5242 (v.8) Accounting (Financial Theory) 561


Area: School of Accounting
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
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Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Financial accounting theory. A review of attempts to develop a conceptual framework in accounting and the need for such a framework to develop accounting standards. The regulatory mechanisms in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia,and their effectiveness. Aspects of the allocation problem and capital maintenance concepts.
 
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Field of Education: 80100 Accounting (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External