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Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy or have successfully completed an AQF 8 qualification from ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û within the previous two (2) years.

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Master of Professional Accounting, JCU graduates will be able to:

1. Critically analyse complex accounting-related knowledge and practice from both historical and contemporary perspectives
2. Evaluate contexts within which differing accounting performance reporting and monitoring methods should be integrated and applied
3. Evaluate sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from accounting disciplinary perspectives
4. Integrate advanced theoretical and technical accounting knowledge which includes a selection of auditing and assurance, finance, economics, quantitative methods, information systems, commercial law, corporation law and taxation law
5. Research and apply established concepts to solve business and professional practice problems
6. Critically analyse complex contemporary business issues using appropriate accounting models and techniques and make reasoned recommendations based on a synthesis of theory and evidence
7. Present complex business analyses and information appropriately to both accountants and non-accountants using:
   • Effective oral presentation skills; and
   • Clear and fluent written communication
8. Work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both collaboration and leadership
9. Adapt accounting constructs and skills to diverse theoretical or practical situations
10. Exercise judgement under minimal supervision to solve emerging and/or advanced accounting problems in complex contexts using social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives
11. Seek and reflect on performance feedback to identify and action learning opportunities and self-improvements and initiate this process for others.

Maximum time to complete

8 years

Maximum allowed

24 credit points, unless part of an approved articulation process.

Expiry

Credit gained for any core subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

MPA

Exit with lesser award

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of either the Graduate Certificate or the Graduate Diploma of Accounting.