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Unit of Study ACC00718 - Accounting Information Systems and Processes (2020)

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Unit description

Designed to prepare the student for a career in business, this unit focuses on the relationships between business processes, information flows and information technology and how these interact and communicate with an organisation's management. It also explores the governance, control and security issues in the business processes and within the information system.

Unit content

Part One - System fundamentals:

Chapter 1 - System fundamentals

Part Two - Systems characteristics and considerations:

Chapter 2 - Business processes

Chapter 3 - Database concepts I

Chapter 5 - Systems development

Chapter 6 - Technology concepts

Chapter 7 - Systems mapping and documentation

Chapter 8 - Internal controls I

Chapter 9 - Internal controls II

Part Three - Systems in action

Chapter 10 - Transaction cycle - The revenue cycle

Chapter 11 - Transaction cycle - The expenditure cycle

Chapter 12 - Transaction cycle - The general ledger and financial reporting cycle

Part Four - Systems issues:

Chapter 13 - Auditing and governance of accounting information systems

Chapter 14 - Ethics and cybercrime

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Melbourne
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Online
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Perth N/A
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Sydney
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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 recognise and explain the threats to effective and efficient performance of those processes and the applicable control procedures for dealing with those threats, and the key decisions that need to be made and the information needed to support those decisions
5 identify and explain the business activities performed in the major business cycles and the flow of accounting data and information in those systems.

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:
  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. recognise and explain the threats to effective and efficient performance of those processes and the applicable control procedures for dealing with those threats, and the key decisions that need to be made and the information needed to support those decisions
    • GA5:
  5. identify and explain the business activities performed in the major business cycles and the flow of accounting data and information in those systems.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (Weekly for 12 weeks)
Lecture online 1 hour (Weekly for 12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz 30%
Short written response 30%
Exam: closed book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz 30%
Short written response 30%
Exam: closed book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (Weekly for 12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz 30%
Short written response 30%
Exam: closed book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Lecture on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz 30%
Short written response 30%
Exam: closed book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Quiz 30%
Short written response 30%
Exam: closed book 40%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.