Contemporary Issues in Accounting (6399.4)
Level: | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit |
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Credit Points: | 3 |
HECS Bands: | Band 3 2013-2020 (Expires 31 Dec 2020) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Faculty: | Faculty of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline: | School of Information Systems & Accounting |
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- Semester 2, 2018, ON-CAMPUS, TQB-SB (179295) - View
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- UC Term 4, 2017, ON-CAMPUS, HKBU (173480) - View
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- Semester 2, 2017, ON-CAMPUS, BRUCE (167368) - View
- UC Term 2, 2017, ON-CAMPUS, HKBU (173585) - View
- Semester 2, 2016, ON-CAMPUS, UC-MELB (150994) - View
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- UC Term 3, 2016, INTENSIVE, HKBU (155308) - View
- UC Term 4, 2015, INTENSIVE, HKBU (143613) - View
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Syllabus
This unit provides a study of contemporary issues in financial and management accounting, perspectives on accounting regulation and public sector accounting, as well as providing a critical analysis of extant and alternative accounting systems. This unit provides a critical assessment of the role(s) and nature of accounting and the values and assumptions underlying accounting systems at both the micro and macro levels of society. It examines a number of sociological, political and philosophical studies that challenge more traditional images of accounting. It also explores interrelationships between accounting and the environment, ethics, industrial relations, management and social responsibility. Ethical issues are embedded throughout the unit.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically evaluate accounting in a socio-political context;
2. Critically examine and interpret a variety of theoretical perspectives on the nature of accounting and its role(s) in society;
3. Develop and demonstrate critical reading and creative and critical thinking in challenging the traditional presentation of accounting information;
4. Present a point of view, synthesising different opinions and contrasting opposing points of view;
5. Defend a normative framework for accounting within which to evaluate existing systems and address practical problems; and
6. Critically evaluate the different approaches to theory and research in accounting including positivism and critical theory in contextual areas including accounting regulation, social and environmental accounting, education and financial crises.
Assessment Items
Contact Hours
Normally thirty nine hours per semester.
Prerequisites
Accounting for Managers, Accounting Systems and Practices, and substantial progress through the Accounting major.
Referenced Courses
- 182JB Bachelor of Accounting
- 182JA Bachelor of Accounting
- 945AA Bachelor of Applied Economics/Bachelor of Commerce
- 818AA Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Bachelor of Commerce
- 798AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce
- 762HG Bachelor of Commerce
- 762AB Bachelor of Commerce
- 762AA Bachelor of Commerce
- 100JA Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Advertising and Marketing Communication
- 231JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Advertising
- 232JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Journalism
- 234JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Media and Public Affairs
- 233JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Public Relations
- 281JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management
- 810AA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws
- 811AA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Tourism Management
- 112JA Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Commerce
- 815AA Bachelor of Information Technology/Bachelor of Commerce
- 248HG Bachelor of Justice Studies
- 147JA Bachelor of Politics and International Relations/Bachelor of Commerce