Lecture Objectives:
To teach the students about the basic concepts of accounting, along with the activities, users, principles, effects of accounting equation, financial statements and how they can use the knowledge in their academic and professional career.
Lecture Outcomes:
At the end of the session student will be:
- Able to identify the activities and users associated with accounting.
- Able to explain the building blocks of accounting: ethics, principles, and assumptions.
- Able to state the accounting equation, and define its components.
- Able to analyze the effects of business transactions on the accounting equation.
- Able to describe the four financial statements and how they are prepared.
Lecture contents:
- Definition of Accounting
- Three activities
- Who uses accounting data
- Ethics
- GAAP
- Measurement principles
- Assumptions
- Assets
- Liabilities
- Owner’s equity
- Accounting transactions
- Transaction analysis
- Summary of transactions
- Income statement
- Owner’s equity statement
- Balance sheet