This course is compulsory on the BSc in Accounting and Finance. This course is available on the BSc in Management, BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business and Diploma in Accounting and Finance. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Accounting and Finance. This course is available on the BSc in Management, BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business and Diploma in Accounting and Finance. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of weekly lectures and classes in the Michaelmas Term. Teaching sessions contain a variety of conceptual content, case analyses and practical exercises. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered by a combination of online recorded (asynchronous) lectures and virtual interactive (synchronous) classes as an alternative to face-to-face teaching.
Students should prepare weekly written work for class discussion. One specified piece of written work will be collected for marking.
Detailed reading lists of books and journal articles will be provided during the course. No one book covers the entire course. Recommended books include: Beaver, W.H. (1998) Financial Reporting: An Accounting Revolution, 3rd edition, Pearson; Lewis and Pendril (2004) Advanced Financial Accounting,7th edition, Financial Times Prentice Hall; Penman, S. (2013) Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation, 5th edition, McGrawHill As well as accounting standards, firms? press releases, analysts? reports and academic research papers.
Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the summer exam period. Group project (25%) in the MT.