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Unit of Study ACC00148 - Advanced Financial Reporting (2016)

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Unit description

Covers preparation of Corporate Financial Reports at an advanced level including contemporary issues in financial reporting and the importance of accounting policies.

Unit content

The dynamic nature of the unit means that topics other than those listed below may arise during the course of the semester for closer consideration:

  • Applicability of AASBs and IASs
  • Matching principle
  • Comprehensive income
  • Goodwill impairment
  • Reporting results of operations
  • Earnings management
  • Revenue recognition
  • Research & development
  • XBRL

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Interpret and critically discuss disclosure of accounting information
2 Analyse and prepare alternative accounting treatments according to applicable accounting standards
3 Identify and explain current accounting issues and non-compliance with standards
4 Present your research on an accounting issue of your choice
5 Reflect on your learning progress

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Interpret and critically discuss disclosure of accounting information
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    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. Analyse and prepare alternative accounting treatments according to applicable accounting standards
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    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. Identify and explain current accounting issues and non-compliance with standards
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. Present your research on an accounting issue of your choice
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  5. Reflect on your learning progress
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Structured online learning 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Practical skills 10%
Case study 20%
Guest online lecture 10%
Audio Learning Reflection Journal 10%
Monitoring Current Issues 10%
Exploring a self-chosen entity 10%
Research Presentation 30%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.