ACCT5930 Financial Accounting - 2023

Subject Code
ACCT5930
Study Level
Postgraduate
Commencing Term
Term 1
Total Units of Credit (UOC)
6
Delivery Mode
On Campus and Online
School
Accounting Auditing & Tax
The course outline is not available for current term. To view outlines from other years and/or terms, visit the archives .

1. Course Details

Summary of Course

This course examines the fundamentals of financial accounting for entities of simple organisational design; financial recording processes, systems design and internal control; preparation of general purpose statements of financial position, operating performance and cash flow statements; responsibilities in financial reporting; financial reporting constraints; recognition and measurement of specific financial statement elements; and analysis and interpretation of financial reports.

Teaching Times and Locations

Please note that teaching times and locations are subject to change. Students are strongly advised to refer to the Class Timetable website for the most up-to-date teaching times and locations.

View course timetable

Course Policies & Support

The Business School expects that you are familiar with the contents of this course outline and the UNSW and Business School learning expectations, rules, policies and support services as listed below:

  • Program Learning Outcomes
  • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
  • Student Responsibilities and Conduct
  • Special Consideration
  • Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts
  • Student Learning Support Services

Further information is provided in the Assessment and Policies and Support sections.

Students may not circulate or post online any course materials such as handouts, exams, syllabi or similar resources from their courses without the written permission of their instructor.

Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses

Financial accounting is the language of business. It is the means by which an enterprise’s financial situation is reported and communicated. This course, together with subsequent financial accounting courses, aims to provide you with the skills needed to measure and report that financial situation. ACCT5930 lays a broad foundation so that more advanced financial accounting topics and issues can be presented in subsequent courses.

The course aims are to:

  1. Develop the knowledge and ability to prepare Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Cash Flow Statements, for organisations characterised by moderately complex financial transactions.

  2. Develop an ability to identify and build opportunities for financial accountants to add value to an organisation and, more broadly, improve the efficiency of capital markets.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are what you should be able to demonstrate by the end of this course, if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the assessment items.

CLOs also contribute to your achievement of the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), which are developed across the duration of a program. PLOs are, in turn, directly linked to UNSW graduate capabilities. More information on Coursework PLOs is available under Policies and Support. For PG Research PLOs, including MPDBS, please refer to the UNSW HDR Learning Outcomes.

The following table shows how the CLOs for this course relate to the overall PLOs and indicates where each CLO and PLO is assessed:

Course Learning Outcomes Program Learning Outcomes Course Assessment Item
On successful completion of the course, you should be able to: This course helps you to develop the following Program Learning Outcomes: This learning outcome will be assessed in the following items:

1. Identify the main users of financial accounting reports and their needs.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

2. Explain how social, institutional, and regulatory environments impact corporate accounting practice.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

3. Demonstrate your ability to apply financial recording procedures to a wide range of corporate transactions and other events.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
PLO 2: Problem solving
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

4. Use journals, ledgers, and trial balances to collate corporate financial information.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

5. Prepare Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Cash Flow Statements.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

6. Analyse financial statements.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
PLO 2: Problem solving
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

7. Communicate the pressures and demands presently faced by financial reporting practice.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
PLO 3: Business communication
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Final Exam

8. Apply what you have learned to specific organisational contexts.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
PLO 2: Problem solving
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Practice Set
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

9. Appreciate that there is ambiguity in financial accounting, and that there may be different approaches to solving financial accounting problems in practice.

PLO 1: Business knowledge
PLO 2: Problem solving
  • Self-Practice Quizzes
  • Seminar Problems
  • Assessment Quizzes
  • Final Exam

2. Staff Contact Details

Position Title Name Email Location Phone Consultation Times
Lecturer-in-chargeMsKate MorganLevel 3, Quadrangle Building – Ref E15
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Communications with Staff

Consultation times will be announced at a later date on the Course Moodle Website. You are welcome to attend the consultation times of any staff member teaching on the course. Consultation will be online via a link on the course website.

Please note that if you come to consultation you must come prepared i.e., bring the text or a copy of the question that your query is about, as well as your initial attempt at the question, so that the staff member may assist you. If you do not do come prepared, and are unable to demonstrate that you taken some effort to understand the material yourself in the first instance, staff assistance will be limited.

