The University of Jordan Faculty: Business Department: Accounting Semester: First Semester Academic Year: 2013/2014 Course Name (Course Number) Accounting Principles (1) (1602101) Credit hours 3 Level Undergraduate Prerequisite Coordinator/ Lecturer Course website Office number E-mail Office phone Place Office hours Day/Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Course Description: This course is an intensive study of the development of the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements, and accounting for corporations. This course emphasizes international financial reporting standards and their application in understanding theories and policies relative to asset valuation, liability measurement, income determination, inventory costing methods, and internal control. Learning Objectives: The overall objectives of this course are to provide the student with an introduction to: 1. Learning and applying accounting concepts. 2. Preparing accounting information and financial statements. 3. Using accounting information to financial decisions
Intended Learning Outcomes Successful completion of this course should lead to the following learning outcomes: A- Knowledge and understanding: Student is expected to A1) Define and apply some of the international financial reporting standards. A2) be able to reflect a basic understanding of the accounting concepts of an organization and its vital role in interacting with external environment. A3) be able to explain fundamental knowledge and understanding of accounting including the nine basic steps of the accounting cycle. B- Intellectual Analytical and Cognitive Skills: Student is expected to B1) Use journal entries to adjust the accounts to reflect accrual accounting methods. B2) Analyze and recommend improvements to internal control systems based on established principles. B3) Identify the relationship between the three financial statements. B4) Explain how the financial statements are affected by inventory valuation and interest. C- Subject Specific Skills: Student is expected to C1) Prepare a multiple step income statement, retained earnings statement, and a classified statement of financial position. C2) Calculate cost of goods sold and gross profit when applying various methods of assigning costs to inventory under a perpetual inventory system. C3) Prepare and post routine journal entries and prepare a trial balance C4) Prepare bank reconciliation and make adjustments to cash receipts and cash payments where necessary. D- Transferable Skills: Student is expected to D1) Apply international financial reporting standards to business situations. D2) Identify how business transactions affect the income statement, statement of financial position and retained earnings statement ILOs: Learning and Evaluation Methods ILOs Learning Methods - Lectures which covers the duration of 16 weeks equivalents to 48 teaching hours during the semester in total. - Student s active participation in purposeful class discussions Evaluation Methods - Midterm exam (%30) - Second exam (%20) - Final Exam (%50)
Course Contents: Contents Reference Week ILOs Chapter 1 Accounting in Action (pp. 2 30). Week 1+2 Chapter 2 The Recording Process (pp. 48 76). Chapter 3 Adjusting the Accounts (pp. 94 120). Chapter 4 Completing the Accounting Cycle (pp. 154 175). Chapter 5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations (pp. 198 222) (pp. 248 268). Chapter 6 Inventories Chapter 7 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash ( pp. 296 328). Week 3+4 Week 5+6 Week 7+8 Week 9+10+11 Week 12+13 Week 14+15 Reviewing Week 16
Learning Methodology: - Lectures which covers the duration of 16 weeks equivalents to 48 teaching hours during the semester in total. - Student s active participation in purposeful class discussions Projects and Assignments Evaluation: Evaluation Points % Date Midterm Exam 30 Second exam 20 Assignments Homework Final Exam 50 Main Reference/s: edition, John Wiley & Other References:
Intended Grading Scale (Optional): 0-39 F 40-44 D - 45-49 D 50-54 D+ 55-59 C - 60-64 C 65-69 C+ 70-74 B - 75-79 B 80-84 B+ 85-89 A - 90-100 A Notes Concerns or Complaints should be expressed in the first instance to the module lecturer, if no resolution is forthcoming, then the issue should be brought to the attention of module coordinator ( for mutable sections) who will take the concerns to the module representative meeting. Thereafter, problems are dealt with by the Department Chair and if still unresolved the Dean and then ultimately the Vice President. For the final Complaints, there will be a committee to review grading the final exam. For more details on University regulations please visit: http://www.ju.edu.jo/rules/index.htm