Course: Introduction to Accounting

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Course title Introduction to Accounting
Course code UAI/763
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In academic years starting with an even year (e.g. 2016/2017), in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svoboda Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Substance, signification and function of accounting. Subject of accounting. System of accounting. Generally principles of accounting. Users of accounting. Legal regulation of accounting. 2. Enterprise assets and its resources. Balance sheet - function, content, classification. 3. Account - fundamental, function. Account classification. Accounting plan. Accounting transaction (double-entry accounting, correspondence of accounts). Instruments of accounting cogency. Accounting books. Stocktaking of assets and liabilities. 4. Basic accounting of financial means - cash, bank account, system of payments. 5. Long-term assets - classification, evaluation, accounting of acquisition, depreciation, discarding. 6. Tax system of Czech Republic - relation to accounting. 7. Inventory - classification, evaluation, accounting of - purchased inventory and own inventory in modality A. 8. Basic accounting of wages, accounting with employers and institutions. 9. Category of expenses (cost), revenues. Loss/profit - classification and using. 10. Closing of book in double-entry accounting of entrepreneurs. 11. Financial statements in double-entry accounting of entrepreneurs. 12. Accounting of bank system - substance, signification, legal regulation. 13. Accounting of bank system - choosing entries. 14. Accounting of bank system - financial statement and advertising of information.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 32 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce to accounting as a system of information about assets, liabilities, costs, yields, and income statements of legal and physical entities. This knowledge is developed and extended by practical skills in accounting in the double-entry accounting system in the Czech legal environment. Separate chapters are devoted to the bank accounting system with a primary focus on the difference between the bank system and the standard entrepreneur sector, and the final financial statements.
Students understand the basic principles of accounting business.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Credit Requirements: - Active course attendance, 80% at least. - Processing of homework - examples - Successful completion of test - 60%, one possible correction test Examination Requirements: - Passing a written test; 60% at least - Passing an oral exam
Recommended literature
  • České účetní standardy.
  • JÍLEK, J., SVOBODOVÁ, J. (2009). Účetnictví bank a finančních institucí. Praha: Grada..
  • KOVANICOVÁ, D. (2012). Abeceda účetních znalostí pro každého. Praha: Bova Polygon..
  • Sbírka souvztažností.
  • ŠTOHL, P. (2016). Učebnice účetnictví 2016 - I. díl. Znojmo: Pavel Štohl..
  • ŠTOHL, P. (2016). Učebnice účetnictví 2016- II. díl. Znojmo: Pavel Štohl..
  • VLČKOVÁ, M., SVOBODA, J. (2017). Základy účetnictví - cvičení. 3 aktual. vydání. České Budějovice: Ekonomická fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích..
  • Vyhláška MF 500/2002 Sb., ve znění pozdějších předpisů.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics (1) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics (1) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics (1) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics (1) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer