COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT TOPICS IN ACCOUNTING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UAC 4242 CURRENT TOPICS IN ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR PINAR EVRIM MANDACI

Offered to

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

This course is designed to enhance students core competencies on accounting that are necessary for success in today s complex and changing business environment. The course builds on concepts learned in different accounting courses by requiring research and evaluation of current issues that are essential to use accounting information and develop professionally in a business environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Use accounting information in order to solve specific problems.
2   Be able to select an appropriate known principle in a new situation, to restructure data in a suitable form, and to apply the principle.
3   Arrange and combine elements, ideas etc. in such a way as to make up a new pattern or structure for certain accounting issues.
4   Make judgements on certain principles, policies or issues by discussing various alternatives.
5   Integrate the different applications of certain accounting issues in order to have a deeper and detailed view of important accounting issues by.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

UAC 2001 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Current issues in Financial Accounting
2 Financial Accounting Article Discussions
3 Financial Accounting Cases
4 Current issues in Cost and Managerial Accounting
5 Cost and Managerial Accounting Article Discussions
6 Cost and Managerial Accounting Cases
7 Current issues in Advanced Accounting
8 Advanced Accounting Article Discussions
9 Advanced Accounting Cases
10 Advanced Accounting Cases
11 Presentations
12 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Beaver, Financial Reporting: An Accounting Revolution, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall: 1998.
2. Keiso, Weygandt, Intermediate Financial Accounting, 13th Edition, Wiley:2010.
3. Watts and Zimmerman, Positive Accounting Theory, Prentice-Hall: 1986
4. Horngren, Datar, Foster, Rajan, Ittner. (2009). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 13th Eds. New Jersey, Pearson Publishings.
5. Selected articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Groups Discussions and case studies
3. Article Discussions

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class participation and discussions in class will improve understanding of the course topics and will affect grading. According to performance, class participation may either be (+) or (-) effect.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism is prohibited.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esra.aslanertik@deu.edu.tr, cagnur.kaytmaz@deu.edu.tr, fatih.dalkilic@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 23 23
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.134423442242332
LO.234533352352332
LO.335444232242332
LO.444435342352243
LO.544433232242232

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