Except in situations where the question relates to a brief clarification, consultation will not be conducted by email. It should also be noted that only emails sent from official UNSW student email accounts will be replied to.

Please note that common written etiquette must be observed when conducting any written communication with staff members. Communications that use, for example, short hand and “SMS” language are not permitted. Please do not expect a reply if you do not follow these writing requirements.

The policies regarding staff contact in the School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation are as follows:

  • All questions regarding course administration should be directed to the Lecture-in-charge.
  • The full-time staff will be available for consultation starting from Weeks 2 to 10 and STUVAC period.
  • Consultation hours will be advised on the course Moodle page in a consolidated timetable.
  • Students are encouraged to consult with staff during online consultation sessions. Consultation will not be provided via email or phone.
  • Consultation times during STUVAC period will likely vary to the regular consultation during Term and be posted on the course webpage later in the Term.

While emails to staff should be a rare occurrence as noted above, in instances where it is warranted, please make sure that:

  • You use your UNSW email address when corresponding with the teaching staff on this course. Emails from other addresses (such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, 126, QQ, etc.) are not accepted and will not be replied to.
  • You must use appropriate communication level with staff, emails and discussion forum posts that use short-hand and “Texting” language are not acceptable, and communication must be in English. If your email cannot be understood then staff will not reply.
  • You must identify yourself by your full name, student ID and tutorial day and time.
  • Please be aware that Staff will not necessarily reply to students to inform them if their emails are non-compliant.
  • Full-time teaching staff only answer emails during regular working hours of Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. Tutoring staff often have other jobs and require 48 hours within regular business office hours to reply to emails.

Complaints about the assessment and other aspects of this course should be directed in the first instance to the Lecturer-in-Charge (or Course Convenor) and if still unsatisfied with the response received then you are directed to contact the School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation Grievance Officer, details available here: https://www.unsw.edu.au/business/our-schools/accounting-auditing-taxation/contact-us

3. Learning and Teaching Activities

Use of your Webcam and Digital Devices: If you enrol in an online class, or the online stream of a hybrid class, teaching and associated activities will be conducted using Teams, Zoom, or similar a technology. Using a webcam is optional, but highly encouraged, as this will facilitate interaction with your peers and instructors. If you are worried about your personal space being observed during a class, we encourage you to blur your background or make use of a virtual background. Please contact the Lecturer-in-Charge if you have any questions or concerns.

Some courses may involve undertaking online exams for which your own computer or digital devices will be required. Monitoring of online examinations will be conducted directly by University staff and is bound by the University's privacy and security requirements. Any data collected will be handled accordance with UNSW policies and standards for data governance. For more information on how the University manages personal information please refer to the UNSW Student Privacy Statement and the UNSW Privacy Policy.

Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course

At university, the focus is on your self-directed search for knowledge. Seminars, textbooks, exams, and other resources are all provided to help you learn. You are therefore required to attend all seminars, and we recommend that you read all required readings, in order to fully grasp and appreciate the concepts of financial accounting.

Whilst it is up to you to choose how much work you do in each part of the course, we have found that preparation for seminars, completion of seminar exercises, studying for quizzes and exams, and seeking assistance to clarify your understanding, all have a positive relationship with your achievement of the learning outcomes in this course. It is up to you to choose an approach that best suits your learning style and goals in this course. This course has been designed so that students may experience a flexible but directed learning approach to the study of financial accounting.

Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies

The course consists of formal seminars and out of class study.

Seminars

The weekly three hour seminar constitutes the core learning experience of the course. Seminars introduce and explain concepts that are critical to the core themes of the course, provide the opportunity to discuss these themes with reference to actual corporate reporting practice, allow you to work through illustrative examples (as a group and individually), and address questions and concerns with the course material.

Seminars are designed to be an interactive experience. Seminars are not lectures. During seminars, you are expected to raise questions or concerns you have with the material, comment on the issues discussed with reference to personal experience, contribute to the discussion of illustrative examples, and generally contribute to a vibrant learning environment.

However, you can expect some informal structure to each seminar. The first part of the seminar will involve the discussion and clarification of any issues that might have arisen from the exercises set for the previous week’s topic. This will be followed by a presentation of the current seminar’s material. The final part of the seminar will focus on illustrations and group discussion of the material just presented.

