T2 2020 MAA103 Unit Guide PDF

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WELCOME ..........................................................................................................................................................................

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? .................................................................................................................................................. Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit ............................................. Unit chair details ........................................................................................................................................................ Other members of the team and how to contact them ............................................................................................. Administrative queries ............................................................................................................................................... ABOUT THIS UNIT .............................................................................................................................................................. Unit development in response to student feedback .................................................................................................. Your course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes ........................................................................................... Your Unit Learning Outcomes .................................................................................................................................... ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES .......................................................................... Summative Assessment during teaching period ........................................................................................................ - Summative assessment task 1 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 2 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 3 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 4 ................................................................................................................................. Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment .................................................................. Scheduled learning activities - campus ...................................................................................................................... Scheduled learning activities - cloud .......................................................................................................................... Note ............................................................................................................................................................................ UNIT LEARNING RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................. Essential learning resources ....................................................................................................................................... Recommended learning resources ........................................................................................................................... KEY DATES FOR THIS TRIMESTER ..................................................................................................................................... UNIT WEEKLY ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................

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MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making - Trimester 2

WELCOME Welcome to MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making.

This unit is designed to give students an understanding of the basic accounting concepts and processes that are used fo preparing and analysing budgets and financial statements, so that informed business decisions can be made.

In Trimester 2, MAA103 is offered online. Online students will have access to a live-stream of the Burwood lecture and able to chat with teaching staff in real time. Teaching staff details are found later in this unit guide.

This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit. For the best chance of success, you should read it carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your Unit site (inside DeakinSync) also provides information about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and expect you to refer to it throughout the trimester.

During the trimester, in addition to the classes and seminars for MAA103, DeakinSync will be our principal means of communicating with all students and you will need to access this resource several times per week. Teaching materials s as lecture slides, the weekly seminar program, the solutions for the seminar questions, assignment information and additional resources will be provided through the unit site.

It is important that you spend time becoming familiar with the various areas, including the News Item area, within the MAA103 unit site so that you do not miss any important information. The unit site is also your primary means of communicating with unit staff and your fellow students; so please use it regularly. You are, of course, still able to conta staff by phone and email, or by visiting them during their scheduled consultation hours. The teaching team aims to make your time in this unit a fulfilling, engaging and enjoyable learning experience. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you every success with your studies this trimester.

This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit. For the best chance of success, you should read carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your Unit site (inside DeakinSync) also provides informati about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and we expect refer to it throughout the trimester.

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, you may be learning in a way that is new to you. We appreciate your flexi and dedication to learning. For a range of helpful services and resources, please go to study support https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/study-support.

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit Egor Evdokimov

Unit chair details Name

Egor Evdokimov

Department Faculty

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Accounting Business and Law

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MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making - Trimester 2 Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 3 924 68597

Other members of the team and how to contact them Online Campus Lecturer Lecturer

Egor Evdokimov

Teaching staff Lecture Seminars

Egor Evdokimov

[email protected]

Lecture Seminars

Lawrence Huang

[email protected] +61 3 924 68410

Cloud Seminar

Dale Fu

[email protected] +61 3 924 45964

Seminars

Peter Vuong

[email protected] +61 3 924 68383

Seminars

Kerui Zhai

[email protected] +61 3 924 45912

Administrative queries

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Contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader

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Drop in or contact Student Central to speak with a Student Adviser

For additional support information, please see the Rights and Responsibilities section under 'Resources' in your unit sit

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MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making - Trimester 2 ABOUT THIS UNIT

This introductory course teaches students how to use accounting information to make appropriate business decisions. Students will learn to apply the fundamental concepts of double-entry accounting to record transactions, prepare finan reports, and to analyse and interpret their meaning. Students learn to use management accounting budgets and plann techniques, and will consider contemporary issues such as the role of ethics and the use of Integrated Reporting.

Unit development in response to student feedback

Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each Unit. Yo strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this Unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

In previous trimesters of this unit, students have told us that these aspects of the Unit have helped them to achieve the learning outcomes: ● ●

Good practical examples in both lectures and seminars. Engaging delivery of class content for both online and on-campus students.

As indicated by the following anonymous feedback from previous students: ●

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"The amount of resources available to practice questions and understanding. There was an abundance of questio the textbook, from lectures and seminars to develop a strong understanding." "Great additional learning resources such as videos made concepts easier to understand." "As a 31-year-old cloud student returning to study for the first time since Year 12, I have been impressed by the su resources offered by Deakin as a Cloud student. I have tried to study online in the past and nothing else compares very excited to start my next unit and hope the flexible delivery & support continues!"

Past students have also made comments on areas that needed improvement such as: ● ●

"Assessments felt too broad and could be further refined to be more specific to accounting and the course conten "Feedback took far too long to be of any practical use for learning."

The following aspects of the unit have been introduced, enhanced or retained in response to feedback from students w have undertaken this unit in previous trimesters: ● ●

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A number of topics and order of topics have been revised to improve content delivery. New assessments have been introduced in order to provide more timely feedback so that students are able to lea scaffold their learning experience. Assessments have been re-weighted and adjusted to better align with accounting content.

If you have any concerns about the Unit during the trimester, please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early i trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.

Your course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes GLO1 Discipline-specific

appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession

knowledge and capabilities:

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MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making - Trimester 2 GLO2 Communication:

using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect c

GLO3 Digital literacy:

using technologies to find, use and disseminate information

GLO4 Critical thinking:

evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

GLO5 Problem solving:

creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems

GLO6 Self-management:

working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions

GLO7 Teamwork:

working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds

GLO8 Global citizenship:

engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context

Each Deakin course has Course Learning Outcomes which explain what the Deakin Learning Outcomes mean in your discipline. Learning in each unit builds towards the Course Learning Outcomes.

Your Unit Learning Outcomes

Each Unit in your course is a building block towards these Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all Units develop and asse every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this Unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Describe the accounting processes and how accounting information can be effectively used for making informed business decisions

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO2

Explain how business transactions are analysed using the ‘accounting equation’ and how the resulting figures can assist in preparing accounting reports.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Use visual and other technology such as spreadsheets to communicate researched information

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO4

Describe and justify the importance and use of Cost/volume GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge profit analysis and budgeting in the context of operating a and capabilities business GLO4: Critical thinking

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES Summative Assessment during teaching period

From Monday 22 June 2020, Deakin has a universal assessment submission time of 8 pm AEST. A late penalty will appl assessment submitted after 11.59 pm AEST. (tasks that will be graded or marked)

NOTE: It is your responsibility to keep a backup copy of every written assignment. In the unusual event that one of y assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit the backup copy. Any work you submit may be checked by electro other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism.

- Summative assessment task 1

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