MN10248: Introduction to accounting
 Academic Year: | 2019/0 | ||||||||
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management | ||||||||
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] | ||||||||
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 | ||||||||
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) | ||||||||
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| Assessment Summary:
| EX 100% | EX-TH 100%* | |||||||
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Supplementary Assessment: Requisites:
In taking this module you cannot take MN10008 OR take MN10331 OR take MN10476 OR take MN10668
| Description:
Aims: | The unit aims to enable students to: * Explain the conceptual and regulatory framework of accounting; * Apply double entry techniques to record transactions and prepare financial statements; * Apply interpretative techniques to published financial statements; * Estimate costs for planned activities; * Manage costs to make short-run decisions; * Identify relevant costs and make decisions with and without resource constraints. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students will be able to: * Understand how accounting serves the purpose of developing and operating a business; * Prepare financial statements for limited liability companies; * Interpret financial and management accounting data in order to make decisions. Skills: * Financial data manipulation and interpretation; * Analytical and communication skills in relation to financial information. Content: * The framework of accounting - entities and financial reporting statements, international accounting standards, the nature and objectives of accounting, the conceptual framework of accounting, overviews of auditing, corporate governance and ethics. * Double-entry book-keeping - the accounting equation, the books of account, double entry, journals and the trial balance. * The preparation of limited liability company financial statements from a trial balance including adjustments for share capital, revaluations, depreciation, inventory provisions, accruals, prepayments, doubtful debts and so on. * The interpretation of financial statements - analysing performance, liquidity, solvency and investment returns. * Management accounting concepts - the nature and management of costs, marginal costs and decision-making, business planning and efficiency improvements * Estimating costs for planned activities : fixed and variable costs; direct and indirect costs; basic elements of product cost. * Managing costs - cost/volume/profit analysis, cost allocation, apportionment and absorption. * Decision making with and without constraints - relevant costs, limiting factors, make versus buy decisions and so on. Programme availability:
| MN10248 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take either as a Director of Studies approved option within their programme of study or as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.MN10248 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of ChemistryMN10248 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry |
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