Out of Class Study

While most students may have preferred individual learning strategies, it is important to note that most learning will be achieved outside of class time. Out of class study is a key element of the learning design of this course.

An “ideal” strategy (on which the provision and timing of the course materials is based) would involve:

  1. Reading the relevant chapter(s) of the text and accessing the weekly seminar slides from the course website before your weekly seminar time. This will give you a general idea of the topic area.

  2. Attending seminars. During the seminar, the material being covered will be placed in context. The relevance of the topic and its relationship to prior topics will be explained.

  3. After each seminar but before the next weekly seminar, you should attempt the set problems for that topic and the self-practice quiz on Moodle. This will identify the things you need to do to demonstrate your understanding of a topic and guide you in re-reading specific parts of the textbook. This will also provide a self-test of your understanding and identify those parts of the topic with which you have problems (you can raise these problems at the commencement of the next weekly seminar). We suggest that you start with the Practice Problems for which solutions are available in the textbook. Once you have understood those problems you should then attempt the remaining questions that have been set, paying particular attention to the working and format of your answers. Suggested solutions to numerical exercises will be posted on the course website the week following the relevant seminar. Prior to accessing the solutions you should first attempt the assigned exercises. The aim of these exercises, in addition to reinforcing the concepts raised in the seminars, is to encourage you to assume responsibility in the learning process, and to make the seminars more effective. Thus, the onus is on you to complete and review the suggested solutions to these exercises. It will not be possible to cover all exercises in the first part of the seminar.

Peer Assisted Student Studies (PASS) is available for this course

PASS offers free, weekly, out-of-class study sessions that are drop-in, drop-out to all students enrolled in ACCT5930. The PASS classes are facilitated by a leader who is a student who has previously studied and successfully completed the course. Attending PASS regularly can help you to: deepen your understanding of the course content; develop skills for independent university study; make friends; and help you feel more confident in your studies.

PASS sessions begin in week 2. Timetables for the PASS groups will be made available on the course Moodle website. There’s no need to register. You can choose to attend during some weeks but not other weeks. To get the most out of your PASS class you should: (i) be interactive; (ii) come along with questions and raise issues that you are having with the course content; and (iii) attend regularly.

5. Course Resources

Textbook

  • “Fundamentals of Accounting and Financial Management”, by K. Trotman, K. Humphreys, V. Clout and K. Morgan, 8th Edition (2022). The textbook is published by Cengage Learning as an e-book.

This textbook is available as an e-book. Students should also note that only the 8th Edition of the textbook is supported in this course. Earlier editions are not supported. Links to where to purchase the textbook will be loaded to the course website.

Seminar Slides

Seminar slides for each topic are available on the course website.

Exercise Solutions

Solutions to exercises set for each topic will be available on the course website for that week’s seminar.

Additional Online Materials

The course website may also contain important self-study material and self-practice quizzes relating to topics.

Course website

The website for this course is on Moodle.

You must be enrolled in the course to access the website. The website will contain seminar slides for each topic, announcements, copies of the suggested solutions for weekly questions, the additional self-study material, the online quizzes, and any other material deemed suitable by staff teaching on the course from time to time.

6. Course Evaluation & Development

Feedback is regularly sought from students and continual improvements are made based on this feedback. At the end of this course, you will be asked to complete the myExperience survey, which provides a key source of student evaluative feedback. Your input into this quality enhancement process is extremely valuable in assisting us to meet the needs of our students and provide an effective and enriching learning experience. The results of all surveys are carefully considered and do lead to action towards enhancing educational quality.

The course that you are enrolled in this session reflects changes that have been made in response to feedback received from students in previous sessions.

7. Course Schedule

Note: for more information on the UNSW academic calendar and key dates including study period, exam, supplementary exam and result release, please visit: https://student.unsw.edu.au/new-calendar-dates
Week Activity Topic Assessment/Other
Week 1: 13 February Seminar

Introduction/The Balance Sheet

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Week 2: 20 February Seminar

The Income Statement & Revenue Recognition, Transaction Analysis

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Week 3: 27 February Seminar

Record Keeping/The Accounting Cycle

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Week 4: 6 MarchSeminar

Adjustments/Inventory

Assessment Task 1 (quiz) - Friday

Week 5: 13 MarchSeminar

Non-current Assets

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Week 6: 20 MarchSelf Study

Self Study Week - No classes

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Week 7: 27 MarchSeminar

Liabilities and Equity

Assessment Task 2 (quiz) - Friday

Week 8: 3 AprilSeminar

Financial Statement Analysis

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Week 9: 10 AprilSeminar

The Cash Flow Statement (Part 1)

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Week 10: 17 AprilSeminar

The Cash Flow Statement (Part 2)

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8. Policies and Support

Information about UNSW Business School program learning outcomes, academic integrity, student responsibilities and student support services. For information regarding special consideration, supplementary exams and viewing final exam scripts, please go to the key policies and support page.

