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Accounting

University of Wollongong

1992

Accounting education

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Software Development In Accounting Education: Maximising Student And Academic Productivity Through Digital Technology, K. Cooper, V. Coomb Jan 1992

Software Development In Accounting Education: Maximising Student And Academic Productivity Through Digital Technology, K. Cooper, V. Coomb

Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers

Increasingly sophisticated digital technology has provided a means to improve the quality of accounting graduates and the potential to reduce the amount of time required to assess student achievement. This paper outlines the approach adopted in the Department of Accountancy at the University of Wollongong to adapt digital technology to accounting education with the twin goals of producing high quality graduates equipped to participate in a rapidly changing technological environment and reduce the amount of marking time required by academic staff.


A Survey Of Edp Audit Content And Audit Software Package Application In Undergraduate Auditing Subjects Offered At Australian Universities, R. P. Shannon, B. Mccartney Jan 1992

A Survey Of Edp Audit Content And Audit Software Package Application In Undergraduate Auditing Subjects Offered At Australian Universities, R. P. Shannon, B. Mccartney

Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers

This paper examines EDP audit content and audit software package application in undergraduate auditing subjects offered at Australian universities. Empirical evidence is presented of some institutional failure to: 1. meet the EDP knowledge requirements to be an auditor in the 1990s; 2. include practical application experience of available audit software packages; 3. develop more realistic Australian EDP auditing practice cases. The EDP topics which appear to be underemphasised are identified. Methods to increase student exposure to the capabilities of, and hands on use of, available audit software packages are described. The development of Australian EDP auditing practice cases for use …