Topics will be drawn from

- The systems of accounts and financial statements system
- The relationship between a financial system or function and other systems or functions in an organisation
- Recording transactions and events Sales and purchases
- Cash
- Inventory
- Tangible non-current assets
- Depreciation
- Revenue
- Accounting policies, estimates & errors
- Property, plant & equipment
- Investment property
- The financial world: markets, institutions and products
- International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) Framework

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 150 learning hours, of this there will be 38 hours of class support and 112 hours of independent and self directed study.

Lectures/ Workshops/ Presentations /Tutorial
Student managed learning/ directed learning

Apart from the lecture each week, various other methods as mentioned above will be used as learning strategies.
There will be workshop and tutorial sessions, students will be required to discuss and present various topics of the module in the class. Students are expected to be able to structure their own work and to work relatively independently under the guidance of the module teaching staff.

The VLE (NETED)
The Internet
Word Processing software for use in the coursework
Printed and electronic journals.

Core Text
Balch, K. (2012), BEA 1010 Business Finance for Accountants Custom Text, Harlow: Pearson Education

Recommended Text
Atrill, P. (2009), Financial Management for Decision Makers, 5th ed., Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
Arnold, G. (2007), Essentials of Corporate Financial Management, Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
Chaffey & White, 2nd Ed. Business Information Management, 2nd ed., Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
Watson, D. & Head, A. Corporate Finance, Principles & Practice, 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.

Details - Learning outcomes 1,2,3 and 4 :
Examination
Time Constraint Examination (TCA)

To pass this module student must obtain 40% marks.