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Introduction to Financial Accounting
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English
20 h
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- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on October 13, 2019
- Ends on November 16, 2019
Course details
Syllabus
- The accounting cycle: translating companies’ operations and decisions into numbers;
- Understanding accounting as the language of business: users of accounting information and its different purposes;
- The role of accounting equation in ensuring recording integrity and keeping track of the transactions;
- The role of accruals in making sense of financial accounting information;
- The package of Financial Statements: balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement;
- Debunking myths about accounting as a fact: the role of valuation, assumptions and forecasts;
- Reading and interpreting financial statements with a ‘sceptical’ eye.
Prerequisite
The course is designed for those who have already completed an introductory course in financial accounting and need to refresh their understanding. It will suit those looking to take an intermediate or advanced financial accounting course in the future, dealing with business groups, M&A, and consolidation.
Instructors
Amedeo Pugliese
I teach introduction to financial accounting courses since 2007 and I enjoy it thoroughly. Beyond teaching, my research interests span across company disclosure and corporate governance.
Anna Alexander
I teach financial accounting both at the introductory and more advanced level. Currently, my research interests revolve around different topics: from corporate tax avoidance to criminal firms.
Editor
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Platform
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