Postgraduate Course: Corporate Reporting Analysis (CMSE11666)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course replaces aims to equips students with the knowledge and skills to navigate and interpret the global corporate reporting environment. It focuses on understanding the key components of corporate reports, including financial statements, management discussion, and sustainability disclosures. Students will learn to analyse corporate financial performance and develop the ability to critically evaluate a firm's future prospects by integrating financial and non-financial data. This comprehensive approach prepares students for making informed decisions in financial analysis and investment strategies. |
| Course description |
This course enables students to extract accounting and non-accounting information from mandatory corporate disclosure, such as financial reports, strategy reports, and sustainability reports. They will learn to calculate and critically apply accounting ratios, using these insights for forecasts and valuations. The course equips students to analyse corporate strategy and link it to financial performance, enhancing their ability to assess a firm's future prospects. Additionally, students will develop a critical understanding of the limitations of financial statements and methods for evaluating their quality. This holistic approach prepares students to interpret and assess corporate reports in a global context, improving their financial analysis skills.
Outline Content
1. Information environment and corporate disclosure
2. Strategy analysis
3. Risk analysis
4. Ratio Analysis
5. Cashflow Analysis
6. Forecasting
7. Valuation
Student Learning Experience
This course is taught via a combination of weekly lectures and tutorials.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Financial Markets and Investment (CMSE11667)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is for students enrolled in MSc Finance & Investment |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, 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 14,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 14,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Written exam (Individual) - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Formative: Students are encouraged to ask questions in lectures and tutorials.
Summative: Individual exam marks and generic exam feedback.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the construction of corporate reporting.
- Critically evaluate business opportunities and risks through corporate reporting analysis.
- Analyse corporate financial performance in real cases.
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Reading List
| Palepu K., P. Healy, and E. Peek, Business Analysis & Valuation: IFRS Standards edition, 6th edition. Publisher: Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9781473779099. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Communication, ICT, and Numeracy Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
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.
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
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.
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 | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rocky Wang
Tel:
Email: Shuo.Wang@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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