UO Accounting Principles for Business Decisions

Course aim

The course provides students with an introduction to principles of management accounting and finance, and examines how financial information is used in business decision making. The course uses an applied approach to illustrate how accounting and financial management concepts operate in a broad range of situations relevant to a future career in business.

Students enrolled in a program requiring the completion of ACCT 1011 Accounting for Business cannot enrol in ACCT 1010 Accounting Principles for Business Decisions.

Course content

Key Accounting and Cost Concepts
Business Sustainability and Business Structures
Business Transactional and Balance Sheet
Income Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity
Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statement
Budgeting
Cost Volume Profit Analysis
Costs and Pricing
Financing the Business

Textbooks

Birt J, Chalmers K, Maloney S, Brooks A & Oliver J 2017, Accounting: business reporting for decision making, 6th edn, Wiley, Milton, Queensland - ebook

Prerequisites

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation