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Last updated: 4 June 2021
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2 hour class + 1 x 1 hour seminar per week (Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong) students only)
Online independent and collaborative learning including 11 scheduled online workshops of 1 hour duration
This introductory course teaches students how to use accounting information to make appropriate business decisions. Students will learn to apply the fundamental concepts of double-entry accounting to record transactions, prepare financial reports, and to analyse and interpret their meaning. Students learn to use management accounting budgets and planning techniques, and will consider contemporary issues such as the role of ethics and the use of Integrated Reporting.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacy
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These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MAA103 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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