MAA103 - Accounting for Decision Making

Unit details

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Year

2017 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:

Peter Vuong (Trimester 1), Egor Evdokimov (Trimester 2), Phillip Wong (Trimester 3)

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

MAA101, MAA102

Contact hours:

Campus: 1 x 2 hour class, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Cloud (online): Online independent and collaborative learning including 3 scheduled online workshops of 3 hours duration

 

From Trimester 3 2017:

Campus: 1 x 3 hour seminar per week (Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students only)

Campus: 1 x 2 hour class, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week (Burwood (Melbourne) students only)

Cloud (online): Online independent and collaborative learning including 3 scheduled online workshops of 3 hours duration

Content

The unit covers: the impact of accounting in society; business planning and budgets for management decisions; classification, analysis and summarisation of business transactions; preparation of classified accounting reports; techniques to analyse and interpret financial statements.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual or group of 2-3) – Video presentation (5-7 minutes) – 10%

Assessment 2 (Individual or group of 2-3) - Written business plan (3000-4000 words) – 30%

Examination (2 hours) - 60%

Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.

From Trimester 2 2017:

Assessment 1 (Individual) – Double-Entry recording assignment – 15%

Assessment 2 (Individual or group of 2-3) – Video presentation (4-5 minutes) – 5%

Assessment 3 (Individual or group of 2-3) - Business plan (1700-2000 words) – 20%

Examination (2 hours) - 60%

Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.

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