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ACCT20072 - Accounting Systems and Information Assurance

General Information

Unit Synopsis

When the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) or CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of a corporation signs a declaration on an annual report, stating that the financial statements provide a true and fair view of the company, how do they know that this is true? This unit offers an overview of the technology and control issues involved in acquiring a reasonable level of assurance that the accounting information provide to stakeholders, or to make decisions, is true and fair, accurate and timely. If you have successfully completed the unit ACCT29084 you should not enrol in this unit.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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. Written Assessment 20%
2. Practical and Written Assessment 30%
3. Examination 50%

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 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 86.36% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 45.83% 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: Informal student comments
Feedback
Students appreciated the applied nature of the unit and the use of software to teach accounting concepts which are relevant to their careers.
Recommendation
Computer workshops have been embedded in the delivery model and will continue to be offered. They will be regularly updated to ensure that they remain relevant.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Research and critically reflect upon the importance of risk awareness and control plans for maintaining accurate and reliable accounting information.
  2. Research and critically reflect upon the ethical imperatives of maintaining effective control of accounting information.
  3. Construct effective control plans and report on their likely effectiveness.
  4. Report on the critical role that accounting information systems play in processing and reporting accounting data and information from different business processes and cycles.
  5. Evaluate criically the role that poor financial information has played in cases of poor corporate performance.
  6. Demonstrate skills in the use of accounting software to record and report transactions in firms

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment
2 - Practical and Written Assessment
3 - Examination
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Written Assessment
2 - Practical and Written Assessment
3 - Examination