Quantitative Research Project

Assessment of AASB Research Report No. 1  June 2014: Application of the Reporting Entity Concept and Lodgement of Special Purpose Financial Statements

http://www.aasb.gov.au/admin/file/content102/c3/AASB_RR-1_06-14_Reporting_Entities_and_SPFSs.pdf

Workload: At least 12 hours in the Mid-Session break.

Extensions

No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.

Turnitin

All text based assessments must be submitted through Turnitin as per instructions provided in the unit guide. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that work is submitted correctly prior to the due date. No hard copies of assessments will be accepted and only Turnitin records will be taken as records of submission.

Multiple submissions may be possible in some units via Turnitin prior to the final due date and time of an assessment task and originality reports may be made available to students to view and check their work. All identified matching text will be reconsidered carefully. Students should note that the system will not immediately produce the similarity score on a second or subsequent submission - it approximately takes 24 hours for the report to be generated. This may be after the due date so students should plan any resubmissions carefully. Please refer to these instructions on how to submit your assignment through Turnitin and access similarity reports and feedback provided by teaching staff. Should you have questions about Turnitin or experience issues submitting through the system, you must inform your unit coordinator immediately. If the issue is technical in nature may also lodge OneHelp Ticket, refer to the IT help page.

It is the responsibility of the student to retain a copy of any work submitted. Students must produce these documents upon request. Copies should be retained until the end of the grade appeal period each term. In the event that a student is asked to produce another copy of work submitted and is unable to do so, they may be awarded zero (0) for that particular assessment task.

A Class Test will be held during the class on Friday 9 September 2016. All topics up to and including the topic for the class of 2 September 2016 are examinable. Further information regarding the format of this Class Test will be provided in class.

Extensions:

The only exception to not sitting the Class Test at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Disruption to Studies (DTS). The University’s policy on Disruption to Studies is available at

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html

Upon the approval of DTS you will be provided with a supplementary test

Workload: 12 hours.

 I. WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS (10%)

During the Session, 3 of your weekly assignments will be collected for the purpose of assessing whether or not you are making sufficient effort in preparing answers to assignment questions. No advance notice will be given that a particular weekly assignment will be collected. It is only possible to submit your assignment in the session in which the assignment is due.

This part of the assessment is worth 10%.  The best 2 of the 3 collections will be counted  towards this assessment. The following grading system will apply: An assignment deemed by the lecturer to be satisfactory (i.e. where all questions have been satisfactorily attempted, with a “satisfactory attempt” meaning a genuine attempt to fully answer all questions) will be graded as “S” (satisfactory) and will earn the full 5%.

 An assignment deemed by the lecturer to be incomplete (i.e. a small number of the questions have not been attempted or not fully answered but a genuine attempt has been made to fully answer the other questions) will be graded as “I” (incomplete) and will earn 3%..

An assignment deemed by the lecturer to be unsatisfactory (i.e. not assessed as falling within the other two categories) will be graded as “U” (unsatisfactory) which earns 0%.

Weekly assignments must be word-processed (typed). Under no circumstances will handwritten assignments be accepted. In addition, your student number must appear in the top right-hand corner of each page of the assignment.

Extensions: No extensions will be granted, except for cases in which an application for disruption to studies is received (with any supporting documentation, e.g. medical certificate attached) and approved. In such cases another Assignment will be collected.

Workload: Lectures 39 hours; Assignments 60 hours

II. CLASS PRESENTATION (10%)

During the Session, each student will be allocated an assignment question and will be required to present their answer to the class. The presentation will be graded out of 10 marks (in total 10% of the Unit).

The Presentation will be assessed using the following criteria which covers both the technical correctness of the answer and quality of presentation: How well the material is structured; how effective the answer to the question is; how clearly and well communicated the key points are expressed; how well the class’s attention is kept; how clear and concise the summary is.

Extensions: No extensions will be granted, except for cases in which an application for disruption to studies is received (with any supporting documentation, e.g. medical certificate attached) and approved. In such cases another Presentation will be requested.

A final examination is included as an assessment task for this unit to provide assurance that:

i) the product belongs to the student, and

ii) the student has attained the knowledge and skills tested in the exam.

To pass the unit a student must pass the final examination and achieve a passing grade in their overall marks.

The final examination for this unit will be held during the University Examination period. The University Examination period is in November 2016. More information about the final examination will be provided later in the Session.

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Disruption to Studies. The University’s policy on Disruption to Studies is available at

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Disruption to Studies the examination will be scheduled as per the Supplementary Examination timetable of the Faculty. Please note that the supplementary examination will be of the similar format as the final examination.

http:// exams.mq.edu.au/

The Macquarie university examination policy details the principles and conduct of examinations at the University. The policy is available at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/examination/policy.htm

Workload: At least 27 hours.

Total Workload as follows:

Lectures 39 hours

Weekly Assignments 60 hours

Mid-Session Test 12 hours

Research Project 12 hours

Final Exam preparation 27 hours

Total hours 150