Undergraduate - UnitACC2120 - Financial accounting

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Accounting
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Malaysia First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit deals with accounting problems associated with the creation and operation of corporate structures. Topics include financial reporting requirements including an analysis of significant accounting standards; financing company operations; the nature of company groups; the preparation of consolidated financial reports; equity accounting; accounting for interests in joint ventures and liquidation of companies.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

prepare group financial reports
demonstrate accounting knowledge in areas such as business combinations, consolidations, equity accounting, joint arrangements, accounting for income tax, cash flow statements and liquidation of companies
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with financial accounting and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACC2120.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Lisa Powell

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester.

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFC1000 or ACC1000 and AFC1030 or ACC1030 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

ACB2491, AFF2491, ACF2491, AFG2491, ACG2491, AFW2491, ACW2491