Undergraduate - UnitAFC3120 - Advanced financial accounting

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Synopsis

The topics covered include the regulatory framework governing financial accounting; a conceptual framework for financial accounting; the form and content of financial statements; off-balance sheet financing including leases; modified historical cost and other measurement bases including consideration of the measurement of employee benefits, financial instruments, extractive industries and foreign currency translation; accounting for corporate social responsibilities.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. explain the institutional framework for the regulation of financial reporting nationally and globally
2. apply Accounting Standards and the Framework in the preparation and presentation of financial statements
3. examine from a conceptual and practical dimension some of the more complex financial accounting issues including leasing, intangibles and financial instruments, extractive industries and foreign currency translation (this includes using the Framework and Accounting Standards to arrive at alternative solutions to a range of controversial issues in financial reporting)
4. apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to individual activities dealing with advanced financial accounting and demonstrate in individual summative assessment tasks the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFC3120.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Patty McNicholas

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

AFC2120

Prohibitions

AFF3491, AFG3040, AFG3050, AFW3040, AFW3050