Module overview
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: MANG2003
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- current issues and possible future directions for financial reporting.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- prepare consolidated financial statements for simple groups.
- summarise, analyse and evaluate relevant accounting standards and other regulations;
- apply accounting ideas, concepts and methods to specific financial reporting problems;
- illustrate the effect of accounting policy choice on financial statements through calculation and discussion;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- communicate better in written form;
- interpret numerical data and address numerical problems more effectively.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Revision | 25 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 25 |
Completion of assessment task | 20 |
Lecture | 20 |
Wider reading or practice | 16 |
Follow-up work | 30 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Seminar | 2 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Alexander, Britton and Jorissen. International Financial Reporting and Analysis.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
In-class activities
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: You will receive verbal feedback both individually and in groups.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Essay | 30% |
Examination | 70% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Essay | 30% |
Examination | 70% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External