Unit

School Of Accounting

Financial Accounting IssuesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200112.2

Discipline: ACCOUNTING

Student Contribution Band: 2

Level: 3

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
61112: The Anatomy of Financial Accounting

Incompatible Units
AC304A.1 - Advanced Financial Accounting OR H3327.1 - Financial Accounting 3

Prerequisite
200109 Corporate Accounting Systems

About this Unit
Please note that from 2008 this unit has been replaced with 200536 Intermediate Financial Accounting. This unit examines the history of accounting standards development, the setting of standards in an international context. It includes an in-depth examination of selected corporate and government accounting standards from a technical, economic, ethical and social perspective.