Master of Business (Mbus) in Accounting and Finance
Dunedin, New Zealand
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Dec 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Accounting falls into two main areas:
- Financial accounting is largely about producing financial information about organisations for people outside those organisations.
- Management accounting is about record-keeping, planning, monitoring, and decision-making within organisations.
In your first year, you will learn the basic concepts, principles and techniques of accounting. You'll learn how to produce financial statements used by most organisations and how accounting systems meet the information requirements of organisations – plans, forecasts, results. We also provide opportunities to develop critical thinking, financial analysis and communication skills, as these are attributes that are highly valued by employers and graduates.
Beyond the first year, you'll develop these basic skills and learn more about the role of accounting in different contexts. Increasingly, accountants help measure and analyse data and provide advice on sustainable business practices, with social, environmental and governance reports now common additions to traditional accounting reports.
Admissions
Curriculum
100-Level Courses (First Year)
- BSNS 112: Interpreting Business Data
- BSNS 114: Financial Decision Making
- BSNS 115: Accounting and Information Systems
- ACCT 102: Principles of Accounting
- BSNS 111: Business and Society (Compulsory)
- BSNS 113: Economic Principles and Policy (Compulsory)
200-Level Courses (Second Year)
- ACCT 211: Financial Accounting and Reporting
- ACCT 222: Cost and Management Accounting
- ACCT 233: Fundamentals of Accounting for Financial Decisions
- ACCT 260: Introduction to Accounting Analytics
300-Level Courses (Third Year)
- ACCT 302: Accounting Performance Management
- ACCT 307: Management Accounting
- ACCT 310: Financial Statement Analysis
- ACCT 315: Advanced Financial Accounting
Additional Points
- 126 further points are required.
- Must include 54 points at 200-level or above.
- Up to 90 points can be taken from outside Commerce.
Minor Subject Requirements
- ACCT102 Principles of Accounting
- ACCT211 Financial Accounting and Reporting
- ACCT222 Cost and Management Accounting
- ACCT233 Fundamentals of Accounting for Financial Decisions
- ACCT260 Introduction to Accounting Analytics
- ACCT302 Accounting Performance Management
- ACCT307 Management Accounting
- ACCT310 Financial Statement Analysis
- ACCT315 Advanced Financial Accounting
- ACCT360 Advanced Accounting Analytics
- ACCT404 Empirical and Methodological Aspects of Financial Accounting
- ACFI459 Advanced Research Methods
- ACFI501 Applied Project
- ACFI580 Research Project
- ACTP311 Auditing Practice
- ACTP312 Taxation Practice
Career Opportunities
For an Otago accounting graduate, the world is your playground. Many graduates start their careers in chartered accountancy firms, often working in taxation or auditing or as advisers to a range of businesses. For many, this is a stepping stone; within three or four years they move on to larger organisations such as government departments, businesses and non-profit organisations and within 10 years, their skills may have earned them a management rather than an accounting role.
New Zealand's leading accounting firms express a strong preference for Otago-trained graduates, so look out for our recruitment fairs held in early March each year.
Many employers prefer Otago accounting graduates. They particularly like students who engage in the variety of social, extra-curricular and academic opportunities that Otago offers.