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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener
Carl Shen
Contact via Email
Lecturer
Haiyan Jiang
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAccg or MAccLead or MBioBus or MCom or MIntBus or GradCertForAccg or GradDipForAccg or MForAccgFinCri or MProfAcc or MProfAccgLead or MBusAnalytics
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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 unit provides students with a graduate-level understanding of accounting as a business process of recording, measuring, classifying and reporting economic, financial and other related information and transactions for use by a variety of stakeholders. Students completing this unit are expected to be able to prepare, analyse and discuss financial reports in various business contexts. Classes cover the core aspects of the preparation and basic analysis of financial statements and the underlying accounting policies and principles. |
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:
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Assessed Coursework
Class Tests
Final Exam
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Classes:
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Week |
Topic |
Note |
1 |
An overview of accounting and the role of ethics and sustainability in accounting |
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2 |
The recording process |
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3 |
Accrual accounting concepts |
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4 |
Account receivable |
Online Test |
5 |
Non-current assets |
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6 |
Preparing financial statements |
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7 |
Internal control and reconciliations |
Online Test |
8 |
Inventories |
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9 |
Liabilities and equity |
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10 |
Financial ratio analysis |
In-class Test |
11 |
Statement of cash flows |
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12 |
Cost-volume-profit relationships |
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13 |
Review Week |
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