Overview
Accountants are increasingly expected to be competent in their understanding of complex business processes and information systems used in organisations. This unit will provide you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to understand and use such Accounting Information Systems throughout your career. You will develop knowledge in accounting systems and business processes, basic system documentation tools, database management, fraud and other threats, as well as appropriate internal controls. You will also investigate and study technological developments in areas such as transaction processing, visualisation methods and business intelligence. Finally, you will develop technical competence in productivity software, such as spreadsheets, visualisation tools and accounting software.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites ACCT11081 Introductory Financial Accounting MGMT11169 Business Analytics
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE comments
Some students mentioned that some questions were not from the lecture slides.
Clearly inform students that they need to supplement lecture content with readings from the related chapters in the prescribed textbook.
Feedback from SUTE comments
Some students were not happy with the management of the unit, e.g availability of recordings, timeous provision of feedback
Unit was taught by a sessional lecturer. Going forward this unit is being taught by a full time staff member and such administration issues will not occur.