Department of Accounting & Finance
Course Name:
Intermediate Accounting
Course Code
& Section No:
Semester:
ACT330 – 4
Spring 2015
INSTRUCTOR & DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
1. Instructor Name:
Nabila Nisha (NbN)
2. T
NAC 755
3. Office Hours:
4. Office Phone:
ST: 11:10 am – 12:30 pm
ST & MW: 07:30 am – 08:00 am
M: 11:10 am – 02:30 pm
1738
5. Email Address:
nabilanisha.nsu@gmail.com; nnisha@northsouth.edu
6. Department:
Accounting & Finance
COURSE & SECTION INFORMATION
Class Time &
Location
MW 08:00 am – 09:30 am, NAC 508
Course
Prerequisite(s)
ACT202
Course Credit Hours
3:0
Course Description
This is a major accounting course. It is mainly based around the preparation and evaluation of the financial statements of a public limited company. The course introduces students to advanced and complex topics of financial accounting.
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course students should be able to:
1. Understand, evaluate and formulate financial statements published by public limited companies.
2. Interpret financial statements and provide a rudimentary analysis of the financial position of the company in question
Student Learning
Outcomes
1. Be able to classify accounts in the appropriate categories of income statement and balance sheet headings.
2. Create and interpret income statements and balance sheets.
3. Create and interpret cash flow statements.
4. Understand rudimentary applications of complex accounting topics such as lease, provisions etc.
LEARNING RESOURCES AND TEXTBOOK(S)
Text Book(s)
Author
Title
Donald Kieso, Jerry
Weygandt, Terry
Warfield
Intermediate Accounting
Edition & Year th 13 edition;
2010
Publisher
John Wiley &
Sons
ISBN
978-0-47041891-8
TEACHING STRATEGY (Online, classroom, blended, selfdirected through CD, web-based courses and DVD,…)
The course will be based on the assigned textbook, class lectures and PowerPoint slides. Classes will be conducted through various activities including