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Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Financial Accounting (CMSE11291)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits0 ECTS Credits0
SummaryThis course is being offered to give students a basic introduction/revision to bookkeeping and financial accounting.

It is an optional course for students who may start one of our finance Masters having studied no accounting before or a long time previously.

This is an additional course which will feed into the Analysis of Corporate Financial Information core course offered in the first semester.
Course description Session 1 The accounting equation; Recording business transactions into the accounting equation; Debits and Credits; The Trial Balance (TB); Introducing financial statements

Session 2 Recording transactions as journal entries/ ledger entries for: a service, trading or manufacturing business. Preparing an Income Statement (IS). Preparing a Statement of Financial Position (SFP)/Balance Sheet (BS)

Session 3 Introduction to a Statement of Cashflows; Review and Practice Exercise. Teaching will be delivered via two hour lectures introducing basic accounting concepts to students with worked examples. Students will be expected to complete practical exercises in preparation for the following lectures. Supplementary instruction will be provided via BPP e-learning modules on Understanding Bookkeeping and Understanding Accounts.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) There will be no formal assessment at the end of the course. Students will produce an income statement, SFP and Cashflow at the end of the course
Feedback Formative feedback will be delivered to the students orally during the course.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the double entry system
  2. Make basic journal entry adjustments to a working trial balance
  3. Produce a simple Income Statement, Statement of Financial Position and Cashflow
Reading List
Weetman, P. (2013), Financial Accounting: An Introduction, (Pearson Education, Harlow).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsfin-IFA
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Elisa Henderson
Tel:
Email: Elisa.Henderson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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