ACCT11059 - Accounting, Learning and Online Communication

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit introduces you to the role of accounting in business and to key financial and management accounting concepts. You will be given a different listed company and are introduced to the actual financial statements of your firm, completing simple analyses of your firm's financial statements using Excel. You will also be supported to develop your skills to learn more effectively and to communicate and collaborate online.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

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Online
Sydney
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Sydney

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Written Assessment 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.58% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.94% response rate.

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.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
It would be good to have more support on developing and using blogs effectively to support people in the unit to share their work and to interact with each other online.
Recommendation
Simple instructions will be included in the Assignment to provide guidance on setting up a blog using a choice of two software. Updated exemplars of students blogs will also be included. Students will also be supported in the tutorial in the first few weeks to set up their blog
Action Taken
This has been implemented and has supported students to better develop and use their blogs to support sharing of draft work and interacting with other students.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
It would be great to be given more guidance and support on how to write key concepts and questions (KCQs) in some parts of the assessments.
Recommendation
Improve guidance and support for students on how to write key concepts and questions (KCQs), including advice on how to write KCQs and provision of exemplars.
Action Taken
This has been implemented. This supports students to develop their capacities to read critically and write KCQs, which can be challenging for some students for whom these can be new skills.
Source: Internal staff discussions
Feedback
Formal Student Consultation times may assist some students to better communicate with the Unit Coordinator, particularly those with personal or other issues they may wish to discuss with the Unit Coordinator on a one-to-one basis.
Recommendation
To further assist students to interact well with the Unit Coordinator, online Student Consultation times will be provided. This will be particularly designed to assist students with personal or other issues with an easy way to communicate with the Unit Coordinator on a one-to-one basis.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student comments with the Unit Coordinator
Feedback
An early evening time for the online tutorial may assist students with a range of outside obligations to be able to attend class.
Recommendation
To assist students with a range of outside obligations to be able to attend class, an early evening time for the online tutorial will be trialed to gauge the level of interest for a class at this time.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the main types of financial statements
  2. Discuss the usefulness of accounting information to management
  3. Use accounting information to analyse the performance of a business
  4. Use Excel to perform simple manipulation and analysis of accounting-related information
  5. Develop skills to learn more effectively and better communicate and collaborate online.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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