Master of Commerce (Accounting) (MC-COMACT) // Course structure

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Course structure

Students in the Master of Commerce (Accounting) will need to complete 16 subjects, comprising nine compulsory accounting subjects, one economics subject, one econometric subject and five electives.

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Year One

Core Subjects

All students must take the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ACCT90019 Financial Accounting Research
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90020 Management Accounting Research
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90062 Behavioural Economics:Accounting&Finance
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90003 Accounting Research Report
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90039 Behavioural Research in Accounting
June (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

All students must take one of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ECON90063 Advanced Microeconomics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90002 Microeconomics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90012 Microeconomics II
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

All students must take one of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ECOM90002 Econometrics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOM90013 Econometric Techniques
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective subject

In consultation with the Program Director, students must complete one subject from the approved elective list.

Year Two

Core Subjects

All students must complete the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ACCT90036 Advanced Financial Accounting Research
Year Long (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90037 Advanced Management Accounting Research
Year Long (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90011 Special Topics in Accounting
Year Long (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ACCT90038 Analytical Accounting Research
Year Long (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective Subjects

In consultation with the Program Director, students must complete four subjects from the elective list.

Approved Electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
FNCE40001 Advanced Corporate Finance
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE40002 Advanced Investments
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90002 Foundations of Finance
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90005 Advanced Derivative Securities
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90007 Studies in Empirical Finance
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90041 Finance Theory - Investments
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90042 Finance Theory - Corporate Finance
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90022 Game Theory
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOM90013 Econometric Techniques
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOM90005 Advanced Econometric Techniques
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOM90003 Applied Microeconometric Modelling
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOM90004 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90053 Mathematics for Economists
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON90012 Microeconomics II
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON30022 Experimental Economics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECON40006 Economic Design Not available in 2018 12.5
ECON30017 Organisations, Economics and Incentives Not available in 2018 12.5
CRIM40002 Qualitative Research Methods
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PSYC40005 Advanced Design and Data Analysis
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PSYC40004 Current Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 18 December 2020