AF3D05 - Financial Accounting and Reporting 01 Sep 2019 - 31 Jul 2027 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: AF3D05
Module Title: Financial Accounting and Reporting
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Accounting and Finance
Faculty Sub Group: Accounting and Finance
Module Leader: Rebecca Wright
Module Team: Jared Davies
First Intended Intake: SEP 2012 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100845 - financial reporting
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2019
Valid To 31 Jul 2027

Module Aims

  • To enable students to prepare complete single entity and consolidated financial statements, and extracts from those financial statements, covering a wide range of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
  • Students will also be required to explain accounting and reporting concepts and ethical issues, and the application of IFRS to specified single entity or group scenarios.

Content Summary

This module forms part of the ICAEW (ACA) Qualification as designed and examined by the ICAEW professional body. See Course Specification and Student Handbook for overall qualification structure. See the ICAEW website for detailed ACA syllabus documents:

Certificate Level:

https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/learning-and-development/aca-evolved/syllabus/aca-certificate-level-2019-syllabus-v2.ashx?la=en

Professional Level:

https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/learning-and-development/learningpartners/learningmaterials/aca-professional-level-2019-syllabus.ashx?la=en

Advanced Level:

https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/learning-and-development/aca-evolved/syllabus/aca-advanced-level-2019-syllabus-v2.ashx?la=en

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Tutorial 60
Independent Study 210
Directed Study 120
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 10
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Explain the contribution and inherent limitations of financial statements, apply the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) conceptual framework for financial reporting and identify and explain key ethical issues.
LO2 Prepare and present financial statements from accounting data for single entities in conformity with IFRS and explain the application of IFRS to specified single entity scenarios.
LO3 Identify the circumstances in which entities are required to present consolidated financial statements, prepare and present them in conformity with IFRS and explain the application of IFRS to specified group scenarios.
LO4 Describe the principal differences between IFRS and UK GAAP and prepare simple extracts from financial statements in accordance with UK GAAP, for both single entity and consolidated financial statements.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Onsite Assessment (Exam) Onsite Closed Book Examination 1 All assessments are set by the ICAEW professional body and not by USW. Professional Level exams are computer-based. 180 N/A 100 No 55

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4
Onsite Closed Book Examination 1

Reading List

ICAEW (2019). Financial Accounting & reporting, study manual. London: ICAEW ICAEW (2019). Financial Accounting & reporting, question bank. London: ICAEW