CO5123 - Advanced Issues in Accounting
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business (pre 2015) |
This subject is particularly useful for students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting/Master of Business Administration or Master of Professional Accounting Advanced but would be of value to other postgraduate students.
This subject critically examines current issues in financial accounting with respect to measurement and reporting. Academics and other accounting researchers and professionals try to resolve current financial accounting issues both nationally and internationally and develop new techniques and understandings in order to improve practice. Controversial issues in financial accounting that have been debated over the years will be critically evaluated in CO5123. This subject is designed to provide a foundation for students to understand and participate in debates on important issues in financial accounting as well as gain a good comprehension of the accounting treatment and reporting of various issues.
Learning Outcomes
- provide a foundation for students to understand and participate in debate on important issues in financial accounting;
- enable students to develop skills which allow critical examination of important contemporary financial accounting issues;
- build and enhance both written and oral communication skills;
- further develop students' analytical skills;
- enable students to acquire knowledge and develop approaches to the treatment and reporting of issues faced by reporting entities.
| Prerequisites: | CO5117 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CO5104 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
| Lecturer: | Mr Jeffrey Pringle. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr David Smorfitt. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 20-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 17-Jul-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 17-Apr-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
| Lecturer: | Mr Glenn Cruse. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 11-Dec-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
| Lecturer: | Mr Glenn Cruse. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 14-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
| Lecturer: | Mr Glenn Cruse. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.