ACCTFIN 7017 - Financial Statement Analysis (M)
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2020
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code ACCTFIN 7017 Course Financial Statement Analysis (M) Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites ACCTING 7019, CORPFIN 7005, CORPFIN 7033, ECON 7200 Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Belen Blanco
Teaching Staff:
Semester 1
Name: Belen Blanco
Email: belen.blanco@adelaide.edu.au
Winter School
Name: Kent Wilson
Email: kent.wilson@adelaide.edu.au
Semester 2
Name: Belen Blanco
Email: belen.blanco@adelaide.edu.auCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Ask and seek relevant information
2. Analyse financial statements for business decision making
3. Differentiate between factual and creative financial reportingUniversity Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
All Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
All Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
All Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
All Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
All Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Subramanyam, K. R. 2014. Financial Statements Analysis, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill New York.Recommended Resources
Other Recommended Reading
A list of recommended reading for further study will be available on the course webpages as appropriate to the topics.
Other Resources:
Other resources will be found by searching the internet. One that may be useful is: http://au.finance.yahoo.com/ for various news items and business data. Also, the company website of the assigned company will provide mush useful information.Online Learning
Please check your student email and MyUni as course-related announcements are communicated via email and also posted onto MyUni. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
In this course, we seek to create an interesting, challenging, relevant, and engaging education experience. To help achieve this objective we have a number of teaching aims:
Create a climate of engagement, dialogue and ongoing feedback between students and lecturers regarding the content, teaching strategies, learning experiences and outcomes
Cater for a variety of learning preferences and abilities by providing a range of learning activities and teaching methods
Develop independent learning skills and create an environment that both provides structure and guidance as well as encouraging students to extend their learning
Teaching strategies
This course is a combination of formal lectures and tutorials (problem solving classes). The lectures are used to explain concepts and to give real life examples of situations in which these concepts are used. The tutorials are for problem-solving and discussion of issues raised in the lectures. All tutorial questions are from end of chapter exercises in Subramanyam and Wild. There is an expectation that students will engage in additional readings, as well as the required text. In all classes, students are encouraged to ask questions if there is material that they do not understand.
TUTORIALS
Tutorial classes will be held weekly commencing the second week of the semester and will run until week 13. Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester. Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the Lecturer-in-Charge, but should be aware that such a request may not be approved.
Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course or 13 hours for a four-unit course, of private study outside of your regular classes.
Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week.Learning Activities Summary
Topics to be covered are:
1. Introduction to FSA
2. Analysis Overview
3. Ratios: Return on invested capital and profitability analysis
4. Ratios: Liquidity, Solvency, Efficiency, Other issues and Credit Analysis
5. Equity analysis and valuation
6. Cash Flow Analysis
7. Analyzing financing activities
8. Analyzing investing activities
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Weighting Due date Learning Outcome Class Test 30% Week 8 All Group Assignment 30% Week 10 All Presentation 10% Weeks 2 to 7 All Final exam 30% Final exam period All Total 100%
Please see Assessment Details for further information
Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.
The new assessments for Financial Statements Analysis will be as follows:
Group Assignment - 30% Week 10
Presentation (Video delivered presentation) - 10% Weeks 2 to 7
Final exam (based on a case study) - 60% Week 12Assessment Related Requirements
The following additional conditions apply:
1. To gain a pass in this course, a mark of at least 50% must be obtained overall.
2. Legible handwriting and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. You may lose some marks in the examination if markers are not able to read / understand answers due to poor handwriting.
3. Students in this course are NOT permitted to take a dictionary (English or English-Foreign) into the examination.
4. The use of non-programmable calculator is permitted in this course.
5. Students receiving a grade of 45% or more and less than 50% will be eligible for a replacement examination on academic
grounds. This is automatically granted based on your results.6. If you cannot sit the final exam due to illness, compassionate or extenuating circumstances please read the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy ( ) and complete the Application for Replacement Examination form (/policies/3303/?dsn=policy.document;field=data;id=7905;m=view).
Assessment Detail
The class test will be held during lecture hours. It will cover lecture materials from Weeks 1 to 6 and the corresponding tutorials. It will be a closed book exam.
Students will calculate firm's value for a real firm. Detailed information on the group assignment will be discussed in class and posted onto the subject MyUni webpage.
Presentations will be held during lecture hours. Students will present a real case from the concepts learnt in the previous lecture. Presentations will be in groups of 4, but assessed individually. Detailed information on the presentations will be discussed during lecture time in Week 1.
The final exam will be held during the exam period and it will cover lecture materials from Weeks 1 to 12 and the corresponding tutorials. It will be a closed book exam based on a case study. You will be provided with the case on MyUni so that you can become familiar with it two days prior to the examination. A printed copy of the case will be provided in the exam.
Details of each assessment component will be discussed in class and posted onto the subject MyUni webpage.Submission
Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details
A copy of the Postgraduate Programs: Communication Skills Guide will have been given to you at the beginning of your program. This guide will assist you structure your assignments. A copy of the guide can also be downloaded from
This publication also provides guidelines on a range of other important communication skills including writing essays and management reports, making oral presentations etc.
In preparing any written piece of assessment for your postgraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used. Correct referencing is important because it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism. (Further information on plagiarism is provided later in this course outline.)
The Harvard system is widely used in the Business School. Guidelines for the use of this style of referencing can be found in the Communication Skills Guide.
Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.
Late Assignment Submission
Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extensions must be emailed to the lecturer in charge of the course before the due date. Each request will be assessed on its merits.
Replacement/Additional Assessment (R/AA)
Illness
1. Anyone who cannot submit a major assignment/sit an examination due to illness must submit the appropriate 成人大片 form.
2. Normal doctor’s certificates alone do not have to be accepted.
3. An application must be accompanied by the form downloaded from:
Compassionate Grounds
For a replacement examination on compassionate grounds refer to:
Academic grounds
To qualify for Academic supplementary Assessment students must achieve a total mark of at least 45%.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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