• Offered by Research School of Accounting
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Classification Specialist
  • Course subject Business
  • Areas of interest Accounting, Commerce
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Xiu-Ye Zhang
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2019
    Second Semester 2019
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This course covers the characteristics of the Australian accounting environment and its financial reporting requirements for companies, and expands on advanced financial accounting issues, such as, accounting for non-current assets, accounting for intangible assets, accounting for liabilities  and owners' equity, and provides a comprehensive coverage of consolidation issues and equity investments.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. An understanding of the regulatory environment in which the companies are formed and operate in Australia.
  2. A solid foundation in accounting and reporting requirements of the Corporations Act and relevant Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) accounting standards.
  3. A comprehensive understanding of the advanced issues in accounting for assets, liabilities and owner’s equity.
  4. The ability to account for a range of advanced financial accounting issues.
  5. An understanding of the accounting requirements for a corporate group and familiarity with the theory underlying the methods used to account for inter-company investments.
  6. The ability to prepare consolidated accounts for a corporate group.
  7. An understanding of the principles of accounting for investments in associates.
  8. The ability to analyse complex issues, to formulate well reasoned and coherent arguments and to reach well considered conclusions.
  9. Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Other Information

Indicative Assessment

  1. Typical assessment may include, but not restricted to, class participation, assignment(s), (null) [LO null]
  2. quizzes and examination(s). (null) [LO null]

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Workload

Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 10 hours a week to completing the work. This will include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (including non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assignment work.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed BUSN7008 and you are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed BUSN2015.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $4320
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $5700
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2567 25 Feb 2019 04 Mar 2019 31 Mar 2019 31 May 2019 In Person View

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7540 22 Jul 2019 29 Jul 2019 31 Aug 2019 25 Oct 2019 In Person View

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