Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501231 Accounting and Finance | FB | 1 | 1 |
Thera are no prerequisites for this course. No aplication.
Contextualisation:
This subject is contextualized together with Economy of the Company within the subject Business, which is taught in the first semester of the first year. It is prior and preparatory to take the subject of Financial Accounting I that gives access to the subject Financial Accounting.
Objectives:
The main aims of this first course are:
Teaching will be offered on campus or in an on-campus and remote hybrid format depending on the number of students per group and the size of the rooms at 50% capacity.
To achieve the objectives of the course, the following taxonomy of activities will be used:
1. Theory classes where teachers develop the main concepts
The objective of this activity is to present the fundamental concepts of the course and to facilitate their learning through the analysis of examples illustrating the main issues of the different topics analysed.
2. Exercises sessions devoted to the resolution of practical exercises
This activity aims to discuss and answer any questions that students may have in solving the problem sets, and at the same time to correct mistakes. These sessions will also stimulate the participation of students presenting the solutions of the problem sets either orally or in written form.
3. Tutorial attendance
Students have several hours where the teachers of the course may help them to resolve any doubts that may arise in the study of the course and in the solution of the problem sets.
4. Autonomous working
Students work on their own studying the main concepts and solving the exercises proposed in the class.
The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Class sessions (theory) | 30 | 1.2 | 3 |
Computerized classroom classes | 4 | 0.16 | 10 |
class sessions (practical) | 12 | 0.48 | 3 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials of practical cases and teamwork | 20.5 | 0.82 | 7, 14, 13, 12, 10, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study, research, analysis and teamwork | 80 | 3.2 | 3, 5, 7, 11, 9 |
The evaluation will take place under the following criteria:
To pass an activity, an evaluation equal to or greater than 35% of the value of the activity is required (score equal to or greater than 3.5).
All students are required to perform the evaluation activities. If the student's grade is 5 or higher, the student passes the course and it cannot be subject to further evaluation. If the student grade is less than 3.5, the student will have to repeat the course the following year. Students who have obtained a grade that is equal to or greater than 3.5 and less than 5 can take a second chance exam. The lecturers will decide the type of the second chance exam. When the second exam grade is greater than 5, the final grade will be a PASS with a maximum numerical grade of 5. When the second exam grade is less than 5, the final grade will be a FAIL with a numerical grade equal to the grade achieved in the course grade (not the second chance exam grade).
A student who does not perform any evaluative task is considered “not evaluable”, therefore, a student who performs a continuous assessment component canno longer be qualified with a "not evaluable".
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 115. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB). Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedulehttps://eformularis.uab.cat/group/deganat_feie/application-for-exams-reschedule
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 3 of Article 112 ter. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject between 3.5 and 4.9.
The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students who take this exam and pass, will get a grade of 5 for the subject. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the course.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 10 of Article 116. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
The proposed evaluation activities may undergo some changes according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation in class | 15% final mark | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 14, 10, 16, 15 |
Final exam | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 15 |
Partial exam | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Team course work | 5% | 0 | 0 | 3, 7, 13, 12, 11, 9, 16 |
Bibliography
Horgren, Sundem, Elliot and Philbrick. (2009). Introduction to Financial Accounting. McGraw-Hill.
Vilardell, Immaculada y Solà, Magda: "Introducción a la contabilidad general". McGraw/Hill. Madrid, 2009. Segunda Edición. Existe versión digital del libro (eboock).
Wanden-Berghe, J.L., Fernández, E.: "Introducción a la contabilidad". Ediciones Pirámide. Madrid, 2012.
Plan General de Contabilidad y de Pymes. Reales Decretos 1514/2007 y 1515/2007, de 16 de noviembre.
RD 602 / 2016 de 2 de diciembre , BOE Núm 304 de 17-12-2016 por el que se modifica el PGC y el PGC PIMES.
Spanish General Accounting Plan.
UAB Virtual Campus of the subject