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GSB702 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance for Managers

Updated: 02 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradCertMgt or GradDipMgt or MBA or MIntBus or MODSHRM or MAL or MEdAdmin or GradCertProjMgt or GradCertPracMgt or MComm or MBusResHons
Co-requisites None
Restrictions MBA701 or MBA702
Notes

recommended for students not pursuing Professional Accounting recognition

Quotas apply to this unit: Trimester 2: 74 off-campus

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Bernice Kotey (bkotey@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit is a broad-based introduction to financial and management accounting. Topics covered include: the accounting cycle; measurement of assets and liabilities; financial statement preparation; analysis and interpretation; cost behaviour and management control.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Contemporary Accounting
ISBN: 9780170181587
Bazley, K. and Hancock, P., Cengage Learning 7th ed. 2010
Text refers to: Trimester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 50%
Assessment Notes
Series of accounting problems
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1,2,4,6, 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1,2,4,6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts of financial and management accounting;
  2. apply the concepts to business decisions;
  3. apply the concepts to business problems.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
True True True
2 Communication Skills
True True True
3 Global Perspectives
True
4 Information Literacy
True True
6 Problem Solving
True True True
7 Social Responsibility
True True
   

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