Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Joane Jonathan
Contact via accg200@mq.edu.au
To be announced on iLearn.
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(15cp at 100 level or above) including (ACCG100 or ACCG106)
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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 is the first of three units in cost and management accounting that are necessary for CPA Australia, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). The unit explains how cost information is generated and used in organisations for decision making purposes. There are three main parts to the unit:
- using costs for decision making;
- costing techniques (job/process costing and cost allocations); and
- budget setting and evaluating performance against the budget.
By the end of the unit students are able to discriminate between the various product costing techniques available, solve problems by identifying and selecting appropriate courses of action, and demonstrate an understanding of budgeting techniques and the behavioural issues associated with budgeting practices. The unit develops graduate capabilities in critical and analytical thinking skills and the ability to solve problems. In addition, the unit is structured to develop effective communication skills and to demonstrate awareness of issues affecting the role of a management accountant.
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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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Class participation | 15% | No | Ongoing |
Assignments | 10% | No | 18/12/2019 |
In class test | 15% | No | 06/01/2020 |
Final Examination | 60% | No | University Examination Period |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 15%
The mark will be awarded based on the following criteria:
• The extent to which each student has prepared for each class.
• The completion of tutorial work each lesson. This will be randomly checked/collected by tutors.
• The ability of students to express their ideas in class.
• The ability of students to articulate their thoughts.
• The ability of students to complete set tasks during classes.
• The ability of students to cooperate with and assists other students in their learning.
It is expected that students should not miss more than one tutorial throughout the session.
This assessment task takes place during the tutorial. If students miss a class due to illness or unavoidable circumstances they should apply for Disruption to Studies. This will be taken into consideration when determining the class participation marks.
Due: 18/12/2019
Weighting: 10%
Submission
An excel assignments (10%) must be submitted during the session. More details will be provided on iLearn in due course.
Extension
No extension will be granted
Penalties
No extension will be granted. A mark of ZERO will be given for non-submission. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks from the total awarded marks 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 to Studies is submitted within a reasonable time frame and is approved.
Due: 06/01/2020
Weighting: 15%
Submission:
An in-class test (15% ) will be conducted during tutorials in Week 4 (Week of 6 January 2020). The duration of the test will be 45 minutes. The test will be a closed book exam, answered under examination conditions
Extension:
No extension will be granted
Penalties
No extensions will be granted. Students who have not attended the test in their registered tutorial will be awarded a mark of ZERO for the task, except for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 60%
Examination conditions:
A time-limited (3 hours) invigilated closed book final exam.
Dictionaries are not permitted
Non-programmable calculators with no text retrieval capacity are allowed.
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily:
If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of "Disruptions to Studies" application 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.
Students should attend three hours of face-to-face teaching per topic consisting of a one-and-half hour lecture and a one-and-half hour tutorial. The lecture will also be available via iLecture on unit website by the end of each lecture. Students are advised to note that any changes to tutorial classes must be made online through e-Student. Students wishing to change their tutorial time should login to e-student and enrol in a class where there is a vacancy. Staff members WILL NOT deal with tutorial changes unless there are exceptional circumstances. It is each student’s responsibility to know which tutorial group they have been allocated to. Students will not be awarded any tutorial marks unless they attend the class in which they are formally enrolled*. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at:http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/.
Students are also required to register a one-off three hour excel workshop during the mid-session break via e-Student. Students must attend their registered workshop and any changes must be made online through e-student.
Details of prizes for this unit are available at: http://www.businessandeconomics.mq.edu.au/undergraduate_degrees/prizes_scholarships
Management Accounting, Information for creating and managing value, by Kim Langfield-Smith, Helen Thorne, David A. Smith and Ronald W. Hilton, 8th Edition, 2017, McGraw-Hill.
Access to this text is essential for lecture references and for tutorial questions. This text can be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop and is available in the Macquarie Library.
