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Unit of Study ACC00153 - Business Information Systems (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    International onshore students only are advised to enrol in this internal offering

Unit description

Designed to prepare the student for a career in business, this unit examines information systems technology and concepts and provides an introduction to the design and development process of business application software.

Unit content

Part One - System fundamentals: 
System fundamentals

Part Two - Systems characteristics and considerations:
Business processes
Database concepts I
Systems documentation
Internal controls I
Internal controls II

Part Three - Systems in action
Transaction cycle - The revenue cycle
Transaction cycle - The expenditure cycle
Transaction cycle - The production cycle
Transaction cycle - The HR management and payroll cycle
Transaction cycle - The general ledger and financial reporting cycle

Part Four - Systems issues:
Systems development

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 1 Session 1
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Melbourne N/A Session 1
Online Session 1,  3 Session 1,  1,  3
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Enga N/A Session 3
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A Session 3
Sydney N/A 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 define what an accounting information system is, and describe the basic functions it performs
2 identify and explain the concepts of sound internal control surrounding input, processing and output controls, audit trails, data integrity, security and backups
3 identify and explain the business activities performed in the major business cycles and the flow of accounting data and information in those systems
4 identify and explain the stages of development, implementation and maintenance of an AIS.

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

  1. define what an accounting information system is, and describe the basic functions it performs
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. identify and explain the concepts of sound internal control surrounding input, processing and output controls, audit trails, data integrity, security and backups
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  3. identify and explain the business activities performed in the major business cycles and the flow of accounting data and information in those systems
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  4. identify and explain the stages of development, implementation and maintenance of an AIS.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

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