COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ENM2003 | Accounting for Engineers | Spring | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET EMİN YILDIZ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. YAMAN ÖMER ERZURUMLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | 1) Introducing the fundamentals of accounting, 2) Providing information about the relation between the fundamentals of accounting, 3) Explaining how the accounting principles are related to analyzing a company’s financial structure, 4) Explaining the impact of different approaches of accounting methods on the company statements, 5) Providing knowledge of how a company would be analyzed based on the information obtained from financial statements, 6) Introduce students the difference between financial and accounting analysis, 7) Introduce the students to newly developed IFRS principles and their impacts on book keeping. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Describe the fundamentals of accounting principles, II. Construct fundamental accounting statements, III. Forecast based on the accounting statements IV. Define and analyze alternative approaches in preparation of the accounting statements, V. Record business activities with respect to the rules of accounting, VI. Analyze the accounting statements in order to examine the financial structure of the company, VII. Compare how IFRS and US GAAP record for certain financial activities of a company, VIII. Compare and contrast different companies accounting statements with respect to the method used |
Basic Financial Statements, Accounting Cycle, Merchandising Activities, Financial Assets, Inventories and COGS, Plant and Intangible Assets, Liabilities, Stockholder’s Equity, Income and Changes in Retained Earnings, Major Issues in IFRS and US GAAP |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Basic Financial Statement | Read Chapter 1 |
1) | Accrual Accounting and Financial Statements | Read Chapter 4 |
2) | Accounting the language of business | Read Chapter 1 |
3) | Measuring Income to Access Performance | Read Chapter 2 |
4) | Recording Transactions | Read Chapter 3 |
5) | Accrual Accounting and Financial Statements | Read Chapter 4 |
6) | Statement of Cash Flow | Read Chapter 5 |
7) | Midterm | Study the first 5 chapters |
8) | Accounting for Sales | Read Chapter 6 |
9) | Inventories and COGS | Read Chapter 7 |
10) | Inventories and COGS | Read Chapter 7 |
11) | Long-lived Assets | Read Chapter 8 |
12) | Long-lived Assets | Read Chapter 8 |
13) | Liabilities and Interest | Read Chapter 9 |
14) | Stockholder’s Equity | Read Chapter 10 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Horngren etal, Principles of Accounting 2014, Pearson |
References: | Williams Haka Betner Principles of Accounting |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 19 |
Quizzes | 8 | % 8 |
Homework Assignments | 8 | % 19 |
Midterms | 1 | % 14 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 4 | 52 |
Homework Assignments | 8 | 4 | 32 |
Quizzes | 8 | 1 | 8 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 168 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |