Overview:
- Credits:
- 7.5
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Summer
- Subject:
- Accountancy
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Mr Derek Moriarty
ACC40580 Integrative Analysis in Accounting
Academic Year 2020/2021
This module develops students' abilities to excel in the professional accounting environment by drawing on the understanding of technical accounting issues in other modules on this programme. The module aims to improve students' ability to apply their knowledge in an interdisciplinary manner, cognisant of the potential for solutions to problems to come from more than one perspective.The module focuses on the complex environment within which Irish accountants and business advisers operate and aims to develop in students the analytical, creative and critical thinking skills to offer rigorous solutions to the problems faced by their clients and society more generally. A case-based, problem-solving approach will be adopted. The cases will present a range of scenarios solutions to which will draw from, for example, financial reporting, budgeting and control, audit and tax. The cases will emphasise critical thinking, professional communication and ethics.Students must attempt all the assessment components of a module.
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Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Understand and coherently discuss the role and limitations of the professional accountant in providing business solutions;
2. Interpret business scenarios through an accounting lens and reporting, budgetary and performative audit, tax and investment issues arising from those scenarios;
3. Generate and critically analyse potential solutions to the problems posed in such scenarios to rigorous professional standards;
4. Think creatively and in an interdiscplinary manner about accounting problems individually and in teams;
5. Research and conclude on accounting problems using the appropriate range of academic and professional literature;
6. Identify the ethical implications of their decisions; and6. Professioanlly and convincingly present their findings and conclusions verbally and in writing professionally and with sufficient support and evidence.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 90 |
| Total | 150 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination: Examination | 3 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% | No | 70 |
| Continuous Assessment: Individual Mock Exam | Unspecified | n/a | Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% | No | 15 |
| Continuous Assessment: Group Presentation | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% | No | 15 |
Carry forward of passed components
No
No
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Yes - 3 Hour |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
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