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Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT90002)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Flora Kuang flora.kuang@unimelb.edu.au
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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Fees | Look up fees |
Financial Statement Analysis seeks to introduce students to the analysis and use of financial information for decision-making purposes. The subject considers how the information disclosed can be best utilised by creditors and investors in making their lending and investing decisions. Students consider the environment in which financial reporting exists, including the incentives faced by preparers of financial reports. From their assessment, students learn to adjust reported data as is typically done by analysts.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe the impact of the institutional framework and regulatory forces that shape financial statements;
- Describe the impact that choices among permissible accounting methods may have on the figures reported in financial statements;
- Identify and discuss the incentives facing those who prepare financial statements within companies and explain how these incentives may influence financial disclosures;
- Amend reported accounting data according to the purpose of the analysis;
- Analyse financial statement information to assess the performance of management and profitability;
- Analyse financial statement information to assess the financial position (solvency and liquidity) and to make predictions about corporate survival;
- Use financial statements and other data to conduct in-depth analyses of public companies for valuation and risk assessments by creditors and investors;
- Describe the impact of financial statements as shown by capital market research.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Critical evaluation of financial reporting and disclosure problems
- Evaluation, adjustment, analysis and interpretation of relevant accounting information
- The ability to access data and research information form a variety of sources
- Problem solving
- Oral and written communication
- Collaborative learning
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Entry into the:
Master of Finance (MC-FINANCE) or
Master of Finance Enhanced (MC-FINENH) or
Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) MC-MGMTAFN or
Master of Management (Accounting) 150pt program (MC-MGMTACT)
OR
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ACCT90004 | Accounting for Decision Making |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A one hour and thirty minute mid-semester test
| Mid semester | 25% |
Group assignment (2,000 words, 15%, due between Week 8 and Week 12)
| From Week 8 to Week 12 | 15% |
Presentation (no more than 10 minutes, throughout the semester) . Attendance at seminars. Presentation and attendance, 10%
| Throughout the semester | 10% |
3-hour end-of-semester examination
| End of semester | 50% |
Additional details
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Flora Kuang flora.kuang@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Finance - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 October 2023