Course syllabus

Course overview

Accounting is the language of business, describing economic phenomena in numbers and text. Financial accounting, specifically, focuses on providing useful information to stakeholders — primarily capital providers — that are external to the firm. In EKF112 Financial Accounting (8 credits), participants receive an introduction to the issues that arise in going from economic phenomena to useful information.

Course Coordinators: Emmeli Runesson and Niuosha Samani

Semester Representatives: to be decided

Course Administrators: Heléne Larsson, Catherine Granath and Lisa Sutton (ep@handels.gu.se)

Course details

EKF112 Financial Accounting (8 credits) is included in the first semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics. The course is also open to visiting exchange students.

Course dates: 7 September to 11 October (quarter 1 & 2). Course registration in Ladok opens on 17 August. 

Syllabus and reading list EKF112

Schedule EKF112 (preliminary until 14 days prior to course start)

Study Guide EKF112 (available upon registration)

Assessment

The learning outcomes of the course are assessed through a written e-examination, an a group assignment and a seminar.

Exam dates

Please note: Exam registration (sign-up) in Ladok is required for all exams. The registration deadline is 10 days prior to each exam date. You can find information regarding start time and location of the exam under the tab Examinations (Examinationstillfällen) on Ladok.  

The Student Portal has comprehensive information about e-exams in the university's examination halls. Please read through this information well before your exam.