Course details

Summary

In recent years, the nature of accounting in the global business workplace has moved from being principally the preparation of financial reports to now include the role of business adviser and consultant. Most students seeking graduate placements in the field of accounting will have completed a standard three-year undergraduate degree in this subject.

Otago’s Master of Professional Accounting provides an opportunity for graduates with little or no experience or qualifications in accounting to pursue professional accreditation through an intensive course of study and applied research over a period of 18 months. On completion of the degree students can gain professional accreditation and membership to industry associations such as CAANZ and CPA Australia.

Master of Professional Accounting students will be required to gain mastery of the subject matter and skills at an accelerated rate that is considered appropriate, challenging and manageable for a graduate.

Programme Requirements

Papers Points

• ACCT 403 Advanced Financial Accounting
• ACCT 406 Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 409 Advanced Management Accounting
• ACCT 421 Financial Accounting
• ACCT 422 Management Accounting
• ACCT 423 Finance
• ACCT 429 Commercial Law
• ACTP 411 Auditing Practice
• ACTP 412 Taxation Practice
• BSNS 401 The Environment of Business and Economics
• ACCT 501 Applied Project

Entry criteria

Every applicant must either

• be a graduate and normally have achieved an average grade of B+ in the relevant 300-level papers, or
• have equivalent alternative qualifications or experience acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce).

In considering an applicant’s qualifications, regard will be had to the detail of the course of study followed to gain the qualification, as well as the applicant’s performance in the programme.

English Language Requirements: IELTS - Score of 6.5 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 95 with a minimum writing score of 22.; Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 587 (TWE 4.5); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); APIEL Advanced Placement International English Language Examination - Grade 4 or higher; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 64 with no communicative skills score below 57; University of Otago Foundation Studies Ltd: Completion of 'English for Postgraduate Academic Purposes' with a grade of C or higher.