• TFAC1009
  • Intro to Business Finance

  • Credits (ECTS): 5
  • Food Science and Environmental Health

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Overview

Module Description

This module will give a broad overview of the basic components of financial and management accounting that are relevant to a small or medium sized business. It will focus on flows of accounting data that lead to the preparation of final accounts and will integrate relevant elements of management accounting to provide a fundamental view of the financial management environment of a business. The aim of this module is to facilitate knowledge of the underlying principles of financial and management accounting, and to enable the student, through the embedding of key skills, to perform a set of basic accounting tasks.

Indicative Syllabus

Users of Accounting Information
Double Entry Accounting
Final Accounts of a Sole Trader with Appropriate Adjustments
Ratio Analysis
Cash Budgeting and Projections
The Cost Volume Profit Relationship

Total Contact Teaching Hours:24

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