Introduction to Business Finance
The overall aim of the Introduction to Business Finance is to show how financial mathematics and business statistics can be used to help deal with the huge diversity of data available to accountants and business managers in their decision-making processes.
The Introduction to Business Finance and Statistics bridging unit is divided into six topics:
- introduction to financial mathematics
- modern portfolio theory and asset pricing
- capital budgeting and the cost of capital
- data and descriptive statistics
- applied statistics: the Z test, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and regression
- probability statistics
Introduction to Financial Accounting
The overall aim of the Introduction to Financial Accounting bridging unit is to provide you with a working knowledge in regards to the preparation of financial statements.
The Introduction to Financial Accounting bridging unit is divided into eight topics
- financial reporting standard setting: rationale, process and institutions
- framework for the preparation and presentation of financial statements
- measurement of the elements of financial statements
- general disclosure requirements and principles underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements
- accounting for inventory and property, plant and equipment
- specific disclosures and measurement issues part 1
- specific disclosures and measurement issues part 2
- accounting for investments
Introduction to Management Accounting
The overall aim of the Introduction to Management Accounting bridging unit is to provide you with a working knowledge of management accounting concepts.
The Introduction to Management Accounting unit is divided into five topics:
- management accounting in the contemporary business environment
- an introduction to management accounting cost concepts and systems
- measuring and evaluating costs in different contexts
- information for managing short and long-term decisions
- performance measurement and reward systems
