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INFS3110: Information Systems for Accountants
2026 unit information
This unit demonstrates how accounting information systems (AIS) can improve business performance relating to the conduct of accounting based transactions. It provides students with the skills necessary to identify and assess opportunities for business improvement, by looking at both conceptual and physical AIS and to understand the varied ways in which the business must assess risks, controls, costs and benefits in relation to the implementation of an AIS. From an end-to-end systems perspective, students gain knowledge of approaches and methodologies related to the design, implementation and operation of an AIS. Through graphic representations, visual thinking can be applied to analyse, assess and improve the conceptual AIS with a view to its physical implementation. Students learn the importance of an integrated approach to managing business cycles including expenditure, conversion and revenue where multiple competing requirements often need to be balanced. Students develop expertise in business analysis, a foundation skill for accountants, auditors, project managers and business analysts.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business (Business School)
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Accounting, Governance and Regulation |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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INFS2001 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Identify and explain the impact of information technology in an accounting and business context, on the organisation's business model and critical business activities
- LO2. Describe how accountants use data, enterprise systems, and digital technologies to process, integrate, assure, and communicate business information
- LO3. Apply business process modelling, database modelling, and enterprise system tools to document and interpret business processes
- LO4. Examine and summarise concepts of enterprise risk management, cybersecurity, and internal control, and the importance of these for accountants in relation to identifying, reporting and managing risk within the organisation
- LO5. Evaluate different roles of stakeholders and evaluate key social, ethical and cultural issues involved in the design, implementation and assurance of accounting information systems
- LO6. Develop and support arguments through reading and independent research
- LO7. Communicate constructively and reflectively, orally and in writing, with diverse audiences, peers, and instructors in individual and collaborative settings
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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