FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-BA1S1S2-ACC-B1-CE01UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
ACCOUNTING / AUDIT / CONTROL
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
S.VAN DER MEULEN
Stakeholder(s)
Emmanuel DAUPHINE, Pascal ETZOL, John HEGARTY, Oveis MADADIAN, Sofie VAN DER MEULEN,
Level
Bachelor
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
no prerequisites for this course.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- explain what accountants and auditors do
- understand the logics and mechanisms of financial statements
- be able to read financial statements
- work with rigor and precision in producing (common) journal entries and editing financial statements
- understand how the reporting behavior of managers might be influenced by the reporting environment with all its different financial statement users
- master the appropriate techniques and actions in the accounting process
Presentation
- practical approach of the financial statements, for decision making purposes
- financial accounting system: financial statements, users, accounting principles, objectives, accounting process
- common business operations
- inventories
- receivables
- tangible assets
- cash flow statement
- links between balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 20,00 14 sessions for lectures and basic exercises
Travaux dirigés 13,00 10 sessions for advanced exercises
Coaching 2,00 2 remedial sessions for additional exercises on problem topics
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 30,00
Autoformation
Lecture du manuel de référence 20,00
E-Learning 2,50
Overall student workload 87,00
Evaluation
Students will be graded through continuous assessment, as well as two exams.
The continuous assessment consists of 3 mini-MCQ's, 3 mini-exercises and active participation in class.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
QCM 0,10 3 9,00
Examen partiel 1,30 1 30,00
Exercices 0,00 3 16,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 2,00 1 45,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
"Financial Accounting: IFRS Edition" - by Weygandt, Kimmel and Kieso,

3rd edition.