- Docente: Ileana Steccolini
- Crediti formativi: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/07
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Moduli: Ileana Steccolini (Modulo 1) Giacomo Andreani (Modulo 2)
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea in Economics, politics and social sciences (cod. 6647)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The course aims to introduce students to accounting and financial statements and prepare them to deal effectively with this subject in the international arena. To that end, we will focus on both financial and management accounting theory and practice. At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand double-entry bookkeeping rules, prepare and read financial statements, and use management accounting techniques for decision making in private, public and non-profit organizations.
Contenuti
A detailed course syllabus (with modules contents, teaching and assessment and exam rules) will be published on Virtuale.
Contents of Module 1
Introduction to accounting. The role of accounting in markets, society and organizations
Main accounting concepts and principles
Purpose and contents of financial statements: focus on balance sheet and income statement
Reading financial statements: basic concepts
Preparing financial statements: basic concepts
The recording process
Accounting for merchandising operations
Inventories
Contents of Module 2
Assets, Liabilities
Equity, Dividends and Retained Earnings
Preparation of financial statements
Financial statement analysis and ratios
Non-financial reporting: ESG reporting
Testi/Bibliografia
Lectures and readings will be in English.
Weygandt, Jerry J.; Kimmel, Paul D. and Kieso, Donald E. (2018) Financial Accounting: IFRS Edition, 4rd. Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Case studies and support material delivered or assigned in class
www.iasb.org
Metodi didattici
Lectures and cases
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
The assessment is based on two elements:
a) the written exam grade and b) a group project.
The assessment will focus both on the understanding and concrete application of accounting concepts, principles and rules through an exam based on multiple choice questions and exercises, and the preparation and presentation of a group report concerning the analysis of financial statements.
More information about the valuation rules, acceptance (or rejection) of the exam grade and other details are available in the Syllabus published on Virtuale.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
The teaching tools are slides, exercises, projector and blackboard
Link ad altre eventuali informazioni
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Ileana Steccolini
Consulta il sito web di Giacomo Andreani
SDGs



L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.