307978 (v.1) Accounting (Statement Analysis) 573

Area:	School of Accounting
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Seminar:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Understanding the underlying concepts of financial reporting and accounting policy choice, their usefulness or otherwise for decision making, and the process of adjustment for analysis purposes. Assessing sustainability and quality of earnings. Theory, application and interpretation of financial statement analysis. Analysing the effect of business combinations and international operations on the valuation process. Using financial analysis for investment decision making from the viewpoints of equity investors, acquisition and merger analysis, short and long-term debt holders, and employees or unions. Assessing profitability and risk. Case studies in comprehensive analysis of corporate financial information, simple forecasting and valuation procedures, andan introduction to full information forecasting. This unit is of significant practical use for students who will be intensive users (and preparers) of financial statements in their prospective careers, e.g. accountants, credit analysts, securities analysts, financial consultants, and those intending a career in banking or merchant banking.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	080101 Accounting
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Sydney Campus	Semester 2S	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External