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Master of Commerce (Accounting) (MC-COMACT) // Course structure
About this course
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Level 4, 198 Berkeley Street
Telephone: +61 3 8644 1670
Email: buseco-gradmissions@unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Professor Margaret Abernethy
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.
Subject options
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 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ECOM90013 | Econometrics 3 | 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 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACCT90037 | Advanced Management Accounting Research | Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACCT90011 | Special Topics in Accounting | Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACCT90038 | Analytical Accounting Research | Year Long (Extended) (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 | Not available in 2020 | 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 | Econometrics 3 | 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 2020 | 12.5 |
ECON30017 | Organisations, Economics and Incentives | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PSYC40005 | Advanced Design and Data Analysis | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PSYC40004 | Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020