Accountability and Accounting unit (UCP003)

Cradle Coast, Hobart, Launceston, Online

Introduction

This unit will help you understand the role that accounting plays in providing 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, requiring us to move beyond orthodox/conventional accounting practices and understand our role in accountability.

Summary

Unit name	Accountability and Accounting
Unit code	UCP003
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Accounting
Coordinator	Mrs Ashley Amore
Available as an elective?	No
Delivered By	University of Tasmania and Third Party(ies):
Level	Foundation or Enabling

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Full Year Period	21/2/2027	16/8/2027	30/10/2027	30/10/2027

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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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, ZAA133

Teaching

Assessment	Applying the accountability model to social and environmental information (30%)|Group Case Study: Applying management accounting (30%)|Applying Financial Accounting (40%)
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.

Recommended

Atrill, P, McLaney, E, and Harvey, D 2018, Accounting for Non-Specialist, 7th Edition, Pearson Australia. Cunningham, B., Nikolai-HCP, L., Bazley, J., Kavanagh, M. and Simmons, S., 2018. Accounting: Information for Business Decisions. Cengage AU. Hancock, P., Robinson, P. and Bazley, M., 2020. Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users. Cengage Learning.     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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