Accounting Theory 5105

Prerequisites

5010 Business Financial Analysis and Accounts, 5011 Financial Accounting with Analysis and 5004 Financial Accounting/Corporations

Course Objectives

The course will provide students with a critical introduction to the most important aspects of accounting theory and introduktion to IFRS.

Course Description

 Regulatory accounting – theory and practice

 Accounting theories: performance versus assets

 The relation between financial accounts and business economics theory

 The structure and content of conceptual frameworks: ownership interests, debt and own capital, income and profit, costs and losses

 Introduction to IFRS

Learning Methods

3-4 hours lectures per week in the spring semester. Assignment work. The course includes active participation of the students, in which their understanding of the curriculum will be assessed.

Assessment Methods

1-3 obligatory assignments must be submitted. Written examination, 4 hours. Students must receive passing marks on all parts of the assessment.

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