Introduction
This unit will help you understand the role that accounting plays in demonstrating accountability. We move beyond introductory accounting and explore the important role that accounting has in organisations, society and the environment.
After completing this unit, you will have fundamental management and financial accounting knowledge, tools for analysing organisations’ external reports and a comprehension of how accounting can be used to address social responsibility, ethical conduct and sustainability.
This unit allows you to begin the up skilling required by our professional accounting bodies, guiding us to move beyond orthodox/conventional accounting practices and understand our role in demonstrating accountability.
Summary
| Unit name | Accountability and Accounting |
| Unit code | BFA103 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | Tasmanian School of Business and Economics |
| Discipline | Accounting |
| Coordinator | Mr Jason Ketchell |
| Available as an elective? | Yes |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania and Third Party(ies): |
| Level | Introductory |
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the relationship between organisational responsibilities, accountabilities and accounting.
- Apply management and financial accounting tools, principles and techniques to enable informed decisions by various stakeholders.
- Communicate with various stakeholders using language and standards expected of business professionals.
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
XPD106, BFA113, ZAA133Teaching
| Assessment | Applying the accountability model to social and environmental information (30%)|Group Case Study: Applying management accounting (30%)|Case Study: Applying Financial Accounting (40%) |
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| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Deegan, C 2023, An introduction to accounting: accountability in organisations and society, Cengage, Victoria. |
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| Recommended | Atrill, P, McLaney, E, and Harvey, D 2018, Accounting for Non-Specialist, 7th Edition, Pearson Australia.
Reading Lists provide direct access to all material on unit reading lists in one place. This includes eReadings and items in Reserve. You can access the Reading List for this unit from the link in MyLO, or by going to the Reading Lists page on the University Library website. |
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