Master of Professional Accounting / Master of Financial Planning

The Master of Professional Accounting/Master of Financial Planning course is designed for students who wish to obtain specialised knowledge and research skills in accounting and financial planning related areas of business. Students will learn to apply advanced conceptual and practical Accounting knowledge as well as developing knowledge in Financial Planning fields of investment, insurance, taxation, superannuation and retirement planning to undertake rewarding careers in accounting and related areas of business as well.

This course also provides a pathway for further specialised learning for associate membership to CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) programs.

After undertaking this course students can purse their careers in accounting, taxation, financial planning, investment, banking, risk management and insurance fields.

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

• Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of accounting and business concepts in diverse contexts and applications using critical thinking
• Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence
• Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a team
• Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and a deep awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context
• Apply accounting and business fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using appropriate accounting methods and tools, applied in a variety of contexts
• Reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning and self-management processes, and manage their own time and processes effectively by regularly reviewing performance as a means of managing continuing professional development and lifelong learning
• Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence

• Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of financial planning and business concepts in diverse contexts and applications using critical thinking
• Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence
• Communicate proficiently with clients, gather and interpret appropriate data and use advanced tools and practices to produce a financial plan
• Demonstrate integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, respect and a broad awareness of the professional code of conduct and cultural norms
• Critically analyse and evaluate a range of complex information to produce systematic strategies for wealth creation and risk minimisation in preparing financial advice
• Apply knowledge of research principles to plan and execute a piece of research independently
• Function as an effective member of a diverse team and take responsibility for continuing professional development

• IELTS (Academic Module): Overall 6.5 with no individual band below 6.0 
• Swinburne English Language Centre: EAP 5 advanced level with overall 70% & all skills 65% or above 
• TOEFL iBT: 79 (Reading no less than 18, writing no less than 20)
• PTE Academic: 58 (no communicative skill less than 50) or
• equivalent measures available here