CAS1501/101/3/2024
Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024
Perspectives on Accountancy
CAS1501
Semester 1 and 2
Department of Auditing
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail account and
make sure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module
website, CAS1501-2024-S1/S2, as well as your group website.
Note: This is a fully online module. It is, therefore, only available on myUnisa.
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, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4
2 MODULE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Outcomes ..................................................................................................................................... 5
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ........................................................................................... 5
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) .................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Department ................................................................................................................................... 6
4.3 University ...................................................................................................................................... 6
5 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 7
5.1 Prescribed book(s) ........................................................................................................................ 7
5.2 Recommended book(s) ................................................................................................................. 7
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves).................................................................................................. 7
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................ 8
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme ................................................................................................ 8
7. STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 9
8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE............................................................................................................ 9
8.1 What does it mean to study fully online? ....................................................................................... 9
9. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 10
9.1 Assessment criteria..................................................................................................................... 10
9.2 Assessment plan ........................................................................................................................ 10
9.3 Assessment due dates ................................................................................................................ 11
9.4 Submission of assessments........................................................................................................ 11
9.4.1 Types of assessments and descriptions ........................................................................................ 12
9.5 The assessments ........................................................................................................................ 13
9.6 Other assessment methods ........................................................................................................ 13
9.7 The examination ......................................................................................................................... 13
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................. 14
10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ........................................................................................................ 14
10.1 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 14
10.2 Cheating ..................................................................................................................................... 14
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10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ..................................................... 14
11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .................................................................................. 14
12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 14
13. SOURCES CONSULTED ........................................................................................................... 14
14. IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 15
15. ADDENDUM ............................................................................................................................... 15
ANNEXURE: GLOSSARY OF TERM .................................................................................................... 15
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, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution.
The comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly
vocational to strictly academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its
distance eLearning character result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have
had an opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our CODeL character implies that our
programmes are carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students ranging
from the under-prepared but with potential to the sufficiently prepared.
Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are
offered fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are
offered in a blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with
online teaching and learning via the learner management system – myUnisa. In some
instances, undergraduate programmes are offered fully online as well.
Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the
University. Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear
appreciation of our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive
graduate qualities which include
• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are able to fulfil and serve
in multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global communities
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its
histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of
information and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-
increasing information and data flows and competing worldviews
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and creatively
to solve real-life problems
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential
CAS1501 is a fully online only module, meaning all learning occurs on the internet. myUnisa is
used as virtual campus - an online system that is used to administer, document and deliver
educational material to you and support engagement with you. This tutorial letter explains how
to access the virtual myUnisa module site. Information on the tools that will be available to
engage with the lecturer and fellow students to support your learning are provided. Because this
is a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning
activities (including assessments) for this module. Visit the website for CAS1501 on myUnisa at
least four times per week. The myModules module site is CAS1501-24-S1 or CAS1501-24-S2
and your group site is CAS1501-24-S1-XXT or CAS1501-24-S2-XXT (where the XX will be your
group number).
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Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024
Perspectives on Accountancy
CAS1501
Semester 1 and 2
Department of Auditing
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail account and
make sure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module
website, CAS1501-2024-S1/S2, as well as your group website.
Note: This is a fully online module. It is, therefore, only available on myUnisa.
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4
2 MODULE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Outcomes ..................................................................................................................................... 5
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ........................................................................................... 5
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) .................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Department ................................................................................................................................... 6
4.3 University ...................................................................................................................................... 6
5 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 7
5.1 Prescribed book(s) ........................................................................................................................ 7
5.2 Recommended book(s) ................................................................................................................. 7
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves).................................................................................................. 7
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................ 8
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme ................................................................................................ 8
7. STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 9
8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE............................................................................................................ 9
8.1 What does it mean to study fully online? ....................................................................................... 9
9. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 10
9.1 Assessment criteria..................................................................................................................... 10
9.2 Assessment plan ........................................................................................................................ 10
9.3 Assessment due dates ................................................................................................................ 11
9.4 Submission of assessments........................................................................................................ 11
9.4.1 Types of assessments and descriptions ........................................................................................ 12
9.5 The assessments ........................................................................................................................ 13
9.6 Other assessment methods ........................................................................................................ 13
9.7 The examination ......................................................................................................................... 13
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................. 14
10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ........................................................................................................ 14
10.1 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 14
10.2 Cheating ..................................................................................................................................... 14
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10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ..................................................... 14
11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .................................................................................. 14
12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 14
13. SOURCES CONSULTED ........................................................................................................... 14
14. IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 15
15. ADDENDUM ............................................................................................................................... 15
ANNEXURE: GLOSSARY OF TERM .................................................................................................... 15
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, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution.
The comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly
vocational to strictly academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its
distance eLearning character result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have
had an opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our CODeL character implies that our
programmes are carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students ranging
from the under-prepared but with potential to the sufficiently prepared.
Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are
offered fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are
offered in a blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with
online teaching and learning via the learner management system – myUnisa. In some
instances, undergraduate programmes are offered fully online as well.
Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the
University. Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear
appreciation of our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive
graduate qualities which include
• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are able to fulfil and serve
in multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global communities
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its
histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of
information and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-
increasing information and data flows and competing worldviews
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and creatively
to solve real-life problems
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential
CAS1501 is a fully online only module, meaning all learning occurs on the internet. myUnisa is
used as virtual campus - an online system that is used to administer, document and deliver
educational material to you and support engagement with you. This tutorial letter explains how
to access the virtual myUnisa module site. Information on the tools that will be available to
engage with the lecturer and fellow students to support your learning are provided. Because this
is a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning
activities (including assessments) for this module. Visit the website for CAS1501 on myUnisa at
least four times per week. The myModules module site is CAS1501-24-S1 or CAS1501-24-S2
and your group site is CAS1501-24-S1-XXT or CAS1501-24-S2-XXT (where the XX will be your
group number).
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