MODULE DESCRIPTION Z-LOG-1011I Rachunkowość Accounting Module code Module name Module name in English Valid from academic year 2012/2013 MODULE PLACEMENT IN THE SYLLABUS Subject Level of education Studies profile Form and method of conducting classes Specialisation Unit conducting the module Module co-ordinator Logistics 1st degree (1st degree / 2nd degree) General (general / practical) Full-time (full-time / part-time) Logistics Management The Department of Economics and Management Marianna Kotowska-Jelonek, PhD hab., Professor of the University Approved by: MODULE OVERVIEW Type of subject/group of subjects Module status Language of conducting classes Module placement in the syllabus - semester Subject realisation in the academic year Initial requirements Examination Number of ECTS credit points 4 Method of conducting classes Basic (basic / major /specialist subject / conjoint / other HES) Compulsory (compulsory / non-compulsory) Polish 3rd semester Winter semester (winter / summer) Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Economic Law (module codes / module names) Yes (yes / no) Lecture Classes Laboratory Project Other Per semester 30 15 - -
TEACHING RESULTS AND THE METHODS OF ASSESSING TEACHING RESULTS Module target The aim of the module is to familiarise students with basic elements of the accounting theory as the information system of an enterprise as well as practical aspects of conducting accounting in business entities. Theoretical foundations of accounting cover the following: the essence, functions, and superior principles of accounting; the principles concerning the functioning of ledgers, the principles of constructing a balance as well as an income statement. Legal aspects refer to solutions present in regulations legally binding in Poland which concern accounting in business entities. Effect symbol Teaching results Teaching methods (/l/p/other) Reference to subject effects Reference to effects of a field of study A student has basic knowledge of the essence of accounting as a system which enables generating economic and financial information in an enterprise. A student also knows basic notions, principles, and accounting methods resulting from the accounting theory. A student knows basic conditioning and principles of accounting in business entities resulting from binding regulations. A student knows basic principles as regards the functioning of ledgers enabling the registration of business transactions and their economic as well as financial effects in a business entity. A student knows basic principles and the mechanism of constructing a balance and an income statement together with their components; a student also knows the usefulness of the reports for both economic and financial analysis of an enterprise. A student can correctly distinguish and interpret business transactions taking place in an enterprise, and also identify their economic and financial effects. A student can analyse and interpret data registered on balance as well as profit and loss accounts, determine the method of using them to prepare such financial statements as balance, profit and loss accounts. A student can take advantage of the information included in balance as well as profit and loss accounts to describe such phenomena and economic categories in an enterprise as: the structure of assets, the structure of sources of financing, debt, effectiveness, profitability, etc. A student understands the necessity of continuous improving his/her knowledge of accounting as the information system in an enterprise in order to raise his/her own professional qualifications as a result of changing market conditions and formal requirements on a national and international scale. c K_W07 K-W06 K_W07 K_U02 K_U02 K_U13 K_U02 K_U13 K_K01 T1A_W02 S1A_W01 S1A_W05 T1A_W02 S1A_W01 S1A_W05 T1A_U01 S1A_U01 T1A_U01 T1A_U10 T1A_U12 S1A_U01 T1A_U01 T1A_U10 T1A_U12 S1A_U01 T1A_K01 S1A_K01 S1A_K06
K_03 A student identifies and solves problems of business practice, including logistics processes (having their reflection in accounting), and assesses the rationality of the decisions made by business entities as a consequence of information taken from the accounting information system. A student can co-operate, work in a team, communicate effectively, and act ethically in order to create a reliable system of economic and financial information in a business entity. K_K02 T1A_K02 c K_K03 T1A_K03 T1A_K04 S1A_K02 Teaching contents: Teaching contents as regards lectures Lecture number 1. 2. 3 4. 5. Teaching contents The essence, functions, and meaning of accounting The concept of accounting. The development of accounting. The subjects and entities of accounting. The components of accounting. Bookkeeping as a subsystem of accounting. The functions and tasks of accounting. Methodological fundamentals of accounting The balancing method. Basic principles of accounting and their meaning for generating correct economic and financial information of an enterprise. The subject and structure of accounting in Poland with reference to balance sheet law Basic legal acts regulating the principles of accounting in Poland. The description of the Accounting Act from 29 June 1994. Assets and capitals of business units The interpretation and classification of assets in business units. The interpretation and classification of capital sources of business units. Balance and its structure in reference to the Accounting Act Balancing assets and capitals the essence of the balancing method. Basic accounting equation. The description of balance structure as regards the Accounting Act. Business transactions Reference to teaching results for a module 6. 7. 8. The identification of business transactions. The classification of business operations. Result-affecting and balance business transactions. The essence of structural, global capital, global non-capital, and global result-affecting business transactions. Account The essence of an account. The classification of accounts. General, itemised, balance, and profit and loss accounts. The double entry method as the basis of business transactions registering on ledgers. Corporate chart of accounts. Basic principles concerning the functioning of ledgers General principles of functioning accounts and registering business transactions, including: establishing an account, opening an account, registering business transactions on the account, correspondence in accounts, final balance, and account closure.