Af301

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR AF301 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
This assignment will be undertaken individually. You may discuss the questions with other students.
However, you must write your own answer with careful regard to academic honesty.
Learning
Objectives

This assignment addresses course learning objectives L4, L5 and L6 in the Course
Outline.

Weight

10% of overall course mark
Your assignment grade will be based on the attached marking rubric.


On-line submission (Moodle drop box) by 10:00 am Monday 24th April. If your
similarity index exceeds 15%, you must revise your assignment and reduce the
similarity index before submitting the final version for grading.



Due Date

Print-out (School of Accounting & Finance office) by 12:00 pm Monday 24th
August.

Peerrefereed
Journal
Articles

You can perform an on-line search using ProQuest or another search engine
accessible through the USP Library website.

Word Limit

1,000 words.

Consult the USP Library Information Desk if you need assistance with using on-line
search engines. However, they will not find the articles for you.



Write about 500 words for each question.



Disclose the word count in your final submission.

If your assignment exceeds the word limit, check that all your content is relevant,
avoid repetition of the same ideas and paraphrase lengthy quotes.
Style Guide

Use a font size of 12 or larger and line spacing of 1.5.
Fully-justify text and include page numbers.

Referencing

Follow the APA referencing system. Consult FBE Student Learning Support if you
need assistance with this.
You may use a maximum of 6 references including:


The assignment article



At least 1 article from peer-reviewed accounting journals (the article must have
been published in the last 5 years i.e. 2011 onwards)



At least 1 accounting text book



The IASB conceptual framework

You may only use one direct quotation in your essay....