Key facts
UNE unit code: AFM321
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- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
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In our complex modern world, you will need to draw on theories, concepts and skills from a range of disciplines to solve accounting and other business problems.
This final year capstone unit allows you to integrate your skills and knowledge in accounting, auditing, ethics, finance and data analytics to cement your learning across the many components of the accounting profession.
By completing a practical project or case study analysis based on a real-world scenario, you will consolidate your core knowledge and skills in financial statement analysis, costing, financing, marketing management, internal control, ethics, and statements of advice.
Through your project you will analyse and interpret numerical data and infographics, produce accounting and business reports and show your ability to apply these skills to accounting and business-related problems.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 1 | Online |
Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
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Notes
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate a broad and coherent understanding of accounting and business reports with depth in interpreting numerical data and infographics, and apply this to accounting and business-related problems;
- demonstrate an integrated knowledge in planning, problem solving and decision making in a practical business case context;
- use a range of cognitive and communication skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise relevant information drawn from a range of sources, including business reports and numerical data, in order to demonstrate critical thinking and judgement in solving complex accounting and business-related problems in a professional context;
- work independently and/or collaboratively to plan and execute tasks to enhance professional knowledge and skills; and
- demonstrate the ability to recognise, reflect on, and respond appropriately to a range of ethical, cultural or social issues influencing the accounting practice in business.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oral Presentation | Yes | 10% | All offerings | Team presentation and duration of circa each member 5 minutes No. Words: 250 (equivalent) |
Project | Yes | 60% | All offerings | Teamwork project and Data Analysis and Report Writing No. Words: 3750 |
Final Examination | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Students must receive at least 50% in the examination (and at least 50% overall) to receive a pass (or better) in the unit. No. Words: 2000 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Referenced material is held in the University Library — purchase is optional.
Contemporary Issues in Accounting
ISBN: 9780730369011
Rankin, M., Stanton, P., McGowan,S. and Ferlauto,K., John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd 2nd ed. 2018
Text refers to: All offerings
Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users
ISBN: 9780170425247
Hancock, P., Robinson, P. and Bazley, M., Cengage Learning 10th ed. 2019
Text refers to: All offerings
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