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Commercial Law: Dr Colette Langos
colette.langos@adelaide.edu.au

Accounting Information Systems: Ms Cathy Davies
catherine.davies@adelaide.edu.au 

Commercial Law (CL) section

1    An understanding of the 最新糖心Vlogn legal system and how it applies to regulate commerce.

2    An understanding of the application of Common Law and Statute law relevant to commerce.

3    An understanding of the basic principles of Contract Law and their relevance to commerce.

4    The ability to evaluate and synthesise information and existing knowledge from a number of sources.

5    The ability to identify legal issues and apply the law to arrive at reasoned solutions to legal problems.

6    An appreciation of the importance of lifelong learning in the ever-changing field of legal regulation of commerce.

Information Systems (IS) section

1   To gain an understanding of Information Systems, business processes and the roles played by Accounting Information Systems in businesses and organisations, including database systems and relational databases and information systems audits.

2   To gain an understanding of information systems controls: (1) information security (2) confidentiality and privacy (3) processing integrity and availability.

3   Discuss, critically appraise, and write about information systems concepts and IS development.

4   Use Microsoft Access to use a database to process information in an accurate and useful manner.

5   Prepare and use information systems documentation techniques to understand and document information systems.

6   To understand the steps involved in the development and implementation of new Information Systems, and appreciate the role users play in this.

Text Books (for the Commercial Law Section)

 Sweeney, B, O’Reilly, J & Coleman A (2013) Law in Commerce, 5th edition, 最新糖心Vlog: LexisNexis Butterworths  ISBN: 9780409334456

 

Text Books (for the Information Systems Section)

Romney, M. B., Steinbart, P.J., Mula, J. M., McNamara, R. and Tonkin, T. (2013) Commercial Law and Information Systems (M) – Information Systems Section, A Custom Edition for the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, Pearson 最新糖心Vlog, ISBN: 978-1-4860-0554-3

This is also available in an e-book, downloadable from the Pearson web site.

Commercial Law and Accounting Information Systems

Electronic copies of the lecture slides and workshop materials will be provided in MyUni (). Students are strongly encouraged to regularly check MyUni for updates. 

Teaching of both Commercial Law and Information Systems sections will involve lectures supported by problem-solving tutorials and workshops examining the materials covered in course content. All students are expected to attend all lectures and tutorials in this course.

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course or 13 hours for a four-unit course, of private study outside of your regular classes.

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one
tutorial class each week.

Tutorial classes will be held weekly commencing the week beginning Monday 9 March.  Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester.  Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the Lecturer-in-Charge, but should be aware that such a request may not be approved.

Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

Accounting Information Systems section
This 18-hour section of the course focuses on the foundation of Accounting Information Systems, business processes and data processing cycle, information systems documentation, the database system, the creation and use of well-designed databases and the development and implementation of new information systems. Information systems controls, audits and security issues are also covered.

Commercial Law section
This 18-hour section of the course focuses on the 最新糖心Vlogn legal system, including the roles of the parliaments and the courts. It includes an introduction to the basic rules of contract law, exploring the rules for making valid contracts and interpreting their contents (including consumer protection statutory guarantees), as well as the rules that apply to ending contracts and remedies. The emerging role of e-commerce in modern times will also be considered.



Topics:

Day	Date	Topics
Thursday	14 April 2016	Accounting information systems: Introduction and overview; Fundamentals of business processes and transaction processing. Files, database systems and relational databases. MS Access.
Friday	15 April 2016	Systems development and systems analysis ; Systems design, implementation and operation. Systems development and documentation techniques; Database Design using the REA data model
Saturday	16 April 2016	Information systems controls: Information security; Confidentiality and privacy. Processing integrity and availability; Auditing computer-based information systems.
Thursday	21 April 2016	The 最新糖心Vlogn Legal System – Regulation of the 最新糖心Vlogn Economy; Contracts – Formation
Friday	22 April 2016	Contracts – Terms; Contracts – Termination and Remedies I
Saturday	23 April 2016	Contracts – Termination and Remedies II (ACL); Exam revision

Tutorial classes will be focus of the small group discovery experience in this course.  As they are based on a problem-based learning approach, they form an important mechanism for developing communication skills and strategies for small group discussion and presentation of ideas and arguments.

Commercial Law section

Knowledge gained in the Commercial Law section of this course will consist of the following assessment items:

1. Active workshop partcipation (5%) 

This item requires students to contribute to class discusions. For example, students will be required to actively contribute to legal problem solving activities by referring the class to applicable case law or legislation and explaining how the law informs legal argument.

