Financial Accounting

Faculty

Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

Version

Version 8.0 of 10/19/2017

Code of Module

22B0012

Modulename (german)

Financial Accounting

Study Programmes

International Management (B.A.)

Level of Module

1

Mission Statement

Financial statements report on the financial position and on the ability of generating income and cash flow of a business. The course covers the preparation of financial statements along IFRSs. Students learn to analyse companies based on the financial statements provided for external purposes. The class covers all important items of financial statements. The course meets the international requirements of Financial Accounting.

Content
  • financial statements along IFRS
  • financial statement analysis
  • statement of financial position
  • long-term assets (acquisition, depreciation, revaluation)
  • group accounting
  • inventories
  • cash, A/R
  • statement of cash flows
  • equity
  • statement of comprehensive income
  • Statement of changes in equity
  • current liabilities
  • long term liabilities
  • notes
Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Broadening
Students learn to analyse companies based on the financial statements provided for external purposes.
Knowledge Deepening

Instrumental Skills and Competences

Communicative Skills and Competences

Systemic Skills and Competences

Mode of Delivery

lectures, tasks, assignments

Expected Knowledge and/or Competences

none

Responsible of the Module

Berkau, Carsten

Lecturer(s)
  • Berkau, Carsten
  • Wendehals, Marion
Credits

5

Concept of Study and Teaching
Workload Dozentengebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
60Vorlesungen
Workload Dozentenungebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
60Veranstaltungsvor-/-nachbereitung
30Prüfungsvorbereitung
Recommended Reading

(1) Powers/Needles/Crosson: Accounting Principles

(2) BERKAU: Bilanzen

(3) further text books:

BRIGHAM/EHRHARDT: Financial Management

CORREIA et al: Financial Management

DRURY: Management and Cost Accounting

FLYNN/KORNHOF: Fundamental Accounting

GARRISON/NOREEN/BREWER: Managerial Accounting

KIESO/WEYGANDT/WARFIELD: Intermediate Accounting

McLANEY/ATRILL: Accounting

REEVE/WARREN/DUCHAC: Principles of Financial Accounting

WOOD/SANGSTER: Business Accounting

Graded Exam

Two-Hour Written Examination

Assessment Methods Remark

none

Examination Requirements

methods of financial accounting - exam is about to prepare F/S

Duration

1 Term

Module Frequency

Only Summer Term

Language of Instruction

English