Admission requirements
Not applicable
Description
This course provides an introduction to the principles and methods of financial accounting, management accounting and control. Starting from the different stakeholders in our economy (including corporate shareholders, corporate management, fiscal and regulatory authorities), we discuss their requirements for financial information. The student will learn how international financial reporting standards (IFRS) provide a set of guidelines with respect to the structure and content of financial statements, to meet these requirements. Moreover, several techniques for identifying, recording and posting of economic transactions, in accordance with these standards will be presented. The interpretation of financial statements and their use in financial decision making is also discussed during the course. The reliability of a financial statement, and thus its usefulness for decision making, depends on the quality of the recorded data, upon which the statement is based. We will discuss how a system of internal controls can improve the quality of recorded data and reduce the risk of misstatement. In the last part of the course the student is introduced to the principles and methods of management accounting.
Course objectives
By the end of this course the student should:
understand the underlying principles of financial accounting, management accounting and control;
have a basic knowledge of :
o the methods used for identifying, recording and posting economic transactions, in accordance with IFRS;
o the process of preparing and establishing the financial statement based on these recordings and postings, in accordance with IFRS;
o the system of internal controls that organizations can use to reduce the risk of misstatement and guarantee compliance with IFRS standards;know how to read a financial statement and understand its use in financial decision making;
understand the use of different methods of cost accounting;
understand the purpose and methods of management accounting.
Timetable
Check MyTimetable and use your ULCN account to login.
You will find the timetables for all the courses and degree programme in MyTimetable. This enables you to create a personal timetable. Any teaching activities that you have registered for in uSis will automatically be displayed in your timetable. Any timetables that you add will be saved and automatically displayed the next time you sign in.
Check MyTimetable (manual) and use your ULCN account to login.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Home assignments, exercise/lab class
Assessment method
A written exam determines 70% of the grade, and the assessment of the home assignments 30%. Both must be graded at least 5.5 to successfully pass the course.
The teacher will inform the students how the inspection of and follow-up discussion of the exams will take place.
The teacher will inform the students how the inspection of and follow-up discussion of the exams will take place.
Brightspace
Registration for courses is via uSis(see below). When you register for a certain course here, you automatically receive access to the environment of this course via Brightspace.
For more information about Brightspace, click on this link to view the university manuals. If you have any other questions or problems, you can contact the helpdesk of Leiden University.
Reading list
Weygandt, J.J., Kimmel, P.D., and Kieso, D.E. (2019) Financial Accounting with International Financial Reporting Standards - 4th Edition. ISBN: 9781119504702.
Drury, C, Tayles, M (2021) Management and Cost Accounting, 11th Edition, ISBN: 9781473773615
Registration
You have to sign up for courses and exams (including retakes) in uSis. This requires the uSis code of the course, which can be found in the [Prospectus] (https://studiegids.universiteitleiden.nl/en/studies/8803/computer-science). More information about registering for courses or exams is [here] (https://www.student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/administrative-matters/registration--de-registration/course-and-exam-enrolment/course-and-exam-enrolment/science/kunstmatige-intelligentie-bsc?cd=kunstmatige-intelligentie-bsc&cf=science) .
Contact
Onderwijscoördinator Informatica, Riet Derogee
Remarks
None