ACCT102-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

Accounting and Financial Information

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

Students will develop an understanding of the structure and functions of general purpose financial reports from a reader's perspective. They will be introduced to current non-financial reporting issues such as the challenge of sustainability within business and society. Students will gain an introductory understanding of management accounting and business finance.

ACCT102 is a core paper within the Bachelor of Commerce which aims to introduce students to the broad functions of accounting and finance within business and society. The paper examines how acounting and financial information is used and the information needs of decision makers.

Learning Outcomes

  • For students not intending to major in accounting or finance, the course will provide the understanding and skills to read and use accounting and financial information within their particular degree specialisations.
    For students intending to major in accounting or finance, the course will provide a broad overview of the range and scope of accounting and financial information within the business environment as a foundation for further study.

    The broad objectives of the course are that students will demonstrate an understanding of:

  • the structure and functions of general purpose financial reports from a reader's perspective.
  • management accounting techniques, including cost accounting, cost volume profit calculations, and budgeting and control.
  • business finance techniques, including the time value of money, risk and return, project evaluation and the cost of capital.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Restrictions

ACIS102, AFIS101, AFIS102,  AFIS111, AFIS122, AFIS132, AFIS188.

Course Coordinator

Hashika Rathnasiri

Lecturers

Moritz Wagner and Peni Fukofuka

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tutorial Participation 10%
Online quizzes 10%
Term Test One 20%
Term Test Two 20%
Final Examination 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Atrill, Peter; ACCT102 accounting and financial infomation ; 4th edition; Pearson.

You may purchase this custom textbook at the University Bookshop. If purchasing elsewhere make sure you get Edition 4.

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $868.00

International fee $4,075.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

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