Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Financial Accounting Syllabus
Financial Accounting Syllabus
Financial Accounting Syllabus
The exams and group project will be designed to test your problemsolving and critical thinking skills. Because exams are closed-book
closed-notes, you will have to memorize some things.
11.
Weight
Quiz 1
15%
Midterm
25%
End-term
35%
Group Project
25%
The quiz, the mid-term, and end-term are closed-book, closed notes. You
may bring a calculator to the exam hall.
I have not allotted points for class participation, but I encourage you to
ask questions and actively contribute to classroom discussion.
Dates for the quizzes and exams will be announced shortly.
Page | 4
12.
Detailed Schedule
Please see the last page on this document. I will provide a list of
problems and cases that we will discuss shortly.
13.
14.
Attendance Policy
If you miss between 4 and 6 classes you will lose 5% of your grade. If
you miss between 7 and 9 classes you will lose 10% of your grade. And
so on.
To explain this, suppose your overall score in the course is 83 out of
100. If you miss 4 classes, your final score will be reduced to 79 (83
(83 * 0.05)).
15.
Page | 5
Context
For your final project, your group will assume the role of a financial
analyst and conduct research for a client (e.g., an individual investor or
a portfolio manager). The objective of your report is to critically analyze
the financial statements of a company and evaluate the performance
and financial position of the firm. More details will be provided in a
separate document.
Group Size
Group size should equal five. Once you have given me your group
composition, you cannot change it.
Deliverable
Page | 6
Week #
Topic
Chapter
Week 1
Week 2
Processing Transactions
Week 3
Measuring Income
Week 4
4 and 11
Week 5
11 and 5
Week 6
Receivables; Inventories
5 and 6
Week 7
6 and 7
Week 8
7 and 8
Week 9
Liabilities
Week 10
12
Quiz
Date to be announced
Midterm
Date to be announced
Final
Exam
Date to be announced
Page | 7
Page | 8