Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Course Information

COURSE INFORMATION

Course Name
:
INTEGRATED ACCOUNTING STUDY
Course Code
:
FAR 360
Credit Hour
:
3 hours
Contact Hour
:
4 hours
Teaching Lecturers
:
·         Kamaruzzaman Muhammad
Ø  019 – 276 2751
Ø  Puncak Perdana

·         Syazliana Kasim
Ø  012 – 220 9452
Ø  Puncak Perdana

Class Schedules
:
AC110 4A – Mon (8.30 – 10.20) & Thurs (8.30 – 10.20)


AC110 4B – Mon (2.10 – 4.00) & Thurs (2.10 – 4.00)


AC110 4C – Wed (10.30 – 12.20) & Fri (10.30 – 12.20)




Course Synopsis
           
This course is designed to expose students in the final year of the program on the application and the interaction of the various accounting disciplines which include Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Finance, Accounting Information Systems, Taxation, and Audit in the activities of different types of business organization. The emphasis is more on how the different accounting activities are related to each other. It also focuses on how the integration of the different accounting activities contributes in the support of the day-to-day operations, in the decision-making process and in the reporting of financial results to the stakeholders.

Course Objectives

1.      To relate how the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) fit into the business environment.
2.      To recognize and apply the various accounting functions in a business entity.
3.      To be able to take a holistic view of how different functions and disciplines interact and affect the Accounting Information Systems.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1.      differentiate the different forms of business;
2.      explain how the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) fit into the management information system (MIS);
3.      understand and differentiate between Financial Accounting and Management Accounting models/functions;
4.      apply the degree of overlaps between the accounting information systems and their various sub-systems;
5.      get an overview of the nature of the accounting transaction processing cycles;
6.      understand how the recording of the transactions and financial reporting cycle work;
7.      prepare the different types of reports as a means of communicating to management;
8.      comprehend and apply the nature, purposes and how transactions/activities from the taxation discipline impact the Accounting Information Systems;
9.      comprehend and apply the nature, purposes and how transactions/activities from the finance discipline impact the Accounting Information Systems;
10.  comprehend and apply the nature, purposes and how transactions/activities from the auditing discipline impact the Accounting Information Systems;
11.  take a holistic view of how different functions and disciplines interact and affect the Accounting Information Systems;
12.  work in a team.

Course Assessment / Evaluation

Presentation 1
10 %

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CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENTS
(50 %)
Presentation 2
10 %
Case Study Final Report
20 %
Peer Evaluation
5 %
Lecturer’s Evaluation
5 %
Final Examination
50 %


Total
100%



Teaching Methodologies
           
A combination of any of the following methods:

Ø  Lecture
Ø  Tutorial
Ø  Student-Centered Learning:
v  Analysis of case study & presentation

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