International financial reporting standards

LLSMS2017  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

International financial reporting standards
5.0 credits
30.0 h
1q

Teacher(s)
Colmant Bruno ;
Language
Anglais
Aims
The main objectives can be summarized as providing the students with : - a good understanding of the main theoretical concepts and of the actual practices underlying the international accounting standards; - a good awareness of the major challenges faced by companies in these matters.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content
Content Analysis of the main IAS/IFRS standards A comparative approach of IAS/ IFRS, US GAAP and European directives The evolution of the relationships between accounting and taxation for companies adopting IAS standards Methods In-class activities - Lectures - Exercices/PT - Project based learning At home activities - Readings to prepare the lecture - Exercices to prepare the lecture - Paper work - Students presentation
Other information
Prerequisites (ideally in terms of competiencies)Financial accounting and financial statement analysis Evaluation : Final exam, papers, oral presentations and Class participation, in French or English Support : Slides provided through icampus References : Provided during the class Corporate features - conference - case study - corporate guest Skills - presentation skills - writing skills - team work - individual autonomy - problem solving - decision making - time management - project management - critical thinking
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Management
5
-

Master [120] in Business Engineering
5
-

Master [120] in Management
5
-

Master [120] in Actuarial Science
5
-