Module BUSS2071: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING

Department: ECONOMICS FINANCE AND BUSINESS (BUSINESS) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS2071: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING

Prerequisites

• ECOS1081,ECON1041.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop the technical skills introduced at level one. In particular the module addresses the preparation of financial statements for a single company and examines the underpinning concepts of income measurement and asset valuation. The technical skills are set in the context of wider reporting issues and aim to improve the ability of participants to interpret accounting information.

Content

• Income Measurement: Accruals basis of accounting, Profit and Loss Account, Cash basis of accounting; Cash Flow statement.
• Asset Valuation and Liability Measurement.
• Balance Sheet.
• Fixed Assets and Depreciation.
• Research and Development.
• Stock.
• Regulatory environment.
• Wider reporting issues including corporate governance, corporate responsibility and international accounting standards.
• Interpretation of financial reports.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the underpinning concepts which govern the preparation of financial reports.
• Appreciate the context of financial statements in the wider aspects of corporate reporting.

• Be able to prepare a basic set of accounts for a single company.
• Be able to prepare a financial report sourcing and analysing financial data and interpreting corporate performance.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lecture delivery will cover the technical material underpinning the course as preparation for seminars which will enable students to develop the skills of account preparation and interpretation.
• The formative assessment seeks to ensure basic technical outcomes are achieved early in the module to enable the development of interpretative skills in later sessions.
• The summative assignment seeks to assess the learning outcomes related to the practical application of the skills to 'live' corporate data.
• The examination addresses the students understanding of the key concepts introduced in the module.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

End of term test to cover first term material.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University