Program Learning Outcomes

The Business School places knowledge and capabilities at the core of its curriculum via seven Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs). These PLOs are systematically embedded and developed across the duration of all coursework programs in the Business School.

PLOs embody the knowledge, skills and capabilities that are taught, practised and assessed within each Business School program. They articulate what you should know and be able to do upon successful completion of your degree.

Upon graduation, you should have a high level of specialised business knowledge and capacity for responsible business thinking, underpinned by ethical professional practice. You should be able to harness, manage and communicate business information effectively and work collaboratively with others. You should be an experienced problem-solver and critical thinker, with a global perspective, cultural competence and the potential for innovative leadership.

All UNSW programs and courses are designed to assess the attainment of program and/or course level learning outcomes, as required by the UNSW Assessment Design Procedure. It is important that you become familiar with the Business School PLOs, as they constitute the framework which informs and shapes the components and assessments of the courses within your program of study.

PLO 1: Business knowledge

Students will make informed and effective selection and application of knowledge in a discipline or profession, in the contexts of local and global business.

PLO 2: Problem solving

Students will define and address business problems, and propose effective evidence-based solutions, through the application of rigorous analysis and critical thinking.

PLO 3: Business communication

Students will harness, manage and communicate business information effectively using multiple forms of communication across different channels.

PLO 4: Teamwork

Students will interact and collaborate effectively with others to achieve a common business purpose or fulfil a common business project, and reflect critically on the process and the outcomes.

PLO 5: Responsible business practice

Students will develop and be committed to responsible business thinking and approaches, which are underpinned by ethical professional practice and sustainability considerations.

PLO 6: Global and cultural competence

Students will be aware of business systems in the wider world and actively committed to recognise and respect the cultural norms, beliefs and values of others, and will apply this knowledge to interact, communicate and work effectively in diverse environments.

PLO 7: Leadership development

Students will develop the capacity to take initiative, encourage forward thinking and bring about innovation, while effectively influencing others to achieve desired results.


These PLOs relate to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs.  For PG Research PLOs, including Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies, please refer to the UNSW HDR Learning Outcomes

Business School course outlines provide detailed information for students on how the course learning outcomes, learning activities, and assessment/s contribute to the development of Program Learning Outcomes.

UNSW Graduate Capabilities

The Business School PLOs also incorporate UNSW graduate capabilities, a set of generic abilities and skills that all students are expected to achieve by graduation. These capabilities articulate the University’s institutional values, as well as future employer expectations.

UNSW Graduate CapabilitiesBusiness School PLOs
Scholars capable of independent and collaborative enquiry, rigorous in their analysis, critique and reflection, and able to innovate by applying their knowledge and skills to the solution of novel as well as routine problems.
  • PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • PLO 2: Problem solving
  • PLO 3: Business communication
  • PLO 4: Teamwork
  • PLO 7: Leadership development

Entrepreneurial leaders capable of initiating and embracing innovation and change, as well as engaging and enabling others to contribute to change
  • PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • PLO 2: Problem solving
  • PLO 3: Business communication
  • PLO 4: Teamwork
  • PLO 6: Global and cultural competence
  • PLO 7: Leadership development

Professionals capable of ethical, self-directed practice and independent lifelong learning
  • PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • PLO 2: Problem solving
  • PLO 3: Business communication
  • PLO 5: Responsible business practice

Global citizens who are culturally adept and capable of respecting diversity and acting in a socially just and responsible way.
  • PLO 1: Business knowledge
  • PLO 2: Problem solving
  • PLO 3: Business communication
  • PLO 4: Teamwork
  • PLO 5: Responsible business practice
  • PLO 6: Global and cultural competence

While our programs are designed to provide coverage of all PLOs and graduate capabilities, they also provide you with a great deal of choice and flexibility.  The Business School strongly advises you to choose a range of courses that assist your development against the seven PLOs and four graduate capabilities, and to keep a record of your achievements as part of your portfolio. You can use a portfolio as evidence in employment applications as well as a reference for work or further study. For support with selecting your courses contact the UNSW Business School Student Services team.





Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity is honest and responsible scholarship. This form of ethical scholarship is highly valued at UNSW. Terms like Academic Integrity, misconduct, referencing, conventions, plagiarism, academic practices, citations and evidence based learning are all considered basic concepts that successful university students understand. Learning how to communicate original ideas, refer sources, work independently, and report results accurately and honestly are skills that you will be able to carry beyond your studies.

The definition of academic misconduct is broad. It covers practices such as cheating, copying and using another person’s work without appropriate acknowledgement. Incidents of academic misconduct may have serious consequences for students.

Plagiarism

UNSW regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct. UNSW has very strict rules regarding plagiarism. Plagiarism at UNSW is using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own. All Schools in the Business School have a Student Ethics Officer who will investigate incidents of plagiarism and may result in a student’s name being placed on the Plagiarism and Student Misconduct Registers.

Below are examples of plagiarism including self-plagiarism:

Copying: Using the same or very similar words to the original text or idea without acknowledging the source or using quotation marks. This includes copying materials, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document, presentation, composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, website, internet, other electronic resource, or another person's assignment, without appropriate acknowledgement of authorship.

Inappropriate Paraphrasing: Changing a few words and phrases while mostly retaining the original structure and/or progression of ideas of the original, and information without acknowledgement. This also applies in presentations where someone paraphrases another’s ideas or words without credit and to piecing together quotes and paraphrases into a new whole, without appropriate referencing.

Collusion: Presenting work as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people. Collusion includes:

  • Students providing their work to another student before the due date, or for the purpose of them plagiarising at any time
  • Paying another person to perform an academic task and passing it off as your own
  • Stealing or acquiring another person’s academic work and copying it
  • Offering to complete another person’s work or seeking payment for completing academic work

Collusion should not be confused with academic collaboration (i.e., shared contribution towards a group task).

Inappropriate Citation: Citing sources which have not been read, without acknowledging the 'secondary' source from which knowledge of them has been obtained.

Self-Plagiarism: ‘Self-plagiarism’ occurs where an author republishes their own previously written work and presents it as new findings without referencing the earlier work, either in its entirety or partially. Self-plagiarism is also referred to as 'recycling', 'duplication', or 'multiple submissions of research findings' without disclosure. In the student context, self-plagiarism includes re-using parts of, or all of, a body of work that has already been submitted for assessment without proper citation.

To see if you understand plagiarism, do this short quiz: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism-quiz

Cheating

The University also regards cheating as a form of academic misconduct. Cheating is knowingly submitting the work of others as their own and includes contract cheating (work produced by an external agent or third party that is submitted under the pretences of being a student’s original piece of work). Cheating is not acceptable at UNSW.

If you need to revise or clarify any terms associated with academic integrity you should explore the 'Working with Academic Integrity' self-paced lessons available at: https://student.unsw.edu.au/aim.

For UNSW policies, penalties, and information to help you avoid plagiarism see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism as well as the guidelines in the online ELISE tutorials for all new UNSW students: http://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/elise. For information on student conduct see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/conduct.

For information on how to acknowledge your sources and reference correctly, see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/referencing. If you are unsure what referencing style to use in this course, you should ask the lecturer in charge.



Student Responsibilities and Conduct

​Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to university policies in relation to class attendance and general conduct and behaviour, including maintaining a safe, respectful environment; and to understand their obligations in relation to workload, assessment and keeping informed.

Information and policies on these topics can be found on the 'Managing your Program' website.

Workload

It is expected that you will spend at least ten to twelve hours per week studying for a course except for Summer Term courses which have a minimum weekly workload of twenty to twenty four hours. This time should be made up of reading, research, working on exercises and problems, online activities and attending classes. In periods where you need to complete assignments or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater. Over-commitment has been a cause of failure for many students. You should take the required workload into account when planning how to balance study with employment and other activities.

