Module manager: Mr Alan Duboisee De Ricquebourg
Email: A.J.DuboiseeDeRicquebourg@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2012/13
| LUBS1915 | Introduction to Financial Accounting |
LUBS1920 Introduction to Accounting & Financial Management
This module is not approved as an Elective
To introduce students to the basic concepts of management accounting.
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- understand the basic concepts of management accounting and its role in planning, decision making and control; and
- understand and apply the concepts of decision making in the short and long term.
On completion of this module, each student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the basic concepts of management accounting and its role in planning, decision making and control; and demonstrate understanding and the ability to apply the concepts of decision making in the short and long term.
- Management Accounting - the framework for planning, decision making and control;
- Cost behaviour and estimation; cost-volume-profit analysis;
- Relevant cost and benefits for decision making;
- Scarce resources in short-term decision making;
- Decision making in the longer term; payback, accounting rate of return, NPV and IRR;
- Capital rationing, sensitivity analysis and the cost of capital; and
- the budgetary process; and preparation of budgets and behavioural aspects.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Seminar | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Private study hours | 69 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 31 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Preparation of solutions for weekly classes; preparation of solution to formative non-assessed coursework; preparation for examination.
Progress will be monitored through contributions to tutorials and through the non-assessed (but marked) coursework.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 3/22/2013
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