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Unit of Study ISYS5004 - Accounting Information Systems and Processes (2024)

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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

Module 1: System fundamentals and business processes
Module 2: Database concepts and systems development
Module 3: Technology concepts and system mapping and documentation
Module 4: Internal controls
Module 5: Transaction cycles
Module 6: Systems auditing, governance and ethics

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
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Melbourne N/A
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Online
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Perth N/A
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Sydney N/A
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Learning outcomes

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:

explain fundamental concepts of accounting information systems related to business processes, database and system development

evaluate different information systems and technologies, system documentation techniques, and internal controls

analyse the flow of accounting data and information in relation to major business (transaction) cycles

identify the importance of governance, auditing and security from an ethical standpoint and assess the potential threat to good governance from fraud and cybercrime.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Parkes, A, Considine, B, Olesen, K & Blount, Y, 2018, Accounting Information Systems, 5th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, Milton, Queensland. ISBN: 9 780730 369134 (Printed Textbook with E-Text).
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to a computer with a webcam and reliable internet connection. 

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.