Prof Ane Miren Tamayo OLD.5.05

This course is available on the CEMS Exchange, Diploma in Accounting and Finance, Global MSc in Management, Global MSc in Management (CEMS MiM), Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange), MBA Exchange, MPA Dual Degree (LSE and Columbia), MPA Dual Degree (LSE and Hertie), MPA Dual Degree (LSE and NUS), MPA Dual Degree (LSE and Sciences Po), MPA Dual Degree (LSE and Tokyo), MPA in International Development, MPA in Public Policy and Management, MPA in Public and Economic Policy, MPA in Public and Social Policy, MPA in Social Impact, MSc in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions, MSc in Law and Accounting, MSc in Management and Strategy and Master of Public Administration. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

The course may also be taken by MSc students who have not previously studied accounting subjects to a significant extent.

Students on the MSc Accounting and Finance programme are not permitted to enrol in this course or in AC490. 

This course cannot be taken in conjunction with AC416 Topics in Financial Reporting.

The course is capped at 115 students.

This course provides students with an introduction to financial accounting, and highlights aspects of reporting that are important to users of financial information. The course covers the preparation of key financial statements and accounting issues related to intangible assets, equity, debt, intercorporate investments and consolidation. Students are introduced to the basics of financial statement analysis and research on the use of accounting information in financial markets.

20 hours of lectures and 8 hours of seminars in the MT.

There will be a reading week in week 6 of MT.  There is a 2 hour revision lecture in ST.

Students are expected to produce several pieces of written work, including accounting exercises.

A detailed reading list will be made available at the start of the course. Illustrative texts:

Harrison, Horngren, Thomas and Suwardy, Financial Accounting (IFRS), 11th ed., Pearson Higher Education/Prentice Hall..

Weetman P, Financial Accounting: an Introduction, 7th ed., Pitman Publishing.

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.