Professional Accounting
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Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
Due to a technical error, the availability of some units of study is incorrectly listed. |
21/01/2022 |
Table of postgraduate units of study: Professional Accounting
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Professional Accounting |
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Master of Professional Accounting |
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| Students must complete 96 credit points in units of study, comprising: | |||
| (i) 84 credit points in core units in study, which includes: | |||
| (a) 42 credit points in foundation core units of study | |||
| (b) 36 credit points in advanced core units of study | |||
| (c) a 6 credit point capstone unit of study; and | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points in elective units of study. | |||
Units of study for the degree |
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Core units of study |
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(a) Foundation |
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| BUSS5080 and ACCT5001 must be completed in the first semester of study. | |||
| ACCT5001 Foundation in Accounting |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BUSS5080 Succeeding in the Accounting Profession |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BUSS5001 Firms, Markets and Business Management |
6 | N ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5003 or ECOF5010 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW5001 Legal Environment of Business |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FINC5001 Foundation in Finance |
6 | Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INFS5000 Accounting Information Systems |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| 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 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
(b) Advanced |
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| ACCT6001 Intermediate Financial Reporting |
6 | P ACCT5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing |
6 | P ACCT6001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6008 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making |
6 | P ACCT5001 N ACCT5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6010 Advanced Financial Reporting |
6 | P ACCT6001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW6002 Corporate Structures in Practice |
6 | P CLAW5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW6026 Taxation Law and Practice |
6 | P CLAW5001 N CLAW5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
(c) Capstone |
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| The capstone unit must be completed in the final semester of study. | |||
| ACCT6120 Corporate Governance and Accountability |
6 | A CLAW5001 P ACCT6010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| ACCT6002 International Accounting |
6 | A Accounting standards and their application P ACCT5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6003 Fundamental Analysis for Equity Investment |
6 | A QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 P ACCT5001 and FINC5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6006 Advanced Managerial Accounting This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P ACCT5002 |
Semester 1 |
| ACCT6015 Extended Performance Reporting |
6 | P ACCT5001 |
Semester 2 |
| BUSS6104 Business Practicum |
6 | A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills |
Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS6105 Leading in a Post-Crisis World |
6 | N BUSS6103 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS6500 Industry Placement |
6 | P Completion of at least 24 credit points with a minimum average of 60% (WAM) N ECOF6500 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Permission is required to enrol in this unit. Further information and application process is outlined at https://sydney.edu.au/students/placement-internship-opportunities.html or contact the WIL Hub Placement team: business.placements@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS6506 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 average of 60% (WAM) Note: Department permission required for enrolment Permission is required to enrol in this unit. Further information and application process is outlined at https://sydney.edu.au/students/placement-internship-opportunities.html or contact the WIL Hub Placement team: business.placements@sydney.edu.au. |
Intensive July |
| BUSS6514 Industry Self-Sourced Placement |
6 | A A sound understanding of business and strong written and oral communication skills P Completion of at least 24 credit points Further information and application process is outlined at https://sydney.edu.au/students/placement-internship-opportunities.html or contact the WIL Hub Placement team: business.placements@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BWIL6573 Job Smart Edge |
6 | N BUSS6102 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive October Students need to be simultaneously enrolled in the Job Smart Edge co-curricular program. |
Intensive April Intensive October |
| CLAW6031 International Financial Crime |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FINC6001 Finance: Theory to Applications |
6 | P FINC5001 Master of Commerce / Master of Commerce (Extension) students must complete this unit before the Capstone subject for this specialisation. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FINC6013 International Business Finance |
6 | P FINC5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS5003 Global Business |
6 | N IBUS5001 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6110 Managerial Cognition and Int'l Business |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| INFS6012 Digital Information Infrastructures |
6 | C INFS5002 or COMP5206 |
Semester 2 |
| ITLS6501 Infrastructure Financing |
6 | Intensive July |
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| QBUS6310 Business Operations Analysis |
6 | P ECMT5001 or QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 N ECMT6008 |
Semester 2 |
| QBUS6860 Visual Data Analytics |
6 | A The unit assumes knowledge of statistics and confidence in working with data P QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WORK5003 Management and Organisations This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WORK6030 Performance and Rewards This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1b |
Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting |
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| Students must complete 48 credit points in units of study comprising: | |||
| (i) 30 credit points in core units in study, which includes: | |||
| (a) 18 credit points in foundation units of study | |||
| (b) 12 credit points in advanced units of study | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points in elective units of study | |||
Units of study for the course |
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Core units of study |
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(a) Foundation |
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| ACCT5001 must be completed in the first semester of study | |||
| ACCT5001 Foundation in Accounting |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| CLAW5001 Legal Environment of Business |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FINC5001 Foundation in Finance |
6 | Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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(b) Advanced |
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| ACCT6001 Intermediate Financial Reporting |
6 | P ACCT5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6008 Managerial Accounting and Decision Making |
6 | P ACCT5001 N ACCT5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| ACCT6007 Contemporary Issues in Auditing |
6 | P ACCT6001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ACCT6010 Advanced Financial Reporting |
6 | P ACCT6001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS5001 Firms, Markets and Business Management |
6 | N ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5003 or ECOF5010 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS5080 Succeeding in the Accounting Profession |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| CLAW6002 Corporate Structures in Practice |
6 | P CLAW5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW6026 Taxation Law and Practice |
6 | P CLAW5001 N CLAW5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS5000 Accounting Information Systems |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| 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 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |