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LUBS3650 Critical Cases in Accounting and Finance

LUBS3650 Critical Cases in Accounting and Finance. John Smith. Key facts. Module leader: John Smith (with support from other tutors/external speakers) Semester: 1 & 2 Credits: 20 Professional exemptions: None, but… Pre-requisites: LUBS2290 Intermediate Financial Accounting;

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LUBS3650 Critical Cases in Accounting and Finance

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  1. LUBS3650Critical Cases in Accounting and Finance John Smith

  2. Key facts • Module leader: John Smith • (with support from other tutors/external speakers) • Semester: 1 & 2 • Credits: 20 • Professional exemptions: None, but… • Pre-requisites: • LUBS2290 Intermediate Financial Accounting; • LUBS2295 Intermediate Management Accounting 2; and • LUBS2205 Corporate Finance

  3. Focus of the module Module Objective: • The aim of the module is to present students with unstructured complex current business scenarios • You need to be able to analyse financial and non-financial data in order to identify identifyand define problems • You then need to exercise appropriate professional and ethical judgement to develop reasoned conclusions and recommendations.

  4. Focus of the module Syllabus: • Students will be shown how to analyse a case study. However, as the issues raised in the case study scenarios will be topical, it is not possible to specify the detail of the remaining content. The following are the broad headings under which the syllabus will be delivered: • Current issues in financial accounting; • Current issues in management accounting; and • Current issues in corporate finance.

  5. Assessment • The assessment is designed to reproduce a typical situation in which a professional in the accounting and finance field might find themselves. • The information could relate to a business plan or a corporate transaction such as a merger or acquisition. • Using this information, and their own research and analysis, students will provide advice to a specified client on the issue in the form of a written report.

  6. Assessment • 3 hour open book based round a pre-seen case study • Students will be provided with ‘advance information’ about the scenario but this will not include any specific indication of the eventual requirements of the case study. • Candidates will be expected to familiarise themselves with the case and undertake additional analysis and research as appropriate. • In the exam candidates will be issued with further ‘impact information’ and the actual case study requirements in the exam. • Requirements will be open and there are no predetermined ‘correct’ answers to the case study.

  7. Core text / key reading • No core text • Readings specified in relation to the case studies during the year

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