Excerpt from course description
- English
- GRA 6297
- 6 Credits
Introduction
The course is about preparing and understanding financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). IFRS is an internationally accepted set of accounting standards used by listed firms in the EU/EEA and elsewhere in the world. Expertise in IFRS is needed for professional auditors, accounting preparers, and accounting users. The course is compulsory for students in the Master of Accounting and Auditing.
The course will be set up as a flipped classroom. This means that students are expected to study the materials at home using the textbook and videos. They will also have to do exercises online to get access to the next videos. More difficult exercises will be dealt with in class.
Course content
- Fair value accounting: theory and measurement
- Financial instruments
- Tax accounting
- Consolidation
- Fair value for non-financial assets
- Impairments
Disclaimer
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