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Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting 

CMPA540

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Hawthorn

Full-time, Part-time (day)

Postgraduate

One year full-time or two years part-time.

Feb, Aug

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting enables students to complete an accounting qualification to continue their professional education. Accounting is the language of business, and skills are relevant to many areas of professional interest: marketing, economic forecasting, finance, engineering and many others. A knowledge of accounting and finance can help individuals and business organisations understand how to use money and resources to the best advantage. Gaining and maintaining wealth are important elements in a market economy.
 
The program builds on the skills and knowledge acquired in the graduate certificate. It further develops the analytical and creative skills necessary when dealing with accounting and finance issues within planning and decision making.

Successful completion of any eight of the Master of Professional Accounting units of study (subject to meeting co-requisite requirements) fulfills the requirements of the first two stages of the nested accounting suite of programs, and meets the requirements of the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting.


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At the completion of the course, graduates can expect to:
  • have developed the analytical and creative skills necessary when dealing with accounting and finance issues within planning and decision making
  • be equipped with suitable skills to continue with further postgraduate study in accounting and finance


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Students normally enrol in four units of study per semester for full-time study or two units of study per semester for part-time study, undertaking the equivalent of three hours per unit of study per week.

Full-time students have classes on weekdays for 12 weeks each semester.

Classes for part-time students commence at 8.00am on Saturdays and are taught in 6 hour blocks in alternate weeks over a 12-week semester. Examinations are conducted at the end of the semester in the formal university examination period. Part-time students may apply to undertake weekday classes.

Students holding an international student visa are required to study full-time.


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Students are required to satisfactorily complete eight units of study from the following list (subject to pre/co-requisites):


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The suite of accounting programs provides an avenue for graduates to achieve professional recognition and help fill the shortage of professionally recognised accountants. As many candidates may already be established in a business career, the key vocational outcomes will arise from better current job performance together with new opportunities opening in the accounting and finance areas.


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Graduates who hold an accounting qualification from a recognised overseas university or equivalent, upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting, may be eligible to apply for Associate membership of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Australia (ICAA).


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Applicants should normally hold an undergraduate degree in any discipline other than accounting from a recognised university or equivalent institution. Places will also be available to applicants without tertiary qualifications but who have five years' approved work experience.


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The total tuition fee is dependent upon the combination of units of study selected by the student. Fees are reviewed each year.

For information about Swinburne's fees visit: www.swinburne.edu.au/fees


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Application forms can be downloaded from the website at: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/postgrad/apply/


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Tel: 1300 ASK SWIN (1300 275 794)
 


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