GRA 6226 Financial Reporting, general issues
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APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 |
GRA 6226 Financial Reporting, general issues
Responsible for the course
Hans Robert Schwencke, Tonny Stenheim
Department
Department of Accounting - Auditing and Business Analytics
Term
According to study plan
ECTS Credits
6
Language of instruction
English
Introduction
IFRS is an internationally accepted set of accounting standards. All listed firms in the EU/EEA are required to use these standards in their consolidated financial statements, and most other firms in EU/EEA-area are allowed to use IFRS in their financial statements. Thus, high expertise in IFRS is needed for professional auditors, accounting preparers and accounting users. The course is compulsory for students in the MRR program.
Learning outcome
The course aims at giving the students in-depth knowledge on IASB’s Conceptual Framework. Definitions and recognition criteria of assets, liabilities, equity and profits are discussed thoroughly.
The course aims at giving the students in-depth knowledge on fundamental topics of IFRS-regulation such as accounting for business combinations and consolidated financial statements. Other topics such as revenue recognition and accounting for intangible assets, provisions and impairment losses are also discussed. The course will also give an introduction to financial instruments, pension accounting and tax accounting.
Prerequisites
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
Compulsory reading
Books:
Picker, Ruth (et. al.). 2016. Applying international financial reporting standards. 4th ed. Wiley
Other:
Articles and book chapters
Recommended reading
Course outline
Basic accounting concepts and technics. IFRS conceptual framework. Financial reporting standards.
Computer-based tools
Not applicable
Learning process and workload
A course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of 160-180 hours.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/It's learning or text book.
Coursework requirements
Examination
The student can choose to answer the written examination in English or in Norwegian.
The full title of the approved examination support material "IFRS in Norwegian" is "IFRS på norsk: forskrift om internasjonale regnskapsstandarder, Fagbokforlaget, 6. utgave, 2016"
| Form of assessment | Weight | Group size |
| Written examination 4 hours | 100% | Individual |
Examination code(s)
GRA 62261 4-hour written examination accounts for 100 % of the final grade in GRA 6226.
Examination support materials
Accounting Standards
BI approved exam calculator
Bilingual dictionary
IFRS in Norwegian
Permitted examination support materials for written examinations are detailed under examination information in the student portal @bi. The section on support materials and the use of calculators and dictionaries should be paid special attention to.
Re-sit examination
It is only possible to retake an examination when the course is next taught. The assessment in some courses is based on more than one exam code. Where this is the case, you may retake only the assessed components of one of these exam codes. All retaken examinations will incur an additional fee. Please note that you need to retake the latest version of the course with updated course literature and assessment. Please make sure that you have familiarised yourself with the latest course description.
Additional information
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