Overview:
- Credits:
- 7.5
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Autumn
- Subject:
- Accountancy
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr Emma McDaid
ACC40630 Accounting Information for Managers
Academic Year 2023/2024
The objective of this module is to ensure that students have a through grounding in contemporary financial reporting, financial statement analysis and managerial accounting.Show/hide contentOpenClose All
Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to: (i) Understand the nature and purpose of corporate financial statements; (ii) Understand how financial accounting information systems work in practice (iii) Carry out advanced financial statement analysis (iv) Describe the role and purpose of Managerial Accounting (v) Apply, understand and critically evaluate fundamental managerial accounting practices with specific reference to cost-volume-profit analysis, budgetary control, decision-making and internal performance evaluation.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Specified Learning Activities | 60 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 66 |
| Lectures | 24 |
| Small Group | 1 |
| Total | 151 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment: 1 online test involving multiple choice and/or short answers. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
| Group Project: Financial Statement Analysis | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
| Examination: Final exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 60 |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Feedback on the test will be delivered online through the provision of a grade, solution and additional comments for each question after completion of assessment. Feedback on the group assignment will be provided through the provision of detailed grades by question for the assignment. Further, a report on overall strengths and weaknesses observed in answers will provided online following the completion of the assessment.
Accounting and Finance, An introduction : latest available edition
By E.McLaney & P. Atrill,
Pearson
ISBN: 978-1292204482
Available in print and ebook form at UCD Michael Smurfit Library
By E.McLaney & P. Atrill,
Pearson
ISBN: 978-1292204482
Available in print and ebook form at UCD Michael Smurfit Library
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 9 | Fri 09:30 - 11:20 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 | Mon 09:30 - 11:20 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2 | Mon 13:00 - 14:50 |
| Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 11 | Thurs 10:00 - 11:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 8 | Thurs 10:00 - 11:50 |
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