ACC1006S - Financial Accounting

Teaching Strategy

The course is planned to occupy approximately 15 hours per week for 13 weeks. This time is made up as follows:

Students are expected to use the vacation as consolidation time to ensure that they keep pace with the teaching programme.

Large group lectures

Students are expected to read the relevant chapters of the prescribed textbook in accordance with the lecture programme at the end of this document. The level at which lectures will be pitched will assume a reasonable mastery by students of such pre-requisite reading. It is assumed that students will complete the reading before the relevant lectures.

Small group tutorials

The functions of the tutorial groups are to:

• allow you to complete unseen assignments for marking
  
• enable you and/or your tutor to identify and diagnose any learning problems you may have
  
• give the lecturers, through the tutors, as much feedback as possible on the effectiveness of the lectures and the teaching materials and your individual progress.

Tutors are a vital link between you and the course lecturers, but they are NOT expected to give mini-lectures.

Self Study

Much of your learning will take place away from the lectures and tutorials through pre-requisite reading, revision and attempts at written assignments. The pre-requisite reading is essential if the maximum benefit is to be gained from attending lectures. The written assignments are of vital importance as practice in the concepts learned is an essential part of being successful in the course. Your attempt should be handed in even though it may be incomplete or incorrect. This will assist your tutor in assessing your area of difficulty and, therefore, assist you in mastering the course. It is important, too, that you spend time working through the questions in the prescribed textbook and checking the solutions. These questions should always be prepared without reference to any material.