Accounting is the language of business and is the foundation of financial management. Understanding how accounting works is critical for business managers to be able to: plan a financing structure, record transactions, evaluate business performance, and make sound decisions that will allow for healthy growth of a company. Topics covered in this course include: the accounting information system, accrual accounting concepts, merchandising operations, inventory costing, analyzing accounts receivable, long-lived assets, reporting liabilities, and understanding stockholder’s equity. This course will be taught entirely in English.

1. To understand the basic principles of financial accounting. 2. To be able to record transactions using journal entries and T-accounts. 3. To learn how to read and prepare financial statements including the (comprehensive) income statement, retained earnings statement, statement of financial position, and statement of cash flows. 4. To analyze financial statements to evaluate a company's performance and financial position.

Weygandt, J.J. & Kimmel, P.D. (2023). Financial Accounting with IFRS. Fifth Edition, Wiley Custom Edition. (滄海圖書代理)