Master of Professional Accounting (102876K)

Students will expand their depth of knowledge and career opportunities by studying the Master of Professional Accounting. Students will graduate with the specialized skills and knowledge to practice as an accountant, specializing in their chosen field of business.

Open to students from both accounting and non-accounting backgrounds, students will have the opportunity to complete the necessary studies to become an associate member of CPA Australia, to enter the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to undertake the CA program, or to enter the IPA professional program.

Now is the perfect time to draw on students' prior career experience and add layers of new knowledge to become a sought-after expert in their field. Some of the key areas students will study include: • Auditing • Financial accounting • Management accounting • Accounting systems and analytics • Economics • Finance • Law

Influenced by Deakin University advisory board, made up of members of peak professional bodies and active accounting professionals, the course content students will study is updated and maintained through extensive industry research, including the research developed by the IPA-Deakin SME research center, which is dedicated to driving key insights for small-to-medium enterprises.

Learn from academics who leverage their specific expertise and up-to-date research to embed progressive learning throughout students' course journey, giving them the ability to work on contemporary case studies with a real-world application.

As a graduate, students will have the option to complement their primary studies in professional accounting with a specialization in a wide range of business-related fields. Designed to meet industry demand for skilled professionals with a breadth of transferrable skills, a specialization can help deepen students' knowledge in a particular business field and benefit their future career.