Unit Outline
ACCT3009 (V.1) Complex Corporate Issues
Trimester 3A, 2025
Unit study package number: ACCT3009
Mode of study: Internal
Tuition pattern summary:
Note: For any specifi c variations to this tuition pattern and for precise information refer to the Learning Activities section.
Lecture: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
This unit does not have a fi eldwork component.
Credit value: 25
Pre-requisite units:
(ACCT2011 (v.0) Accounting for Corporations or any previous version
OR
ACCT2012 (v.0) ACC201 Accounting for Corporations or any previous version
OR
ACCT2006 (v.0) Financial Reporting or any previous version
OR
305229
(v.0) Advanced Financial Accounting 260 or any previous version)
Syllabus
This unit aims to provide students with an advanced knowledge of corporate transactions and business combinations. It will also address current issues in business and how these impact accounting.
Introduction
The information set out in the following pages is designed to guide you through the learning, assessment, and study requirements for successfully completing this unit including the assessment dates. This unit aims to replicate and give you the skills necessary once you graduate and are working. It is a challenging unit that requires interpretation, integration of prior units learned, and application and you cannot succeed in this unit by just rote learning. This unit will explore how to account for issues aff ecting companies from inception to growth via acquisitions to their potential failure. You will also examine some of the governance and ethical issues that companies face as they make this journey of expansion. You will explore these issues in a highly practical way, incorporating various employability skills as you learn the technical concepts. These issues will be examined in the context of both large listed companies and SME companies. They will include developing practical skills in accounting for the transactions and interpreting them in fi nancial statements. Students will be able to examine some of the business issues of companies as they go through diff erent stages of their life cycle.
Local Consultation
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Email Protocol
ALL emails should be sent from your student email account otherwise anti-spam fi lters may prevent them from being delivered. Your lecturer or tutor may teach in a number of units and may have many students in many locations around the world. Therefore, students need to identify themselves clearly to ensure the query is addressed appropriately. Student email queries need to contain the following: Name, ID, Campus, and Questions
Blackboard Annoucements
Students should monitor the announcements section of Blackboard as important information may be posted in the section.
Unit Learning Outcomes
Curtin University's six Graduate Capabilities indicate to employers that graduates possess discipline knowledge and valuable skills. Each course unit addresses these capabilities through specifi c learning outcomes, which outline what students need to know and do to succeed. Assessments are designed to test these outcomes, ensuring that upon completion, students have met all learning objectives.
Your course has been designed so that on graduating you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate Capabilities through the assurance of the learning process in each unit.