Master of Professional Accounting

Australian College of Applied Professionals

ACAP’s professionally accredited Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge to forge a successful career in the accounting profession. Students will develop their professional skills across a range of core areas including but not limited to management accounting, financial reporting, economics, data analysis and company law. Students will apply their critical and innovative thinking to solve real-world problems ethically and with a keen awareness of corporate governance and social responsibility.

Students will undertake 12 units aligned to the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and CPA Australia (CPA) competency areas and complete 4 units of an elective stream in either small to medium business management (SMB) or business management and administration (BMA). The MPA program fulfils the requirements of the major professional bodies CPA and the CAANZ. An accredited MPA from ACAP is recognition that your course meets the highest professional standards in accounting.

In addition, a work integrated learning unit forms the culmination of learning in this course, and students will have an opportunity to further their knowledge in a hands-on environment through a work placement or an industry-focused project.