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ACCT11084 - Accounting in professional practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

During this unit, you will apply the theoretical knowledge you attained in preceding units to a professional accounting work environment. This authentic practical experience will allow you to interact with accounting practitioners to further develop your technical skills and professional communication. You will be supervised by a professional accountant to complete tasks that make significant contributions to workplace accounting problems. As this is a 12 credit point unit, you will be expected to commit around 25 hours each week on these supervised tasks, which includes research, task activities, assessment activities and self-directed learning.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

To be eligible for enrolment in this unit, students must be enrolled in CQ01 Bachelor of Accounting, Professional Project Major. To gain entry to this major, students must have documented confirmation of support from their employer and the approval of the Head of Course. Approved students must have successfully completed at least 24 credit points of core units prior to enrolment in this 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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

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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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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