306-333 Contemporary Issues in Accounting

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306-333 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Availability	Not offered in 2007.
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	To be advised
Prerequisites	306-201 Cost Management and 306-202 Intermediate Financial Accounting.
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Three hours of seminars per week
Subject Description	Topics cover recent emerging issues in the accounting literature including changes to financial accounting requirements (including AASB pronouncements) and accounting policy issues, industry specific issues (including the oil and gas industry), topics in managerial accounting including budgetary and strategic managerial accounting, cost control and accounting in a not-for-profit setting.
Generic Skills	High level of development: oral communication; written communication; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; receptiveness to alternative ideas. Moderate level of development: collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; evaluation of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources. Some level of development: synthesis of data and other information, use of computer software.
Assessment	A 3-hour end-of-semester examination and assignments totalling not more than 3000 words.

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