106414 - FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Juan José Pons López

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

• Spanish

The language of the course is Spanish, as is most of the teaching material used. It will also work with teaching material in English.

Students will be able to express themselves freely in Spanish, Catalan or English.

The assignments and exercises can also be done in Spanish, Catalan or English.

(106414) ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS is a compulsory fourth year subject Degree in Video Game Design and Production that belongs to the subject of Production and Business.

The subject is designed and adapted for students in the final year of the degree in design and production of video games and must have basic knowledge of accounting and good use of the Excel tool. This course covers the main concepts of financial accounting and economic / financial analysis of companies. The main objective of the course is to provide students with the necessary tools to understand the accounting statements of companies and to perform an economic / financial analysis of them. As a complementary objective of the subject, students will learn to carry out the economic and financial plan of business projects in the video game sector.

The teaching methodology is based on two types of sessions: (i) theoretical sessions where the concepts related to accounting and financial analysis are explained and (ii) work sessions where the concepts explained for the resolution are put into use. of problems and for the development of the financial plan of business projects.

SUBJECT 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Companies, transactions and accounting / financial information.

1.2 Basic concepts of financial accounting.

SUBJECT 2. THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 

2.1 Introduction and general criteria.

2.2. Balance Sheet.

2.3 Profit and loss account.

2.4 Statements of Cash Flows.

2.5 Report and other accounting and financial statements and reports.

SUBJECT 3. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

3.1 Liquidity, Receipts and payments and working capital.

3.2 Analysis of capitalization, indebtedness and financial expenses.

3.3 Performance analysis, profitability and operational efficiency.

3.4 Self-financing analysis and dividend policy.

3.5 Valuation of companies, investments and business projects.

SUBJECT 4. FINANCIAL PLAN 

4.1 Introduction and basic concepts.

4.2 Investment Plan.

4.3 Revenue projection.

4.4 Expenditure budget.

4.5 The treasury budget and financial needs.

4.6 The financing of the business project.

4.7 Economic and financial analysis of the business project.

The grade of each student will be calculated following the following percentages:

A.1 Group exercises to be done in class or at home = 25%

A.2 Final group work = 25%

A.3 Partial exam = 15%

A.4 Final exam = 35%

Final note = A1 · 0,25 + A2 · 0,25 + A3 · 0,15 + A4 · 0.35

General considerations:

It is the student's responsibility to avoid plagiarism in all its forms. In the case of detecting plagiarism, regardless of its extent, in some activity it will correspond to having a grade of 0. In addition, the professor will communicate the situation to the Department Management so that applicable measures can be taken in terms of disciplinary regime.

The final mark resulting from the calculation of the average between the practices, the final work and the final exam must be equal to or higher than 5 to pass the subject. In order to average with the rest of the marks, the student must take at least a 5 in the final exam. If not, the student will be required to take a resit exam. 

Recovery of the subject:

The recovery of the subject is based on a recovery exam where the theoretical content will be re-examined (perform the economic / financial analysis of a company based on its financial statements). The mark of the practices and of the final work will not be able to recover given that they form part of the activities of continuous evaluation of the asignatura.

In the resit exam, the minimum grade for the average is also a 5. In case of passing the retake, the maximum final grade of the subject will be 7.

It is important to note that one student who has a NP (not presented) a the final exam, DO NOT you have the right to perform the recovery.

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