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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

315011 v.1 Accounting Foundation Stream (MCom)


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


This stream is designed to meet the educational requirements of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA).



Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 2 Semester 1
314712 v.1   Business Research Methods 500 3.0 25.0
11945 v.6   Taxation 531 3.0 25.0
302130 v.4   Accounting Theories and Issues 522 3.0 25.0
11947 v.2   Auditing 551 3.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
12016 v.3   Accounting Research Project 591 3.0 25.0
5789 v.12   CPA Governance and Ethics 564 3.0 25.0
  SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   50.0
  100.0
Optional Units to Select from in Year 2 Semester 2 Hrs/Wk Credit
313421 v.1   Corporate Reporting 545 3.0 25.0
313422 v.2   CPA Financial Accounting 546 3.0 25.0
313419 v.3   CPA Strategic Management Accounting 547 3.0 25.0
5240 v.10   CPA Accounting Capstone 565 3.0 25.0
313416 v.2   CPA Advanced Audit and Assurance 543 3.0 25.0
313415 v.1   Audit and Assurance 544 3.0 25.0
307977 v.2   Accounting Information Systems 572 3.0 25.0
13319 v.4   Strategic Finance 582 3.0 25.0




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