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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ENM2003	Accounting for Engineers	Spring	3	2	4	7

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Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Horngren etal, Principles of Accounting 2014, Pearson
References:	Williams Haka Betner Principles of Accounting

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.