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Accounting

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Accounting
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2013
Module code: BIBW-210
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0201
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 2
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam (90 minutes / can be repeated semesterly)

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BIBW-210 (P420-0201) International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2013 , semester 2, mandatory course
BIBW-210 (P420-0201) International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2017 , semester 2, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
BIBW-110 Fundamentals of Business


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
BIBW-320 Investment and Financing
BIBW-431 Management Accounting und International Financial Reporting (focus module)
BIBW-432 Taxation (focus module)
BIBW-433 International Accounting Seminar (focus module)


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Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Mana Mojadadr
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Jochen Pilhofer
Prof. Dr. Günter Pochmann


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Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
- be familiar with and understand the conceptual and legal principles of international and German accounting law (IFRS and HGB);
- be familiar with the main components of annual financial statements and can
  analyze and interpret them;
- have mastered the fundamental principles
  and basic concepts of recognition, measurement (first  
  and subsequent measurement) and disclosure and can apply them to
  problems;
- be able to confidently deal with the theoretical and actual recognizability
- be able to describe the most important national accounting standards for selected accounting topics (e. g. inventories, trade receivables, equity capital, provisions, liabilities, deferred income, earnings report, etc.) and of analyzing their effects on the asset, financial and earnings position of annual financial statements prepared in accordance with international and national accounting standards;
- be familiar with different types of balance sheet policies and discretionary decisions and can apply these to practical questions depending on a management´s objectives;
- be able to apply their knowledge to practical questions, e. g. in the form of exercises and case studies.
 


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Module content:
Annual financial statements
- Principles (functions, legal basis, components of national and international financial statements (balance sheet, earnings report, annex and management report)
- Principles of proper accounting and reporting
- Theoretical and actual recognizability
- Recognition and measurement of fixed and current assets
- Determination of the commercial and tax-related acquisition and
  production costs
- Recognition and measurement of liabilities
- Recognition and measurement of provisions
- Deferred items
- Presentation of equity and the income statement
- Critical appraisal of accounting for cross-standard issues  
 
 


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Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture, case studies

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Recommended or required reading:
Baetge, J./Kirsch, H.-J./Thiele, S.: Bilanzen, Düsseldorf, latest edition.
Bieg, H. u. a.: Handbuch der Rechnungslegung nach IFRS. Wiesbaden, latest edition
Bieg, H./ Kuߟmaul. H.: Externes Rechnungswesen, München, latest edition.
Coenenberg, A.: Jahresabschluss und Jahresabschlussanalyse, Stuttgart, latest edition.
Döring, U./Buchholz, R.: Buchhaltung und Jahresabschluss, Berlin 2011
Eisele, W.: Technik des betrieblichen Rechnungswesens, Wiesbaden, latest edition.
Grefe, C.: Kompakt-Training Bilanzen, Ludwigshafen, latest edition.
Kudert, S./Sorg, P.: Rechnungswesen leicht gemacht, Berlin, latest edition 2011
Meyer C.: Bilanzierung nach Handels- und Steuerrecht, Herne/Berlin, latest edition.
Wöhe, G./Kuߟmaul, H., Grundzüge der Buchführung und Bilanztechnik, München 2010
Wichtige Wirtschaftsgesetze, latest edition, NWB-Verlag.  
Wichtige Steuergesetze, latest edition, NWB-Verlag.
 
 


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