Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Dr Andreas Hellmann
Contact via accg399@mq.edu.au
E4A 233
For consultation hours please see iLearn
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(42cp at 100 level or above) including ACCG315
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This capstone unit brings together the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the accounting program and looks forward to professional work or study. The unit's research and practice-based topics will equip students to enter into the accounting programs offered by CPA Australia and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), or to undertake postgraduate studies. The objective of the unit is to critically evaluate accounting information and accounting standards through an understanding of the different theoretical and philosophical approaches to accounting. It assists in developing students' professional judgement and reflective capacity and develops graduate capabilities, particularly analytical, critical and interpersonal skills. Furthermore, the various assessment tasks of this unit will enable students to reflect on the development of the graduate capabilities and how these have been achieved throughout their degree.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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In-Class Tests | 20% | No | Weeks 4 & 9 |
Reflective Tasks | 30% | No | See description |
Business Simulation | 50% | No | See description |
Due: Weeks 4 & 9
Weighting: 20%
Two in-class tests (10% each) will be conducted during class in Week 4 and Week 9. For each test, students are required to write an article for the Australian Financial Review. Details on the topics and preparation guides are provided on iLearn.
Submission
The in-class test will be held in Week 4 (10%) and Week 9 (10%). Students MUST attend their registered tutorial class to take the class test.
Extension and penalties
No extension will be granted. If you are sick or unable to attend your registered tutorial in the test week, you will need to apply for Disruption to Studies and if approved, you will sit for a supplementary test or an alternative assessment will be given accordingly.
Due: See description
Weighting: 30%
There are three reflective tasks (10% each) and the associated learning activities are to be completed by and in your registered classes in Weeks 3, 6 and 7. For each task students are required to write a pre-class reflection, participate in in-class activities and write a post-class reflection. Details for the reflective tasks are provided in ACCG399's iLearn.
Submission
You are required to submit your reflective piece online in Weeks 3, 6 and 7 respectively. Each reflective task carries a weighting of 10%.
Extension and penalties
If you are absent on any of the submission weeks you will a receive zero mark for that week. If you have an approved Disruption to Studies, an extension, or alternative assessment, will be given accordingly.
Due: See description
Weighting: 50%
The Business Simulation assessment task has three components, individual marks will be awarded for two components and a group mark will be awarded for the third component. These three components, including 'submission' and 'extension and penalties' information, are as follows:
1) In-class participation
Students must complete pre-class preparatory work for submission and participate in class activities in their registered class in Week 5. This component is worth 30% of this assessment task and an individual mark will be awarded. If you are absent you will get a zero mark. If you have an approved Disruption to Studies an extension, or alternative assessment, will be given accordingly.
2) Oral presentation
Students will give a presentation in their registered tutorial class. Presentations will rostered for Weeks 10, 11 and 12. This component is worth 20% of this assessment task and an individual mark will be awarded. If you are absent you will get a zero mark. If you have an approved Disruption to Studies you will be given another time for your presentation or alternative assessment will be given accordingly.
3) Report
A written submission by each group is due no later than 4pm on 13 November 2017 via Turnitin. This component is worth 50% of this assessment task and a group mark will be awarded. 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.
Further details on the Business Simulation assessment task is available on iLearn.
There is no required textbook for ACCG399. Relevant reading and learning materials will be recommended on iLearn.
Week | Class Type and Duration | Details |
1 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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2 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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2 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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3 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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3 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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4 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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4 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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5 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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5 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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6 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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6 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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7 |
Lecture: Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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7 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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8 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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8 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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9 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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9 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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10 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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10 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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11 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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11 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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12 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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12 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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13 |
Lecture Class duration: 2 x 50 minutes |
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13 |
Tutorial Class duration: 50 minutes |
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Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
There are changes made to the delivery and class structures. See the weekly schedule and iLearn for details.
This unit supports the development of program learning outcomes (PLO) for degree(s) delivered by the Faculty of Business and Economics. PLOs describe the educational outcomes of a degree and what you should be able to know, understand and do by the end of your degree.
Unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and the In-Class Test and Business Simulation assessments contribute to the following PLOs:
PLO2 Critical Thinking
PLO3 Problem Solving
PLO4.1b & d Communication
PLO4.2 Global Citizens
PLO4.3 Teamwork