Bachelor of Accounting
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ACG10 Managing the Digital Organisation
Learn how organisations design, manage and use information systems and technology as important corporate resources. This examination occurs in the context of critical and analytical evaluation of the concepts, principles, processes, techniques and issues of modern computerised business information systems. Included is practical work to not only familiarise students with databases, decision-making and web page software but to also understand when, how and why such software can be utilised to assist with the analysis and solution of business problems and the enhancement of business opportunities.
Back to the top ▲ACG11 Accounting Decisions and Accountability
Gain an introduction to professional accounting. You will cover the following topics: Decision-making and accountability; Rationales for accounting; Ethics involved in accounting practice; The accounting process; Recording accounting data and preparing financial statements; Accounting for inventory and preparing cash flow statements; Analysing financial statements; Management accounting; Planning, budgeting and control and Quantitative methods for decision-making.
Back to the top ▲ACG12 Financial Accounting 1
Build your understanding of the foundational framework of financial accounting - in the context of the corporate entity. Your study will provide you with an integrated exposure to fundamental accounting systems and the accounting cycle. You are introduced to the institutional and ethical environments that corporate accounting operates within. The unit also provides exposure to the theoretical and conceptual issues surrounding the practice of financial accounting.
Back to the top ▲BLW16 Introduction to Law
Start your formal study of the law in Australia. You will address the following topics: The Australian legal system - including common law, equity and the Constitution; The law of contracts - including offers, acceptance and valuable consideration; Rules of written contracts; Illegality and its effects on contracts; Mistake, misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, unconscionability; Breach of contract; Assessment of damages, Specific performance and injunctions; Operation of statutes of limitations and the Law of agency.
Back to the top ▲BMS11 Business Mathematics and Statistics
Learn valuable skills in collating and analysing quantative data. You will develop basic quantitative skills that will support both your further studies and your career in business. Through this unit you will study: Introduction to spreadsheets; Descriptive statistics; Probability; Probability distributions; Estimation; Hypothesis testing; Regression and correlation; Time series and Index numbers.
Back to the top ▲MAN11 Introduction to Management
Explore the study of management and the basic academic skills relevant to university study in this discipline. You will examine the following topics: Managerial work in organisations; Historical and contemporary theories in management; Management environment; Social responsibility and managerial ethics; Planning and managerial decision-making; Managing individuals and groups; Motivation; Leadership; Employment relations and managerial control.
Back to the top ▲ECO11 Economic Principles
Gain an overview of the concepts and language of economics. Through your study, you will consider the allocation of resources across individuals, companies and the market place. You will also develop an understanding of current events as reported in the media. Topics covered include: What is microeconomics; Markets and how they work; Elasticity; Competition; Monopolies and Market failure. It is highly recommended that you read The Economist, the Australian Financial Review, or The Australian on a regular basis.
Back to the top ▲MAR11 Marketing Theory and Practice
Embark on an introduction to marketing theory and practice. Consumers serve as the most important resource for most firms. This unit explains the marketing process, outlining how a firm should go about achieving its goals by determining and satisfying the needs of its customers. This unit is relevant to a wide range of academic disciplines as everyone is subject to marketing activities. In fact, many regard marketing as the most important function any business can undertake.
Back to the top ▲ACG24 Management Accounting
Gain an overview of the critical role of management accounting in organisational planning, controlling, decision-making and learning. This unit is designed for students from all disciplines who are interested in management accounting information as users or preparers. Topics include: Cost terminology - concepts and behaviour; Costing systems general principles, indirect costs and activity based systems; Strategic planning and budgeting; Organisational control - financial tools and Decision Making - costs, benefits, and one-off decisions.
Back to the top ▲ACG27 Financial Accounting 2
Learn critical requirements and issues about the financial reporting environment. In this unit, you will cover the presentation and reporting requirements of financial statements and accounting standards for balance sheets, income statements and equity statements. The unit explores disclosure issues such as policies, materiality, post reporting-date events and segment reporting requirements. You will then focus on liabilities their definition, measurement, classification, provision and contingencies. Next, you will focus on leases and the classification and treatment in the books of the lessee, including disclosure requirements. The unit finishes by looking at accounting for tax, assets and intangible assets.
Back to the top ▲BLW21 Company Law
Gain a valuable overview to company law. You will examine the characteristics of a company compared to characteristics of other business entities. You will be introduced to the types and structures of companies and the impact of internal and external relationships on companies. You will also outline the role of fundraising, share capital and membership, loan capital, the duties of directors and officers, the structure and conduct of meetings, the requirements of reporting, members' rights and external administration. You will need a high level of proficiency in the English language, both written and spoken.
Back to the top ▲BLW22 Taxation
Gain a detailed understanding of Australia's Income Tax Assessment Act, its associated acts and regulations and their application to the preparation of income tax returns. The unit is divided into the following topics: Income; Deductions; Capital gains; Uniform capital allowances; Partnerships and Trusts and companies. You will need a high level of proficiency in the English language, both written and spoken. You are not allowed to take dictionaries into the examinations.
Back to the top ▲MGM21 Management Communication and Negotiation
Improve your understanding and skills in communication and negotiation. Through your study, you will critically evaluate the role of power and conflict in relation to communication and negotiation. You will identify the strategies and behaviours involved in successful communication and negotiation. In addition, you will critically evaluate various key communication and negotiation theories, methods, approaches and models. You will be encouraged to apply these theories to real life situations to improve the quality of your personal communication and negotiation.
Back to the top ▲ACG31 Auditing Theory and Practice
Understand the critical elements of successful auditing. You will undertake a detailed examination of the structures and requirements of auditing. Through your study you will cover: The nature and purpose of audit; Auditing standards - ethics and the profession; Planning - risk and materiality; Evaluation of accounting systems and internal control; Tests of control vs. substantive testing; Audit programs; Audit evidence; Audit sampling; Sales and collection cycle; Acquisition and payment cycle; Audit of assets and liabilities; Completing the audit and the legal liability of auditors.
Back to the top ▲ACG32 Finance and Investment
Gain detailed understanding of finance and investment. Through your study your will examine the role of finance in business and the development of financial objectives. You will also study maths applicable to business and investment evaluation. The unit will then address the relevant financing issues concerning the capital structure of an organisation.
Back to the top ▲ACG33 Global Issues for Accounting
In an era of global communication and trade, this unit provides you with an invaluable overview of global issues in accounting. You will be introduced to global competition, the global business environment, global organisations, global management, global strategy, global management accounting and global financial accounting issues including harmonisation.
Back to the top ▲ACG35 Issues in Accounting Theory
Gain a detailed insight into the development of accounting theory. Over the course of the unit, you will cover the following topics: Nature of theory and theory testing; Theories and research capital market research, accounting policy choice research and critical perspectives; Analysis and evaluation of contemporary normative theories - conceptual framework for general purpose financial reporting, measurement, profit determination; Ethical issues in accounting standard setting and financial reporting practice.
Back to the top ▲ACG36 Financial Accounting 3
Build on your understanding of financial accounting developed in ACG27, with an overview of the financial reporting environment. The topics you will cover include accounting and disclosure issues involved in the preparation, presentation and interpretation of general purpose financial reports. Specific issues considered in the unit include accounting for income and employee benefits, the preparation of consolidated financial statements, accounting for trusts and the analysis and interpretation of financial statements. You will also examine issues relating to the voluntary disclosure of information by corporations and related ethical considerations.
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