Undergraduate Course: Accountancy 1A (ACCN08007)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Introduction to financial accounting and reporting incorporating preparation and analysis of financial statements, issues in external reporting and the regulatory framework. |
| Course description |
Accountancy 1A is an introductory accounting course focusing on aspects of financial accounting, reporting and analysis. No prior knowledge of accounting is required. As this is the pre-requisite course for students planning to continue their studies in further technical aspects of financial accounting and reporting (Accountancy 2A), the double-entry accounting system features throughout. Most students taking Accountancy 1A will also go on to take Accountancy 1B, which focuses on aspects of management accounting, in Semester 2.
Outline Content
Recording business transactions into the accounting equation and into the double-entry system (Debit and Credit).
Recognition and measurement principles relating to non-current (fixed) assets, current assets and liabilities.
Issues relating to ownership interest /equity.
Preparation of financial statements (income statements and statements of financial position, changes in equity and cash flows).
Evaluating performance using ratio analysis.
Ensuring the quality of financial statements, the regulatory environment.
The Annual Report - Presentation of published financial statements with notes and narrative reports.
Forensic/investigative Accounting; fraud vs. creative accounting.
Student Learning Experience
Students will experience the identification and evaluation of different ways of learning including the assimilation of presented material, structured and free choice reading, interaction with staff and other students, practice by doing, use of learning facilities such as library and IT support. While the collaboration with others in the learning process is encouraged the enhancement of independent learning and self-management in finding, organising, assimilating information and in applying this knowledge is central to the course.
Tutorials supplement the material covered in lectures. These consist of groups of around 14 students, engaging in weekly sessions facilitated by a tutor. Students prepare for the tutorial by completing quizzes, practical exercises and/or reviewing annual report extracts or other reading assignments for review/discussion during the session. The tutor is an important link with the class work and is there to help you in your learning.
Working through practical exercises is an essential part of learning accounting. Certain lecturer led activities are structured as workshop sessions where the class will be involved in solving a set of practical exercises.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Accounting for Business 1 (ACCN08012)
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Other requirements | The course is open to any student enrolled on a degree programme in the Business School, together with students in:
Economics and Accounting
Law and Accountancy |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 30,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 9,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
146 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
75% Written Exam (Individual) - 2 hours - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes.
25% Coursework (Individual) - MCQ tests - 45 minutes - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes.
Resit exam in August: 2 hours (100%)
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| Feedback |
Formative: Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Summative: Feedback will be provided on assessments within agreed deadlines. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Accountancy 1a | 2:120 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Produce financial statements (statement of financial position, income statement, statement of cash flows) from the relevant transactions and events affecting a business.
- Analyse, interpret and facilitate the use of accounting information (for example, through coherent report presentation and the use of ratio analysis).
- Relate accounting to the broader context of the strategic and operational considerations of business.
- Apply skills of numeracy and applications of IT in solving defined problems.
- Apply analytical skills in solving defined problems.
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Reading List
Financial and Management Accounting
An Introduction
9th Edition
Pauline Weetman & Darren Jubb
This textbook is core reading for the course and complements the lecture material, providing more detailed narrative and additional exercises for topics covered in lectures. The textbook, will also be used for some tutorial exercises. The companion website provides quizzes for each chapter.
Note that this textbook covers both financial and management accounting topics and is therefore the core textbook for both Accountancy 1A and Accountancy 1B courses.
Additional resources (e.g. company annual reports and other online resources and supplementary reading) will be available to students through the course Resource List on Learn. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Graduates should be able to:
- Understand and Make Effective Use of Data: Critically evaluate and present digital and other sources, research methods, data and information; discern their limitations, accuracy, validity, reliability and suitability; and apply responsibly in a wide variety of organisational contexts.
- Creative and Entrepreneurial Practice: Apply creative, innovative, entrepreneurial, sustainable and responsible business solutions to address social, economic and environmental global challenges.
- Personal and Professional Competence: Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to quality.
- Academic Excellence: Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
- Intellectual Curiosity: Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore and solve them responsibly. |
| Keywords | Acc1A |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Frances-Helen Hay
Tel: (0131 6)51 5248
Email: Frances-Helen.Hay@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Ellen Hunter
Tel:
Email: Ellen.Hunter@ed.ac.uk |
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