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AFM101 Introduction to Financial Accounting

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Summer Semester Off Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
07 April 2008 09 April 2008 Optional
21 September 2008 23 September 2008 Optional
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AFM217 or AFM317
Notes First Semester on- and off-campus; Second Semester off-campus
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s)
Unit Description

A unit of lectures and tutorials providing a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of financial accounting. The unit provides a detailed explanation of the double entry framework used to represent the activities and affairs of businesses/firms in monetary terms. The conventional rules to recognise and measure the financial effects of economic events are examined. Attention is given to the design and operation of procedures to record, store, control and summarise data in accounting systems. This unit is also taught in the Summer Semester period.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9781741038668
Horngren, C.T. and others, Pearson Education 5th ed. 2007
Note: With MyAccountingLab
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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