ACCT20081 - Financial Data Analytics

General Information

Unit Synopsis

As the economy moves towards more digital disruption, management and auditors are seeking innovative technologies for generating timely information for decision making. The unit is designed to provide you with an understanding of how financial data of an organisation can be analysed in a timely manner using data analytics. You are introduced to concepts, tools, software and methodologies of business intelligence and how they are applied to the analysis of financial data. You will gain experience in analysing accounting audit trails, using audit software, detecting potential fraud, visualising data, and generating dashboards for performance reporting. This unit is suitable for students with minimal information systems background.

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

Pre-requisite

ACCT20072 Accounting Systems & Information Assurance

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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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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 62.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.1% 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 feedback
Feedback
Students find the support materials quite extensive and valuable preparation for workshops, assessments and future career opportunities.
Recommendation
Continue to improve support materials and assessment, particularly the focus on auditing applications.
Action Taken
Enhancements are made to support materials each term. Applications relevant to auditing are emphasised.
Source: Teaching team
Feedback
Ensure support materials adequately prepare students for assessments.
Recommendation
Workshop activities will be enhanced to adequately prepare students for their assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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