ACCT20073 - Company Accounting

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit assesses the application of Australian accounting standards informing the recording and reporting of group structures, tax affect accounting and issues affecting assets. In this unit you will demonstrate and apply knowledge of these accounting standards to analyse and interpret issues related to these topics, and to communicate effectively. You will apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to design, evaluate and implement proposed solutions to accounting problems related to these topics.

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

Students must successfully complete ACCT20071 Foundations of Financial Accounting prior to enrolling in this unit.

Students who have successfully completed the unit ACCT20054 should not enrol 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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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

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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

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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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 84.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 37.88% 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: self reflection
Feedback
More time and effort to be devoted to engage student in the workshop.
Recommendation
More time and effort will be to engage student in the process of problem solving exercise.
Action Taken
More time was devoted during workshop to engage students in the process of problem solving. Students were regularly motivated to engage in the problem solving.
Source: students feedback
Feedback
More useful feedback is required
Recommendation
Details of feedback about the process of the problem solving and marks allocated in each step will be provided.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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