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Master of Professional Accounting Global Leadership Program

CMPA640U  067631D



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Fee*
2 Year/s Hawthorn (Semester 1, Semester 2) A$26,450 (annual for 2012) 
*The indicative course fees shown in Course Search apply to international students studying on-campus in Australia for the relevant year only. They are based on a standard study load per year. However, please note that fees are assessed according to a student's study load in each semester, and variation to study load will result in an adjustment to tuition fees. All fees are subject to annual review and may be adjusted.

The Master of Professional Accounting is part of the unique Global Leadership Program offering students the opportunity to gain two professionally recognised master qualifications in two years from two high-ranking institutions: one from Swinburne University of Technology and the other from Northeastern University, Boston, US.
 
The program is based in Melbourne and offered through the Faculty of Business and Enterprise with the Northeastern component taught by Northeastern academics. Students also have the option of applying to Northeastern to take part of their program on-campus in Boston (students must also apply for US student visa).
 
This Master of Professional Accounting Global Leadership Program offers students the opportunity to specialise in accounting for professional recognition. 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 students understand how to use money (resources) to the best advantage. Gaining and maintaining wealth are important elements in a market economy. This program provides students with the technical, practical, analytical and creative skills to enable them to effectively deal with accounting and finance issues within planning and decision making.

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The traditional concept that leadership skill resides solely with a small handful of top executives has given way to contemporary collaborative models where influence and decision-making authority is distributed throughout an organisation. Today's workforce continues to diversify, and the tasks to be accomplished become more complex. The Global Leadership Program is designed to assist today's leaders and prepare emerging leaders for meeting these challenges.
 
The units taught in this program incorporate an action-learning approach that is intended to leverage the interdisciplinary backgrounds of participants and to help build leadership competencies.

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The structure of this program enables students to complete a two-year program of study and gain two master degrees on graduation.
 
Students complete ten (10) units of study from the Swinburne's Master of Professional Accounting program and eight (8) units of study from the Northeastern Master of Science in Leadership.
 
Upon successful completion of all eighteen (18) of units of study (225 credit points), subject to prerequisite requirements, students will be awarded:
  • Master of Professional Accounting from Swinburne University of Technology
  • Master of Science in Leadership from Northeastern University
To be eligible for the award of both the Swinburne and Northeastern degrees, students will need to meet the academic requirements outlined by both institutions. Academic and graduation requirements can be found at the Centre for Global Programs website.

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Year 1
 
Winter Term: June - July (6 weeks)
 
Semester 2: August - November (12 weeks)
 
* Units are deliverd online
^ Units may be undertaken as part of the Global Leadership in Boston program

Note: Program can commence in February, June or August

Rules: Students cannot exit this program with either the Master of Professional Accounting or the Master of Science in Leadership without completing all eighteen (18) units as above.

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This program offers the opportunity for students to undertake Winter Term units at Northeastern in Boston.

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This master program 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.
 
This program also provides the opportunity for international and Australian graduates to position themselves for employment in international labour markets.

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On successful completion of the program, students may be eligible to apply for Associate membership of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA). Membership of CPA Australia and the ICAA depends on your previous undergraduate degree being assessed. Final confirmation of eligibility will be provided by those bodies.

If you have undertaken your undergraduate degree outside of Australia and are wishing to gain professional membership you will need to have your previous undergraduate degree assessed as comparable to an Australian undergraduate degree by CPA Australia and the ICAA  in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR).

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Apply for this course by following the step-by-step process on our How to Apply page.

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Swinburne College English for Academic Purposes Advanced level certificate at the postgraduate level (EAP 5: PG-70%); OR, obtaining a minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.0; OR, a TOEFL (Paper-based) minimum score of 575 (with Test of Written English (TWE) score of 5); OR, a TOEFL (Computer-based) minimum score of 232 (with Written Writing score of 5); OR, a TOEFL (Internet-based) minimum score of 90 with no band less than 20.

 

Refer to the English Language Requirements website for further information.

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Completion of an approved undergraduate degree from a recognised tertiary institution equivalent to a three year Australian bachelor degree in a discipline other than accounting.

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Phone:
+613 8676 7002 (outside Australia)
Freecall 1800 897 973 (within Australia)

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Visit our Meet Us page to see when we are visiting your home country (or here in Australia).

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A range of scholarships are available to international students, visit our Scholarship Page for details.

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