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A student-centred learning experience taking in NZ and neighbouring Pacific jurisdictions, to examine the roles and practices of accounting and finance among political, official and professional actors in governments and organisations that provide public services.
Public finance and accounting has consequences for us all in our daily lives, and so there are many lines of inquiry that we can use to learn about practices and theories associated with the course. Perhaps most obvious are the many governmental activities going on in Christchurch right now, heightened as they are by the Recovery. But in addition there's much we can focus on from New Zealand and around the Pacific Hemisphere, as well as from the various parts of the world from where the ancestors of course participants lived and wherever else there's something fascinating occurring that’s valuable to our learning. We look at governments, public policies, and particular public services and the various types of public and private organisations involved in them. We also consider public finance and accounting from the perspectives of the political, official and professional people they involve, and the publics for whom governments and their activities have social, cultural, political and economic consequences.The student-centred form of our learning allows participants ample opportunities to assemble ideas about the topics and issues covered and the related theories. Assessment of student learning is bound up in these learning activities, and involves oral discussions, live and virtual presentations, and writing explanations, discussions and reflections.
Having engaged in learning you’ll be able to exemplify and discuss with some critical awareness, particularly in NZ and other Pacific jurisdictions, the following:* constitutional bases for, and roles of legislatures and executive branches of government in, control of the public purse* resource attraction and allocation processes, and related accounting and financial ideas. These processes are studied in the context of the microeconomic, macroeconomic, and socio-political actions of those involved in and/or affected by government, public bodies and social enterprises* other selected concepts, ideas and techniques associated with public financial management, management control and policy/strategy implementation and audit; and theoretical frameworks underpinning them* skills inherent in group working and group project outcomes, and questioning and evaluating the work of individuals and groups, as would carry across to the governmental or public body workplace.
(1) 30 points from ACCT102, ACCT103, ECON105, MGMT100, POLS103; and (2) 30 points at 200-level or above in any subject. Students without part (1) of this prerequisite but with 30 points in other appropriate courses (e.g. in science or technology) may enter the course with the permission of the Head of Department.
ACIS341, AFIS341
ACIS341
Keith Dixon
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Domestic fee $775.00
International fee $3,188.00
* 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 .