Master of Commerce (Advanced) Study Plans

Please consult with your program convener, Dr Tracy (Kun) Wang before enrolling any course. 

Commencing in Semester 1

Year 1, Semester 1: 24 units

  • BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
  • BUSN7052 Commercial Law
  • STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
  • ECON8069 Business Economics or FINM7006 Applied Foundations of Finance

Year 1, Semester 2: 24 units

  • BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
  • BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting#
  • Choose any one course from the second list*
  • Choose any one course from the second list*

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 units

  • BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
  • BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Method in Commerce
  • EMET6007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods or STAT6038 Regression Modelling
  • BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) -6 units

Year 2, Semester 2: 24 units

  • BUSN8111 Seminal Research in Accounting
  • BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) - 18 units

# To enrol, you must obtain a permission code via this form and submitting it to CBE Student Services (info.cbe@anu.edu.au).

* Course in the second list:

  • BUSN7006 Public Sector Accounting and Reporting
  • BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
  • BUSN7021 Taxation Law
  • BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
  • BUSN7036 Financial Statement Analysis
  • BUSN7049 Corporate Financial Reporting
  • BUSN7051 Accounting Analytics
  • BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • BUSN7057 Business Association Law
  • BUSN8003 Advanced Managerial Decision Making

Commencing in Semester 2

Year 1, Semester 1: 24 units

  • BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
  • BUSN7052 Commercial Law
  • STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
  • ECON8069 Business Economics or FINM7006 Applied Foundations of Finance

Year 1, Semester 2: 24 units

  • BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
  • BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting#
  • Choose any one course from the second list*
  • Choose any one course from the second list*

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 units

  • BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
  • BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Method in Commerce
  • EMET6007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods or STAT6038 Regression Modelling
  • BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) -6 units

Year 2, Semester 2: 24 units

  • BUSN8145 Corporate Governance: Research Preparation
  • BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) - 18 units

# To enrol, you must obtain a permission code via this form and submitting it to CBE Student Services (info.cbe@anu.edu.au).

* Courses in the second list:

  • BUSN7006 Public Sector Accounting and Reporting
  • BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
  • BUSN7021 Taxation Law
  • BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
  • BUSN7036 Financial Statement Analysis
  • BUSN7049 Corporate Financial Reporting
  • BUSN7051 Accounting Analytics
  • BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • BUSN7057 Business Association Law
  • BUSN8003 Advanced Managerial Decision Making

Commencing in 2018 – 2020

Year 1, Semester 1: 24 units

  1. BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
  2. BUSN7052 Commercial Law
  3. STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
  4. ECON8069 Business Economics, or elective from list of the approved BUSN 7000-level courses*

Year 1, Semester 2: 24 units

  1. BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
  2. BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting#
  3. ECON8069 Business Economics, or elective from list of the approved BUSN 7000-level courses*
  4. Elective from list of the approved BUSN 7000-level courses*

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 units

  1. BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
  2. BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Method in Commerce
  3. EMET6007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods, or EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics
  4. BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) -6 units

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 units

  1. BUSN8010 Special Topics in Commerce, or BUSN8145 Corporate Governance: Research Preparation
  2. BUSN8804 Master Sub-Thesis (Commerce) - 18 units

# To enrol the course, you must obtain a permission code by filling the form and submitting it to the CBE Student Services (info.cbe@anu.edu.au).

* These approve course list including

  • BUSN7006 Public Sector Accounting and Reporting
  • BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
  • BUSN7021 Taxation Law
  • BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
  • BUSN7036 Financial Statement Analysis
  • BUSN7049 Corporate Financial Reporting
  • BUSN7051 Accounting Analytics
  • BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • BUSN7057 Business Association Law
  • ECON8069 Business Economics

Commencing in Semester 1 (2017)

This is a suggested study plan for the Master of Commerce with a specialisation in Accounting. This program can be a pathway to PhD in Accounting. Commencing students should discuss their study plan with the program convener (Dr Steven Wu) and the CBE Student Services.

Year 1, Semester 1: 24 Units

  1. BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
  2. BUSN7052 Commercial Law
  3. FINM7006 Foundations of Finance
  4. STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance

Year 1, Semester 2: 24 Units

  1. BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
  2. BUSN7057 Business Associations Law
  3. BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting 
  4. BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting#

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 Units

  1. BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Method
  2. BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
  3. EMET6007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods, or EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics
  4. BUSN8804 Masters Subthesis (6 units)

Year 2, Semester 2: 24 Units

# To enrol the course, you must obtain a permission code by filling the form and submitting it to the CBE Student Services (info.cbe@anu.edu.au).

Commencing in Semester 2 (2017)

Year 1, Semester 2: 24 Units

  1. BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
  2. BUSN7052 Commercial Law
  3. FINM7006 Foundations of Finance
  4. STAT7055 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance

Year 1, Semester 1: 24 Units

  1. BUSN7031 Management Accounting and Cost Analysis
  2. BUSN7057 Business Associations Law
  3. BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting 
  4. BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting#

Year 2, Semester 2: 24 Units

  1. BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Method
  2. BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
  3. EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics
  4. BUSN8804 Masters Subthesis (6 units)

Year 2, Semester 1: 24 Units

# To enrol the course, you must obtain a permission code by filling the form and submitting it to the CBE Student Services (info.cbe@anu.edu.au).