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Department of Accounting and Finance

ACCG250: Accounting Systems Design and Development

Lecturer in charge

Mr Chadi Aoun

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year

Unit Outline

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Description

Introduces the study of accounting information systems, with a particular focus on a range of issues relating to the design and development of such systems, including alternative systems development methodologies, systems documentation, controls, and information systems ethics. Other topics include the acquisition and use of accounting software, databases and data modelling. Students are assumed to have a sound knowledge of manual accounting information systems, in particular the flow of data in such systems from source documents to financial statements.