Financial Statement Analysis (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

This is a contact session implementation and students are expected to participate contact sessions.

Our classes are scheduled for Mondays 11 a.m - 2 p.m. during 23.1. - 3.4.
ADDITIONALLY, We have a class on Wednesday 22.3. at 1pm to 4pm.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Contact and distant sessions or virtual course or Work&Study.

Materials

Material available in Moodle
Chapters related Financials Statement Analysis in the following course books:
Financial Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards (Harrison, Horngren, Thomas, Suwardy), Pearson
Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis (Kemp, Waybright), corresponding chapters for Financial Statement Analysis

Teaching methods and instruction

- this is a CONTACT implementation, and it is assumed that student participate the contact sessions.

Teachers:
Professor Mario Nicoliello from Università di Pisa | UNIPI · Department of Economics and Management / Italy.
Accounting Senior Lecturer Heli Kortesalmi, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki.

Working life connections

-Examples and exercises are business related
-During the course students will analyze companies of their interest and build understanding of companies' financial health

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Course will be assessed based on assignments or smaller exams.

Internationality

- Assignments relate to international companies analysis
- Companies under analysis are operating under internaltional financial records and standards (IFRS)
- Project work relates to international companies ratings
- Multicultural companies involved and multicultural teams

Completion alternatives

In case you already can do financial analysis and statistics, please contact the professor.

Learning assignments

1 Financial Statements
2 Ratio Analysis
3 Sustainability and non-financial reporting
4 Statistics
5 Cash flow statement

There is no exam, but each module has it’s own assignment (an assignment can be a small exam). Weight of each assignment is 20% on the final course grade. When 3 assignments have been submitted, student will get a grade 1 from this course. Submitting the additional assignments will increase the grade.

Assessment methods

1 Financial Statements
2 Ratio Analysis
3 Sustainability and non-financial reporting
4 Statistics
5 Cash flow statement

There is no exam, but each module has it’s own assignment. Weight of each assignment is 20% on the final course grade. When 3 assignments have been submitted, student will get a grade 1 from this course. Submitting the additional assignments will increase the grade.