Master of Professional Accounting

Australian Accredited Qualification
Equivalent to on-campus qualifications
Overseas students eligible

Online Course Information

Deakin’s Master of Professional Accounting covers engaging areas such as corporate and management accounting, commercial law, corporations law, accounting theory, economics, and finance.

Open to graduates from both accounting and non-accounting background, you’ll be given the opportunity to become associate members of CPA Australia or to enter the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to undertake the CA program.

The accounting profession has recently seen a fundamental shift from a role that was seen as providing financial information and number crunching towards a wide-ranging advisory role. Graduating with a Master of Professional Accounting from Deakin opens the door to a huge variety of business careers.

Today’s accountants are now seen as providers of business management information – a role perfectly suited to graduates of this professional accounting course.

* Price for the online Master of Professional Accounting is based on Full-fee paying place.

The Master of Professional Accounting is provided by Deakin University which has no affiliation with EDNA. This is a resource provided for students that are interested in Study Australian Accounting Degrees online.

Units

Unit Code	Unit Name	Unit Type
MAA703	Accounting for Management	Core
MAA716	Financial Accounting	Core
MAA725	Advanced Accounting Principles and Practice	Core
MAA753	Professional Research and Analysis	Core
MAA763	Governance and Fraud	Core
MLC707	Commercial and Corporations Law	Core
MPA701	Accounting	Core
MPF753	Finance	Core

Entry Requirements

Graduates of this course would typically seek employment in areas of accounting such as financial accounting, auditing, taxation, management accounting, public sector accounting, forensic accounting or commercial law. However, accountants can choose to work in a range of different environments depending on their own skills and preferences. They can choose to work in large firms, small public practices, industry, government, law firms, management consultancies, banking and financial services, not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) or educational organisations. Many also set up their own businesses.

Given the fundamental shift of accountants towards a wide-ranging advisory role, career opportunities are also becoming available in other vocations including working as financial planners, investment advisers, market analysts, tax consultants, advisers in mergers and acquisitions, in corporate recovery and insolvency, treasury banking, e-commerce or information technology.