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Part Two: Course Outline Subject Area Overviews Accounting Subject Area Electives offered for 2012-13 The Accounting departments mission is to create, debate and disseminate knowledge about the measurement and communication of financial and non-financial information that will facilitate rational financial, economic and policy decisions. Accounting is the language of business and an understanding of accounting and an ability to interpret and analyse financial statements is a basic skill that everyone in business should possess. Electives in financial accounting will provide you with the ability to understand and analyse the financial performance of firms based on interpreting the data contained in their financial statements. The six Accounting electives are described below. The financial accounting electives are designed to help you become familiar with firms’ financial statements and financial reporting rules, so that you are able to understand business performance and financial structure, the implications of financial statement information for the firm’s current and future prospects and meaningfully use financial statements for valuation and analysis of securities. Our Private Equity and Venture Capital elective addresses the two key arms of private equity: buyouts and venture capital. The Strategic Performance Management elective focuses on approaches to measuring and managing organisational performance. Financial Statement Analysis Focus on interpreting and analysing financial statements Learn to use information in notes to financial statements. Practical application of accounting knowledge gained in the core financial accounting course Core skills relevant to all careers in business Lectures, cases, practical application Securities Analysis and Financial Modelling Focus on tools and techniques of securities analysis and financial modelling and the development of a framework for making investment decisions Framework for understanding the financial performan