Master of Commerce (32 units)

The program rules for the Graduate Certificate in Commerce and Master of Commerce (32 units) refer to completion of courses from the Master of Commerce (32 units) list. The Master of Commerce (32 units) list is provided below.

Part A

Foundation
Students must complete all 8 units (four courses) for:

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT7101 2 Accounting [1]
ECON7002 2 Economics for Commerce [1]
FINM7401 2 Finance [1]
BISM7202 2 Information Systems for Management [1]

Part B

Fields of Study
A student is required to complete at least 12 units (six courses) from one field. Where definite instructions are given, students must follow those instructions when planning their field of study.

Applied Finance

Students must complete at least 12 units from the following:

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT7106 2 Financial Statement Analysis
ECON7300 2 Statistics for Business & Economics [1]
FINM7402 2 Corporate Finance
FINM7403 2 Portfolio Management
FINM7405 2 Financial Risk Management
FINM7406 2 International Financial Management
FINM7407 2 Financial Institutions and Markets

Information Systems

Students must complete at least 12 units from the following:

8 units for:

Course Code Units Course Title
BISM7233 2 Data Analytics for Business
BISM7255 2 Business Information Systems Analysis and Design
BISM7206 2 Information Retrieval and Management
BISM7208 2 Information Systems Strategy and Sourcing

and 4 units from:

Course Code Units Course Title
BISM7209 2 Accounting Information Systems
BISM7221 2 Information Systems Control, Governance and Audit
BISM7213 2 Securing Business Information
BISM7216 2 Business Process Improvement
BISM7217 2 Advanced Business Data Analytics

Professional Accounting

Students must complete at least 12 units from the following:

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT7102 2 Financial Accounting [1]
ACCT7103 2 Auditing [2]
ACCT7104 2 Corporate Accounting [1]
ACCT7107 2 Management Accounting and Control [1]
LAWS7012 2 Business Taxation [2]
LAWS7023 2 Business and Corporate Law [1]

Part C

Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ECON7021 2 The Macroeconomy
ECON7310 2 Elements of Econometrics
EIBS7301 2 Idea Management
IBUS7306 2 Globalisation & the World Economy
LAWS7855 2 Law, Technology and Global Business
RBUS7999 2 Business Industry Placement

Part D

Research - requires permission from Head of School

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT6101 2 Financial Information in Capital Markets
ACCT6102 2 Accounting in the Modern Financial Economy
ACCT6104 2 Managerial Accounting Honours A
BISM6211 2 Information Systems Honours
FINM6401 2 Corporate Finance Honours
FINM6402 2 Empirical Finance Honours
FINM6403 2 Critical Issues in Finance
RBUS6901 2 Qualitative Business Research Methods II
RBUS6902 2 Quantitative Business Research Methods I
RBUS6903 2 Quantitative Business Research Methods II
RBUS6904 2 Qualitative Business Research Methods I
RBUS6923 2 Scientific Methods in Commerce
[ RBUS7981 4 Research Project
[ or
[ RBUS7982 4 Research Project
[ or
[ RBUS7983 4 Research Project
[ RBUS7991 8 Research Thesis
[ or
[ RBUS7992 8 Research Thesis
[ or
[ RBUS7993 8 Research Thesis

End notes

  • [1] This course must be studied by students wishing to obtain CAANZ and CPA accreditation.
  • [2] This course must be studied by students wishing to obtain CAANZ accreditation, and is recommended but not required for CPA accreditation. Students who do not complete the course will be required to undertake it as part of their CPA study.