CO5117 - Introduction to Accounting
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject provides students with an understanding of the financial statements produced by an accounting system, and the process by which these statements are developed. The subject covers financial recording processes, internal control, the preparation of financial statements, the responsibilities and constraints in the preparation thereof, together with an introduction to the recognition and measurement of specific financial statement elements.
Learning Outcomes
- To develop technical competence in recording economic events in the accounting system;
- To develop a familiarity with the social, institutional and regulatory structures affecting the practice of accounting;
- To develop skills in analysing financial statements;
- To begin to develop skills in thinking about accounting phenomena and the evaluation of accounting research.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CO5105 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr David Smorfitt. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Smorfitt |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Judith Spargo. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 06-Apr-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Kannaiah Desti, Dr Ray McNamara. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 10-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Kannaiah Desti, Dr Ray McNamara. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 06-Apr-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Ray McNamara |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 10-Aug-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Ray McNamara |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 07-Dec-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Ray McNamara |
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| Assessment: | other exams (60%); prac set & report (30%); online quizzes x2 (10%). |
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