2. Peer assessment (5%)

Students will be paired and are required to assess each other on whether they are able to explain a nominated point of law (covered in the course). This assessment item requires students to be familiar with course content and to be able to explain relevant law clearly. A student can attain either 5% (5/5 marks) or 0% (0/5) (not a percentage in between). Each reviewer is expected to write down comments for the speaker as to what aspects of the law the speaker needs to explain more clearly (if any). The speaker will then be allowed to review their explanation and present it one more time. All peer-assessments will be monitored.

3. Commercial Law Exam (40%)

The exam will allow 15 minutes reading time and allow 1.5 hours of writing time. It will cover topics covered in the course content.

The Commercial Law Primary exam will be held on Monday 16th May in Nexus 10, Level 7 (704 & 705) commencing at 2pm. It will finish at 3:45pm (reading plus writing time). The Exam is OPEN BOOK. Dictionaries are permitted.


Information Systems section

1. Active participation in workshops (5%)

2. AIS Test (15%)

The date of the AIS test is: Monday 2nd May – 3:30 pm.

3. AIS Exam (30%)

The date of the Primary AIS Exam is: Monday 9th May - 2pm.

[The R/AA Exam is Monday 30 May - 2pm.]The exam for the Information Systems section of the course is CLOSED BOOK. Dictionaries are NOTpermitted. In the Information Section of the course the use of calculators is not permitted.

The assessment components are as follows:

Commercial Law

1. Active participation in workshops - 5%

2. Peer review - 5%

3. Commercial Law Exam - 40% The date of the Primary Commercial Law Exam is Monday 16th May - 2:00pm [in Nexus
10, Level 7 (704 & 705)]. It will finish at 3:45pm.

[The R/AA Commercial Law Exam is Friday 3rd June - 3:00pm].

The Commecial Law Exam is OPEN BOOK. Dictinoraies ARE permitted.



Information Systems

1. Active participation in workshops - 5%

2. Test - 15%. The date of the AIS test is: Monday 2nd May – 3:30 pm

3. Exam - 30%. The date of the Primary AIS Exam is: Monday 9th May - 2:00pm.

[The R/AA Exam is Monday 30 May - 2:00pm.]

The exam for the Information Systems section of the course is CLOSED BOOK. Dictionaries are NOT
permitted. In the Information Section of the course the use of calculators is not permitted.

Presentation of Assignments
     

• Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.   
• All individual assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet which must be signed and dated by the student before submission.
• All group assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet which must be signed and dated by all group members before submission.  All team members are expected to contribute approximately equally to a group assignment.
• Lecturers/markers can refuse to accept assignments which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the 最新糖心Vlog’s Policy on Plagiarism:

Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details

A copy of the Postgraduate Programs: Communication Skills Guide will have been given to you at the beginning of your program.  This guide will assist you structure your assignments.  A copy of the guide can also be downloaded from:

This publication also provides guidelines on a range of other important communication skills including writing essays and management reports, making oral presentations etc.

In preparing any written piece of assessment for your postgraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used. Correct referencing is important because it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism. (Further information on plagiarism is provided later in this course outline.)

The Harvard system is widely used in the Business School. Guidelines for the use of this style of referencing can be found in the Communication Skills Guide.

Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.

Late Assignment Submission

Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extensions must be emailed to the Lecturer-in-Charge of the course before the due date.  Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 10% mark reduction for each day that it is late (including week-ends).

Return of Assignments

Lecturers aim to mark and return assignments to students within three (3) weeks of the due date with written feedback. Students are responsible for collecting their marked assignments from either their tutorials or lectures. If assignments aren’t collected after two (2) weeks, the assignments will be available at the Student Hub for two (2) weeks.

Examination Information

It is each student's responsibility to read the examination dates for each course section.  Misreading the timetable is not accepted as grounds for granting a replacement/additional (sup) exam.

最新糖心Vlog staff are not permitted to provide examination times to students over the telephone or in response to personal enquiries.

Examinations will be held only at the time and locations stated in the 最新糖心Vlog’s Examination Timetable, so they may not be taken in another country.  Students should not make any  arrangements to be absent until after the replacement/additional (sup) exam period.

For the Commercial Law section of the course, students are permitted to take a Dictionary (English or English-Foreign) into the examination.

For the Information Systems section of the course, students are NOT permitted to take a Dictionary (English or English-Foreign) into the examination and the use of calculators in the examination is not permitted.