ENM2003 Accounting for EngineersBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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 Fall 3 2 4 7
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

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) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.