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. The principles concerning the functioning of balance accounts The essence of balance accounts and their tasks. Active accounts typical features concerning the functioning of active accounts. Liability accounts typical features concerning the functioning of liability accounts. The essence of active-liability accounts. Preparing a balance sheet on the basis of information obtained from balance accounts Balance sheet as the element of a financial statement of a unit. The principles concerning the preparation of a balance sheet. Linking balance accounts with balance sheet items. Verification of the data registered on balance accounts prior to preparing a balance sheet. Prime costs of business entities and their registering The essence and classification of prime costs. Basic registering systems of prime costs. The classification of business units with reference to cost classification. Prime costs of business entities in terms of the Accounting Act. Prime costs in the profit and loss account. Incomes of business entities and their registering The interpretation and classification of incomes. Incomes according to the types of activity in terms of the balance sheet law. Incomes in the income statement. The principles as regards the functioning of profit and loss accounts. The essence and types of profit and loss accounts. Cost accounts types and the principles of functioning. Extraordinary losses accounts. Revenue accounts types and the principles of functioning. Extraordinary gains accounts. Determining and registering a financial result Financial result and its elements. Registering variants of determining a financial result comparative and calculation variant. Statistical and accounting method of determining a financial result. Obligatory charges of a financial result and their registering. The division of a financial result and the method of reflecting it in accounting register Formal and legal bases for accounting and division of a financial result. Allocation targets of a financial result. The register of accounting a financial result. Unaccounted financial result from previous years and its registering. Teaching contents as regards classes Class number 1 2. Teaching contents Subject range and accounting entities legal aspects Problem identification which are the subject of regulations of the Accounting Act of 29 September 1994. The subject of accounting with reference to the Accounting Act. Entities obliged to accounting. Superior principles of accounting Substance over form, accrual basis, the materiality principle, consistency principle, the matching principle, the going concern principle, the prudence principle, and the principle of separate valuation of assets and liabilities. Reference to teaching results for a module
3 Assets and their financing sources with reference to the Accounting Act The identification of basic assets groups and financing sources in terms of the binding balance pattern. Fixed assets and their components. Current assets and their components. Equity and its components. Liabilities and provision for liabilities their division. Business transactions as the subject of accounting and their documentation 4 5 6 The interpretation and classification of business transactions. The influence of transactions on an accounting equation. Identification of business transactions. Result-affecting transactions directly referred to the equity. Accounting documents and their features. The classification of accounting documents. The examples of accounting documents. The control of the documents as regards the substance, the form, and accounting. Business transactions accounting using balance accounts Registering initial balance, registering business transactions, and determining turnover and closing balance. Linking initial and closing balance with the entity balance. Registering business transactions on profit and loss accounts Costs by type. Costs by function. The classification of income. Registering business transactions on cost and revenue accounts. Determining the financial result with statistic and accounting methods Financial result and its elements. Determining the financial result with the 7 statistical method. Determining the financial result with the accounting method on the account. Determining tax burden of the financial result and its registering. 8 A final test The methods of assessing teaching results Effect symbol Methods of assessing teaching results (assessment method, including skills reference to a particular project, laboratory assignments, etc.) A final test, a written examination A final test, a written examination A final test, a written examination A final test, a written examination; individual preparation of a balance sheet according to the requirements given by the lecturer Tasks completed during the classes supervised by the lecturer; a final test, a written examination Tasks completed during the classes supervised by the lecturer; individual preparation of a balance sheet according to the requirements given by the lecturer; a final test, a written examination Tasks completed during the classes supervised by the lecturer; A final test, a written examination Observing a student s involvement during the classes, a discussion during the classes Observing a student s involvement during the classes, a discussion during the classes K_03 Observing a student s involvement during the classes, a discussion during the classes
STUDENT S INPUT ECTS credit points Type of student s activity Student s workload 1 Participation in lectures 30 2 Participation in classes 15 3 Participation in laboratories 4 Participation in tutorials (2-3 times per semester) 5 5 Participation in project classes 6 Project tutorials 7 Participation in an examination 2 8 9 Number of hours requiring a lecturer s assistance 52 (sum) 10 Number of ECTS credit points which are allocated for assisted work (1 ECTS point=25-30 hours) 2.1 11 Unassisted study of lecture subjects 15 12 Unassisted preparation for classes 10 13 Unassisted preparation for tests 10 14 Unassisted preparation for laboratories 15 Preparing reports 12 15 Preparing for a final laboratory test 17 Preparing a project or documentation 18 Preparing for an examination 10 19 Preparing for an examination during the lectures 20 Number of hours of a student s unassisted work 57 (sum) 21 Number of ECTS credit points which a student receives for unassisted work 1.9 (1 ECTS point=25-30 hours) 22 Total number of hours of a student s work 109 23 ECTS credit points per module 1 ECTS point=25-30 hours 24 Work input connected with practical classes Total number of hours connected with practical classes 25 Number of ECTS credit points which a student receives for practical classes (1 ECTS point=25-30 hours) 4 15+2+2+10+10+ 12+10=61 2.3