Accounting is an information system that provides financial information about a business organisation. It provides the basis for effective and efficient decision-making in any business. This course will prepare students for a career in business, including vocations in accounting, and will form a basis for tertiary study. Students will be equipped to play a more effective part in their community, in business, and in sporting and social groups.
Unit 1: Financial Accounting
Unit 2: Advanced Financial Accounting
Unit 3: Management Accounting
Unit 4: Contemporary Accounting
Accounting (T/A) is available as a Minor or Major, and some units may be combined with units from Economics or Business to form a Commerce Major, Major/Minor, or Double Major – restrictions apply, so please ensure you talk to the Executive Teacher. Year 11 Semester 1 students choose Unit 1.
Students learn how to acquire, analyse, and present relevant financial data to prepare reports and support decision-making. They engage with accounting processes, frame questions, and determine the relevance of data and research to enterprise planning and activity tracing.
Learn about advanced financial accounting processes and analysis. Students engage with data analytics to frame and undertake investigations into accounting processes, using software packages to gather and analyse data and make recommendations.
Learn how to acquire a variety of relevant data and analyse and present data to draw conclusions and solve management problems. They engage with accounting information to frame questions when investigating management problems and provide clear visualisations of data to support managers' decision-making. Students develop the skills and knowledge to incorporate ethical factors into their analyses and recommendations on the management of organisations.
Investigate how managers use accounting to refine and improve their outcomes in the contemporary business environment. They address current issues facing organisations and their impact on the accounting function. They engage with non-financial analysis and accounting processes that measure the value of ethical and socially responsible practices in the management of contemporary organisations and businesses, and expectations of various stakeholders.