Course 2024-2025

Financial and cost accounting [ECGEB281]

  • 5 credits
  • 45h+15h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

The main objective of the course is to make students aware of the general structure of corporate financial statements. In addition, a detailed discussion of the analysis that can be made of the financial information of the company will be proposed in order, in particular, to understand the bases of the calculation of profitability through the fine analysis of the costs with which the company is confronted.

Objectives

Understand the structure of corporate financial reporting and the basics of profitability calculation.

Content

The course has three main parts: 1- Detailed structure of the balance sheet and profit and loss account as well as the mechanisms of accounting entries 2. Concept of cash flow and cash flow 3- Cost accounting


Teaching methods

The course is based on: 1- Oral presentations, supported by PowerPoint slides made available to students on Webcampus 2- Exercises, which develop in line with the material covered in the course

Evaluations

Examinations will be held in January and September. The examination is written, closed book, 2 hours long and covers the whole subject. It will include: - theoretical issues - exercises similar to those seen during the course (journal entries, V/F, etc.)

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree