ACCT20071 - Foundations in Accounting

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit introduces you to financial accounting within the context of the accounting conceptual framework and relevant accounting standards in Australian regulatory environment. You will gain a sound knowledge of accounting for reporting requirements of elements of financial statements, and able to analyse and interpret complex accounting issues relating to them. You will be also able to use analytical and research skills to apply, investigate and analyse complex accounting issues relating to elements of financial statements including social and environmental reporting.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must successfully complete ACCT20070 Accounting in Australia prior to enrolling in this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical and Written Assessment 20%
2. Presentation and Written Assessment 20%
3. Online Test 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 91.43% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.46% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Coordinators' reflections
Feedback
More assistance to be provided with assessment in the form of workshopping it in the regular classes
Recommendation
Workshop the assessments in the weeks prior to assessment due dates. This will help in reducing academic integrity cases and help in student retention.
Action Taken
Now both the assessments are workshopped in classes
Source: students' comments
Feedback
Make assessment items more clear
Recommendation
Provide a guided structure on assessment to help students understand the question better
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: UC reflections
Feedback
Need to add peer review activity so that group leaders can evaluate the contribution of each member
Recommendation
add peer review activity
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate mastery of Australian accounting standards in preparing financial statements and reporting on the elements of financial statements, and able to analyse and interpret complex accounting issues relating to them
  2. Critically evaluate and report on the conceptual framework for accounting as it is applied in Australia
  3. Use analytical and research skills to apply, investigate and analyse complex accounting issues relating to elements of financial statements including social and environmental reporting
  4. Communicate effectively with professionals and non professionals in relation to elements of financial statements including social and environmental reporting.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Online Test • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
4 - Research • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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