Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2017-2018 (archived)

Module BUSS2071: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING

Department: Business School (Business) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS2071: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING

Type	Tied	Level	2	Credits	20	Availability	Available in 2017/18	Module Cap		Location	Queen's Campus Stockton

Tied to	NN43
Tied to	N302
Tied to	N304
Tied to	N402
Tied to	N403
Tied to	N405
Tied to	NN42
Tied to	N204
Tied to	N206
Tied to	N401
Tied to	N404
Tied to	N406
Tied to	N305
Tied to	N306
Tied to	N307

Prerequisites

ECOS1081, Introduction to Financial Accounting.

Corequisites

None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

None.

Aims

To develop the technical skills introduced at level one. The module addresses the preparation of financial statements for a single company and a company group, including the application of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards.

Content

The regulatory framework.
Objectives of financial reporting and conceptual framework.
Preparation of the Comprehensive Income Statement and Statement of Financial Performance (Balance Sheet) for a single company to reflect complex accounting adjustments.
Accounting for tangible and intangible assets.
Accounting for provisions including deferred taxation.
Revenue and Liability Recognition.
Accounting for changes in equity (including understanding statements of changes in equity).
Supplementary disclosure including segmental reporting and related party transactions.
Earnings Per Share (EPS).
Accounting for business combinations.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Understand the underpinning concepts which govern the preparation of financial statements.
Understand the importance of professional ethics, regulation, and coherent conceptual frameworks to the preparation of high quality corporate reports.

Subject-specific Skills:

Be able to prepare complex accounting adjustments in line with accounting standards.
Be able to explain accounting adjustments to non-accountants.
Be able to prepare a basic set of accounts for a group.

Key Skills:

Written Communication - through the examination and summative assignment.
Numeracy - through the examination and summative assignment.

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 accounts preparation and interpretation.
The formative assessment seeks to ensure that the development of the higher interpretative skills required in the examination are actioned by students before Christmas and can be supported through feedback. This reflects the teaching order whereby the workshops supporting the interpretation of financial reports are timetabled in term one and the formative assessment leads directly on from this class contact.
Summative assessment is in the form of an examination which addresses the students' understanding of the key concepts introduced in the module.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	21	1 weekly	1 hour	21
Seminars	8	4 in term 1, 4 in term 2	1 hour	8	■
Preparation and Reading				171
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
One written examination	3 hours	100%	same

Formative Assessment:

End of term in class exercise on discursive topics in corporate financial reporting which will be submitted.

■ 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