Students are required to use information technology in this unit. Students will need to use electronic access to unit web page for all information related to the unit including downloading unit guide and other materials required for class assignments. Students also need to use Microsoft Excel (where applicable) to complete their Excel assignments.
The web page for this unit can be found at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au
You should also contact the IT helpdesk if you need assistance with using the website. Alternatively use the help feature provided. Make sure that when you have finished using the website that you Log Out. Failure to do so could allow unauthorised access to your account.
The following information will be available on the website:
You are encouraged to regularly check the website and use it as an information and resource centre to assist with your learning.
The course is structured around a 1.5 hour lecture and a 1.5 hour tutorial per topic. Lectures are intended to provide students with an overview of the main concepts and techniques. Lectures may not cover all of the material and students are expected to read all of the prescribed references prior to the lecture. Tutorials will be run on a workshop basis with students being given the opportunity to apply the concepts to additional problems and exercises. The tutorials are designed to provide an interactive environment in which students will be able to discuss issues and problems with each other, and their tutor, in order to improve their understanding of the material. Regular class attendance, reading of prescribed references and the completion of tutorial and revision questions are essential for satisfactory progress in this course.
Lecture slides and additional material for tutorials and lectures will be available to download via the unit website. You must bring copies of the relevant material to lectures and tutorials each teaching day. Any other announcement regarding the unit will also be available from the website.
Expectations and Workload
Students are expected to spend 150 hours working on this unit. As a guide a student should spend these approximate amounts of time on each of the following activities:
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Activities |
Hours |
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Weekly lectures |
18 |
2 |
Assessment Task 1 (Class participation - in tutorial) |
16.5 |
3 |
Assessment Task 2 (Assignments) |
33.5 |
4 |
Assessment Task 3 (In class test) |
20 |
5 |
Assessment Task 4 (Final examination) |
30 |
6 |
Readings/self-study |
32 |
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TOTAL |
150 |
ACCG200 LECTURE AND TUTORIAL PROGRAM—SESSION 3 2019
Lectures Week |
Date |
Topic |
Prescribed references |
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Monday 2nd December 2019 |
Introduction & Basic cost concepts and terms |
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 |
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Wednesday 4th December 2019 |
Product Costing Systems – Job Costing |
Chapter 4 pp.132-144 and pp.147-159 |
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Thursday 5th December 2019 |
Excel Lecture
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All Excel videos and the Excel assignment |
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Monday 9th December 2019 |
Process Costing |
Chapter 4 pp.145-156 and pp.160-163; Chapter 5 pp.185-197 |
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Wednesday 11th December 2019 |
A Closer Look at Overhead Costs |
Chapter 7 |
2 |
Thursday 12th December 2019 |
Activity-Based Costing |
Chapter 8 |
3 |
Monday 16th December 2019 |
Cost Volume Profit Analysis (Excel Consultation: 2.30pm - 4.30pm) |
Chapter 18 |
3 |
Wednesday 18th December 2019 |
No Lecture Excel assignment submission Service Costing (Self-study) |
Chapter 6 (Self-study) |
3 |
Thursday 19th December 2019
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Information for decisions
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Chapter 19
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MID-SESSION BREAK (From 23rd December 2019 to 5th January 2020) |
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Monday 6th January 2020 |
No Lecture Mid-term test in Tutorial |
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4 |
Wednesday 8th January 2020 |
Product Mix Decisions |
Chapter 20 pp. 980-983; pp. 988-991
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4 |
Thursday 9th January 2020 |
Budgeting |
Chapter 9 Chapter 11 pp. 522– 528 |
5 |
Monday 13th January 2020 |
Standard Costing for Control
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Chapter 10 Chapter 11 pp. 529-546 |
5 |
Wednesday 15th January 2020 |
Final Exam Revision |
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5 |
Thursday 16th January 2020 |
No Lecture |
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2019 Session 3 [ACCG200 Fundamentals of Management Accounting] Assessment Guide Page 8
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