Interested in a career in accounting with a strong focus on environmental, social, and governance practices?
Our unique program, the combined Master of Accounting and Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, equips you with the skills to apply social impact principles to innovation, service, and system design while practicing as an accountant.
*Government subsidies enable Flinders to offer Domestic applicants a reduction of up to 80% off full course fees through Commonwealth Supported Places. Offer subject to change.
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Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
City
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2CM825 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM925 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2025):
$17,689 (Commonwealth supported place)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
City
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 064258M
Annual fees:
2024: $39,300
Why study Accounting and Social Impact at Flinders?
Learn valuable skills in a fast-growing industry sector and be ready to practise as an accountant in the social enterprise sector.
The Master of Accounting meets the admission requirements of the Certified Practising Accountants of Australia (CPA Australia), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
This postgraduate accounting and social impact qualification will provide you with accounting and social impact knowledge, competencies, and skills to support ethical, global business management and leadership of organisations.
You will apply what you learn to a range of organisation types including private sector business organisations, not-for-profit organisations, and public organisations through experiential learning techniques students.
Through the course, you will conduct independent research, carry out industry and discipline related projects, and relate their learning to authentic accounting and finance problems encountered by organisations.
Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith is a Matthew Flinders Professor of Social Impact and Director of the Centre for Social Impact at Flinders University. He is a researcher in the fields of social policy and social service with extensive experience in research and evaluation relating to social service improvement, systems reform and social policy. Ian has a history of working collaboratively with government and non-government organisations, communities and people who have been marginalised, and a long track record of research partnerships, both internationally and in all Australian states and territories, in metropolitan, country and remote settings.
Sandra Robinson is the Course Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Social Impact and MBA Social Impact.
Sandra has more than 30 years’ experience in leadership, training and teaching, mentoring, program design and direction, collaboration and communication in education, Local Government, the Not-For-Profit sector, and state government. Her roles have included teaching in school communities, Community Development in local councils, management of a state-wide social impact measurement framework, Chief Executive leadership of a unique social impact social enterprise, and manager of a new state government program connecting people to community and systems and measuring social impact.
Philip has completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) with Honours and a PhD in Accounting. He is a member of CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
He is passionate about producing enterprising, work-ready accounting graduates, who have the necessary technical knowledge and personal attributes to make a successful contribution to the accounting profession.
Dr. G M Wali Ullah is a finance academic with more than 8 years of experience in teaching, coordinating and developing courses taught in various mediums (face-to-face, online and hybrid) and programs (undergraduate, postgraduate coursework, postgraduate research and MBA) to domestic and international students, across a number of universities and tertiary education providers in Australia and Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. in Corporate Finance from the University of Adelaide, MSc in International Finance from the University of Westminster, UK, and a BBA in Finance from East West University, Bangladesh.
Applicants must have completed a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in any discipline (other than an accounting degree accredited in Australia).
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