INFO243-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Accounting Information Systems

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

Core business subsystems and processes that allow organisations to operate effectively and efficiently. Includes enterprise databases; process and pervasive controls in the context of the development life cycle of accounting information systems; frameworks for evaluation of accounting information systems and their processes. Students develop practical skills in using at least one accounting information system package for small businesses, and advanced skills using Excel to manipulate business data.

This course aims to familiarise students with the purpose and role of accounting information systems, and core business subsystems and processes that allow organisations to operate effectively and efficiently, including enterprise databases, accounting processes and frameworks for the evaluation of accounting information systems and their processes. New and emerging technologies (e.g. AI, Robotic Process Automation) and their implications for accounting practice are covered. The course emphasises understanding of risks and risk assessment (e.g. fraud, threats, cybercrime), and awareness of the way in which internal controls and technology interrelate with accounting information systems. Students will become competent with techniques like flowcharts for documenting accounting cycles and processes and have an understanding of the real-life problems of designing, implementing and using accounting information systems. They will also develop skills in using Excel and Power BI to manipulate business data and support business decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to:

1.  Analyse accounting transactions and problems from a systems perspective.
2.  Analyse, design and evaluate controls to be used in the development and operations of accounting systems.
3.  Analyse and evaluate the usefulness of accounting systems in solving managerial problems.
4.  Analyse and evaluate different approaches to the development and operation of accounting systems.
5.  Operate and evaluate selected accounting software packages.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ACIS243, AFIS243

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 16:00 - 18:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
02 Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
03 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
04 Thursday 13:00 - 14:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
05 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
06 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
07 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 Meremere 110 Computer Lab
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 Karl Popper 612
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
02 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 Psychology - Sociology 210
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
03 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 315
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
04 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Elsie Locke 104A
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
05 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 James Logie 104
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
06 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00 Psychology - Sociology 210 (24/7-31/7)
Rehua 427 Technology Workshop (7/8-21/8, 11/9-16/10)
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
19 Aug - 25 Aug
02 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Otakaro 146 L1 Lecture Theatre
19 Aug - 25 Aug
03 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Otakaro 132
19 Aug - 25 Aug

Course Coordinator

Annette Mills

Lecturers

Claris Chung and Richard Fisher

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Practical Assignments 25%
Mid-Semester Test 35%
Final Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Romney, Marshall B; Accounting information systems ; Fifteenth Edition, Global Edition; Pearson Education Limited, 2021.

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $924.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

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