MAA261 - Financial Accounting

Unit details

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Year2017 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:

MAA203

Cohort rule:Nil
Unit chair:

Elka Johansson (Trimester 1), Tracey McDowall (Trimester 2 and Trimester 3)

Prerequisite:

MAA103

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

MAA102, MAA203

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.

 

*For Warrnambool on campus offering T1 2017 only, there will be a converged mode of delivery using CloudDeakin and face-to-face workshops.  More details will be available on the unit Cloud (online) site

Content

The unit examines the financial accounting 'cycle', from the recording of relevant transactions through to the preparation of financial statements.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - A Case study (equivalent to 2000 words) - 20%

Assessment 2 (Group of 4) - Written evaluation and interpretation of an accounting cycle in a business situation (2000 words) - 20%

Examination (2 hours) - 60%

Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination and complete the recording of randomly selected transactions.

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