Course Coordinator:Graham Bowrey (gbowrey@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course is structured to enable you to complete financial accounting tasks with reference to the professional, legislative and theoretical framework of accounting. Completion of the course should enable you to demonstrate knowledge of the 'regulatory' environment within which accounting procedures and reporting practices operate. Financial Accounting is a key course for students who wish to pursue a career in professional accounting. Topics covered include the accounting conceptual framework; accounting for non-current assets and intangibles; cash flow statements; financial statement analysis; and accounting for leases.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Lecture | 2hrs | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 | 1hr | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
500 Level (Advanced)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Use critical thinking to identify, analyse and solve problems in diverse areas of financial reporting. | Creative and critical thinker |
| 2 | Effectively communicate financial reporting and commerce-related knowledge and information. | Empowered |
| 3 | Understand and interpret commerce-related knowledge and information and apply such knowledge and information to regional, national and/or global business situations and decision making. | Knowledgeable |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
ACC506 and enrolled in a postgraduate program.
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Basic financial accounting knowledge acquired in ACC506
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Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
In week 8 tutorial, the assessment Task 2 will be reviewed and necessary feedback would be given to support and successfully completing the essay.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 20% | 1 hour |
Week 5 | In Class |
| All | 2 | Essay | Individual | 30% | 1,500 words |
Week 11 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Examination - Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 50% | 2 hours |
Exam Period | Exam Venue |
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| Goal: | The aim is for you to use critical thinking to identify, analyse and solve problems; to show that you can understand and interpret financial reporting knowledge and information and apply such knowledge. |
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| Format: | This is an individual assessment. You will have 1 hour to complete the test which will be conducted in class during the normal lecture time. The test will comprise questions that will examine material covered in Weeks 1 to 4 of the course. |
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| Goal: | The aim is for you to use critical thinking to identify, analyse and solve problems; to show that you can understand and interpret commerce-related knowledge and information and apply such knowledge; and communicate commerce related knowledge. |
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| Format: | The assignment is to be your own individual work - it is not a group assignment. The approximate word count is 1,500 words. Details of the assignment will be provided on Blackboard. |
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| Goal: | The aim is for you to use critical thinking to identify, analyse and solve problems; to show that you can understand and interpret commerce-related knowledge and information and apply such knowledge. |
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| Format: | This is a centrally scheduled final examination and will be held during the end of semester examination period. The final examination will be two hours in duration, with 10 minutes perusal and will be closed book. Questions may be drawn from any of the topics covered in the course. More details on the final examination will be provided on Blackboard |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Loftus, J., Leo, K., Daniliuc, S., Boys, N., Luke, B., Ang, H. and Byrnes, K | 2018 | Financial Reporting | 2nd Edn. | John Wiley & Sons |
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