We strongly encourage you to connect with your Moodle course websites in the first week of semester. Local and international research indicates that students who engage early and often with their course website are more likely to pass their course.

View more information on expected workload

Attendance and Engagement

Your regular attendance and active engagement in all scheduled classes and online learning activities is expected in this course. Failure to attend / engage in assessment tasks that are integrated into learning activities (e.g. class discussion, presentations) will be reflected in the marks for these assessable activities. The Business School may refuse final assessment to those students who attend less than 80% of scheduled classes where attendance and participation is required as part of the learning process (e.g. tutorials, flipped classroom sessions, seminars, labs, etc.). If you are not able to regularly attend classes, you should consult the relevant Course Authority.

View more information on attendance

General Conduct and Behaviour

You are expected to conduct yourself with consideration and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct which unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as ringing or talking on mobile phones, is not acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class.

View more information on student conduct

Health and Safety

UNSW Policy requires each person to work safely and responsibly, in order to avoid personal injury and to protect the safety of others.

View more information on Health and Safety

Keeping Informed

You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course web site. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your university e-mail address without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this information. It is also your responsibility to keep the University informed of all changes to your contact details.




Student Support and Resources

The University and the Business School provide a wide range of support services and resources for students, including:

Business School Learning Support Tools
Business School provides support a wide range of free resources and services to help students in-class and out-of-class, as well as online. These include:

  • Academic Communication Essentials – A range of academic communication workshops, modules and resources to assist you in developing your academic communication skills.
  • Learning consultations – Meet learning consultants who have expertise in business studies, literacy, numeracy and statistics, writing, referencing, and researching at university level.
  • PASS classes – Study sessions facilitated by students who have previously and successfully completed the course.
  • Educational Resource Access Scheme – To support the inclusion and success of students from equity groups enrolled at UNSW Sydney in first year undergraduate Business programs.

The Nucleus - Business School Student Services team
The Nucleus Student Services team provides advice and direction on all aspects of enrolment and graduation. Level 2, Main Library, Kensington 02 8936 7005 / https://nucleus.unsw.edu.au/en/contact-us

Business School Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The Business School Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee strives to ensure that every student is empowered to have equal access to education. The Business School provides a vibrant, safe, and equitable environment for education, research, and engagement that embraces diversity and treats all people with dignity and respect. BUSEDI@unsw.edu.au

UNSW Academic Skills
Resources and support – including workshops, individual consultations and a range of online resources – to help you develop and refine your academic skills. See their website for details.
academicskills@unsw.edu.au

Student Support Advisors
Student Support Advisors work with all students to promote the development of skills needed to succeed at university, whilst also providing personal support throughout the process.
John Goodsell Building, Ground Floor.
advisors@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

International Student Support
The International Student Experience Unit (ISEU) is the first point of contact for international students. ISEU staff are always here to help with personalised advice and information about all aspects of university life and life in Australia.
Advisors can support you with your student visa, health and wellbeing, making friends, accommodation and academic performance.
International.student@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

Equitable Learning Services
Equitable Learning Services (formerly Disability Support Services) is a free and confidential service that provides practical support to ensure that your health condition doesn't adversely affect your studies. Register with the service to receive educational adjustments.
Ground Floor, John Goodsell Building.
els@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

UNSW Counselling and Psychological Services
Provides support and services if you need help with your personal life, getting your academic life back on track or just want to know how to stay safe, including free, confidential counselling.
Level 2, East Wing, Quadrangle Building.
counselling@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 5418

Library services and facilities for students
The UNSW Library offers a range of collections, services and facilities both on-campus and online.
Main Library, F21.
02 9065 9444

Moodle eLearning Support
Moodle is the University’s learning management system. You should ensure that you log into Moodle regularly.
externalteltsupport@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 3331

UNSW IT
UNSW IT provides support and services for students such as password access, email services, wireless services and technical support.
UNSW Library Annexe (Ground floor).
02 9385 1333



Support for Studying Online

The Business School and UNSW provide a wide range of tools, support and advice to help students achieve their online learning goals. 

The UNSW Guide to Online Study page provides guidance for students on how to make the most of online study.

We recognise that completing quizzes and exams online can be challenging for a number of reasons, including the possibility of technical glitches or lack of reliable internet. We recommend you review the Online Exam Preparation Checklist of things to prepare when sitting an online exam.

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