ACCTING 7020 - Intermediate Financial Reporting (M)
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2022
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code ACCTING 7020 Course Intermediate Financial Reporting (M) Coordinating Unit Accounting Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites ACCTING 7019 & CORPFIN 7005 Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Yunyan Zhang
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Interpret financial reports based on concepts from the Accounting Conceptual Framework and Australian Accounting Standards.
2. Account for complex accounting transactions by choosing and applying relevant accounting standards.
3. To conduct practical research in the accounting discipline.University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1,2,3,4,5,6 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
1,2,3,4,5,6 Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills
Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.
4,5,6 Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness
Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.
1,2,3,4,5,6 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
4,5,6 Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Textbook
- Financial Reporting, 3rd Edition, Loftus et al. (2020) ISBN: 9780730369462
You will need access to accounting standards throughout the semester. These are available at no cost from the Australian Accounting Standards board (AASB) Website:
It is highly advisable that have access to the required standards during class so that you can highlight relevant paragraphs and refer to them often. You will need to have the relevant standard to prepare and participate in your tutorials.
Study Guide
A study guide is provided on MyUni. This includes lecture notes, worked examples, and tutorial activities.Recommended Resources
Recommended Additional Textbooks
- Issues in Financial Accounting by Scott Henderson, Graham Peirson, Kathy Herbohn, Tracy Artiach, Bryan Howieson. Published 2017 by Pearson. ISBN 9781488611643
This is a good text that you may find useful. It covers much of the course material and are available in the University library. If you have trouble locating them please ask at the Help Desk.
For some sections of the course, additional material is made available on MyUni. Due to the ever changing nature of accounting standards please ensure you are reading the most current edition of any text.
You should access the most recent version of acounting standards from the AASB website. Printing the required standards from the AASB website are a convenient resource. Alternatively, you may choose to purchase the Financial Reporting Handbook published by Wiley. Note that accounting standards will not be allowed in the examination room.
A Note on the Role of Reading in This Course
While some students may feel that reading can be something of a “chore”, reading is a very important mechanism for your learning because books and articles are a significant repository of our knowledge. Many of the topics are complex and so it is impossible to cover all you need to know in the lectures alone. In order to make your reading as productive as possible, you can both highlight relevant sections of text and concurrently take written notes of what you have read. As suggested by research studies, taking notes helps retaining better the information in one's memory. Also, you can take breaks when reading, or read only small sections at a time. This will reduce your level of fatigue and again tend to improve your understanding and memory of the material.
You can also plan ahead with your reading. Some weeks may have more reading than others and you will sometimes need to start reading earlier than usual if you are to cover everything. The Weekly Schedule (available on MyUni in the Course Information module) contains a listing of the major readings for each week to assist you in timing your reading activity.
Online Learning
MyUni
Additional materials are on MyUni which either elaborate on, or supplement, items in the textbook.
Apart from lectures, MyUni is the main point of contact with students. Please check MyUni regularly for announcements.
Sample Exams
Many past exam questions with suggested solutions are available on MyUni. These are to give you extra practice questions. It is highly recommended that you complete them in your own time under the exam conditions then use the suggested solutions to check your progress. Please note that they are only indicative of the type of exam questions you may encounter, and the exam questions for this semester may be different in structure or coverage. You may have access to the old exams which are no longer relevant. Please focus on what is provided for the semester.
Useful Websites
Changes in accounting standards and other developments in accounting practice occur very frequently. Links to several useful websites have been placed on the MyUni site for this course. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Lectures
Lectures are held once a week starting in the first week (Week 1). You are expected to have read the relevant material and attempted the pre-lecture quiz before coming to the lecture, except Week 1 lecture (further detail is provided in this course outline, in the Assessment Summary section below). The lecture is designed to summarise the topic, explain concepts, stress important points, and work through examples. You will gain more benefit from the lecture if you read the relevant section of the textbook and attempt the pre-lecture quiz before coming to the lecture.
Tutorials
Tutorial classes will be held weekly commencing in the second week of semester (Week 2). Tutorials are designed to elaborate on the material presented in the previous week’s lecture. It is a chance to work through examples, ask questions, and discuss issues. To gain the most benefit from tutorials you need to prepare answers to the questions in advance. The activities for each week are in the Study Guide.
Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester. Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the Lecturer-in-Charge, but should be aware that such a request may not be approved.
Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the school and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.
At the Masters level of study, you are much more responsible for the quality of your learning than an undergraduate student. Consequently, at this level of study the emphasis is upon active learning, rather than passive learning. It is expected that students will actively involve themselves in the discussion during each tutorial. In general, a good participant will, among other things:- Take the initiative and lead the discussion on a question;
- Be prepared to control the level of their involvement so that other class members can participate equally in the discussion;
- Present their points in a structured manner with reference to relevant accounting standards, readings, and research evidence;
- Be prepared to accept and explore alternative viewpoints;
- Be willing to go beyond the suggested readings and resources and use their initiative to present other topical material as examples, e.g., recent newspaper articles;
- Speak clearly;
- Assist other members of the class with understanding the material;
- Be prepared to work cooperatively and productively in small groups;
- Be sensitive to the needs and feelings of other participants; and
- Be punctual.
It is not reasonable to expect that you will always have the “right” answer and, indeed, it should be recognised and understood that valid alternative points of view might well exist on an issue. This does not mean that “anything will do” when trying to find a solution to controversial topics – rather a “good” answer will be one that is grounded in, among other things, references to relevant and valid accounting standards and concepts.
Preparation prior to attending your tutorial is important to your successful completion of this course and if you have not prepared beforehand you may have difficulties in understanding what is happening in the class session. Full solutions will NOT be provided for all tutorial questions because there is often no unique answer. Different assumptions and judgements may be used to support different arguments and solutions. However, the teaching staff are very happy to provide further assistance to you with a question PROVIDED you have made a thorough written attempt beforehand.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that, for this course, you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours to private study in addition to 3 hours of lectures and tutorial time. These 9 hours per week is study outside of your regular classes.
Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week.
Please refer to Access Adelaide for your timetable and enrolment details:Learning Activities Summary
Topic 1: Overview of the Course, Accounting Regulation and the Conceptual Framework
Topic 2: Application of Accounting Theory
Topic 3: Fair Value
Topic 4: PPE
Topic 5: Intangibles Assets
Topic 6: Impairment of Assets
Topic 7: Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
Topic 8: Leases
Topic 9: Income Tax
Topic 10: Revenue
Topic 11: Overview and revision
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Due Weighting Learning Outcome On-line quizzes Individual TBC
10% Mid-semester test Individual TBC
20% 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Research Project Group TBC 20% 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Final Exam Individual Exam Period 50% 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 TOTAL 100% Assessment Related Requirements
A class roll will be maintained for each tutorial group. Students are recommended to attend and participate in all tutorials.
To gain a pass for this course, a mark of at least 50% must be obtained on the examination as well as a total of at least 50% overall. Students not achieving the minimum exam mark will be awarded no more than 49.
A student who fails any of the assessment items will NOT be permitted to resubmit that item for remarking.
Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process and reflect your competence in some types of communications skills. Marks may be deducted in the final examination because of poor hand-writing.
In this course, the use of calculators incapable of storing text is permitted in the final examination in this course.Assessment Detail
Pre Lecture Quiz- 10 %
Weekly on-line assessable items are designed to help you learn, not to test your knowledge. The pre-lecture quiz gives you an incentive to read the chapter and think about the material before attending or listening to the lecture. During the lecture the key concepts are explained and demonstrated. Without prior reading and thinking through the issues the lecture will make very little sense. This work is then built upon in the tutorial. It is your chance to put into practice what we are learning and ask questions of your tutor to receive a more comprehensive understanding of the material. The research report is a culmination of what you have found in your annual reports during the semester.
Mid-semester test - 20 %
There will be a mid-semester test in week 6. The test will cover the content from the first four topics. It is designed to help you assess how you are progressing along the way so you can adjust your learning accordingly, if necessary.
Research Project – 20%
The research project is designed to give you the opportunity to enhance your communication, collaboration, innovative and technology skills (all essential graduate attributes) in addition to your accounting knowledge. You will be assigned to a team of approximately 5 students with students. Further details will be provided in a separate handout.
Final Exam – 50%
There will be a three hour exam at the end of the semester. All topics in the course are potentially examinable. The exam is ‘closed book’ and you will be permitted to take in a calculator. You may NOT take in a copy of the Accounting Standards. An exam overview and revision session is scheduled for week 12. It is highly advisable that students attend this (and all lectures).Submission
No information currently available.
Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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