AF5122
AF5122
AF5122
Credit Value 3
Level 5
Pre-requisite / None
Co-requisite/
Exclusion
Intended Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
Learning
Outcomes a. Effectively gather, clean and transform accounting and financial data;
Introduction of XBRL
Subject
Synopsis/
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) for Internet
Indicative
communication among businesses.
Syllabus
Basic Concepts and Methods of Data Analytics
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Teaching/Lear Key concepts and techniques will be introduced through lectures. The
ning subject places a lot of emphasis on project work. Students will be required
Methodology to deliver a project which emphasizes on real-world accounting and finance
issues. By completing the project, students should have hands-on
experience in using the knowledge they have learnt in class to solve
accounting and finance problems in practice. Students are encouraged to
share their views and experiences actively with their lecturer and
classmates.
Assessment
Methods in
Alignment Specific assessment % Intended subject learning
with Intended methods/tasks weighting outcomes to be assessed (Please
Learning tick as appropriate)
Outcomes
a b c
Total 100 %
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References
Reading List
and
Data Analytics for Accounting, 2019, by Richardson, Teeter and Terrell,
References
McGraw-Hill.
(https://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Page/SectionPage&cid=1176169700059)
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