experience Requirements:
One of the following:
- Apply fundamental business and accounting knowledge and skills in practice.
- Exercise judgment in decision making to appraise and resolve business and accounting problems by applying economic imperatives, social judgement, ethical principles, regulatory requirements and global perspectives.
- Critically evaluate emerging professional accounting issues by applying theoretical, technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Appraise expert and informed knowledge to a range of emerging accountability issues relating to sustainability, governance and social responsibility that impacts contemporary business.
- Interpret and communicate business and accounting information effectively to a range of intended stakeholders by drawing on technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Evaluate contemporary accounting and business issues using research-based skills.
Career Outcomes
Within Monaro Higher Education
Business Management Major
- sales, marketing management, business consulting, banking, real estate management.
Accounting Major
- accountant, business analyst, auditor, financial advisor, tax consultant.
Project Management Major:
- project manager, digital project manager, IT project manager.
Entry Requirements
Academic or Work Experience Requirements:
One of the following:
- A bachelor’s degree (AQF 7) (or equivalent) in any discipline from a recognised higher education provider or university with a satisfactory completion of all units.
- Minimum of five years’ work experience in accounting or a related field, at least two years of which must have been in a management position, accompanied by a portfolio and detailed résumé.
- An Advanced Diploma (AQF 6) (or equivalent) in any cognate discipline from a recognised higher education provider or university plus at least two years’ work experience in accounting or a related field, accompanied by a portfolio and detailed résumé.
- Completion of a Graduate Certificate (AQF 8) in a cognate discipline.
English Requirements
If your previous education was not completed in English, one of the following dated not less than two years before the date of application:
- IELTS Academic score of at least 6·5 with a score of at least 6·0 in each macro-skill.
- TOEFL (paper based) score of at least 575.
- TOEFL iBT score of at least 80, with macro-skill scores of at least:
- Listening – 11
- Speaking – 16
- Reading – 11
- Writing – 20.
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) score of at least 58 with no macro-skill score less than 50.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced English Test level B2, with an overall score of 176 and no macro-skill score less than 169.
- Or any other academic English language proficiency test considered equivalent by MHE.
Course Requirements
You will complete the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) in four trimesters full-time (or
equivalent part-time). This is generally done over two years, with two trimesters per year. The third
trimester of each year is optional and lets you reduce the length of the course to one year and four
months.
A full-time study load consists for four units per trimester. Each unit is worth six credit points. Each unit has two hours per week of lectures and one hour per week of tutorial during trimester for twelve weeks. Each unit should require ten hours per week of study, including time spent in classes. If a unit has a final exam, it will be in the fourteenth week of the trimester.
To qualify for the Bachelor of Business, students must achieve satisfactory grades in twenty-four units (one hundred and forty-four credit points), consisting of:
- Sixteen compulsory core units (ninety-six credit points).
There are no nested courses or exit awards.
Course Requirements
You will complete the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) in four trimesters full-time (or
equivalent part-time). This is generally done over two years, with two trimesters per year. The third
trimester of each year is optional and lets you reduce the length of the course to one year and four
months.
A full-time study load consists for four units per trimester. Each unit is worth six credit points. Each unit has two hours per week of lectures and one hour per week of tutorial during trimester for twelve weeks. Each unit should require ten hours per week of study, including time spent in classes. If a unit has a final exam, it will be in the fourteenth week of the trimester.
To qualify for the Bachelor of Business, students must achieve satisfactory grades in twenty-four units (one hundred and forty-four credit points), consisting of:
- Sixteen compulsory core units (ninety-six credit points).
There are no nested courses or exit awards.
Advanced Standing
Advanced standing means giving you credit for parts of the course you have already learned before you enrol. This learning might have been in education or on-the-job.
When you apply to study with MHE, you may also apply for advanced standing and provide evidence of which parts of the course you already understand. MHE will look at your educational or employment background to decide if you are eligible.
Eligibility in the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) is normally limited to a maximum of
eight units in the first two trimesters. Please see the Advanced Standing Policy and Advanced
Standing Procedures for further information.
Majors
There are no majors in this course.
Unspecified Electives
There are no unspecified electives in this course.
