Course
| code | CB518 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Financial Management and Accounting in Construction |
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| prequisites | CB516 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | Principles of financial management and accounting - Financial statements` compilation and analysis -projecting cash flow - project financing ? budgeting - cost control - introduction to cost accounting and risk-return relationship. |
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| objectives | The course objective is introducing the student to the fundamentals of accounting, financial analysis and management in construction. |
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| ref. books | Construction Accounting by Atrian Publisher: Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA, Latest Edition.rnConstruction Accounting and Financial Management by Coombs & Polwer, Publisher: McGraw Hill, New York, Latest Edition.rnFinancial Management for Contractors by Jackson I.J. Jackson, III Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York, USA, Latest Edition. |
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| textbook | Construction Accounting and Financial Management by Peterson, S. J., Publisher: Prentice Hall, USA, Latest Edition. |
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| objective set | combined |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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| 1 |
Week No.1: Basics of accounting. rn
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| 2 |
Week No.2: Basics of accounting, continued.
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| 3 |
Week No.3: Compilation of financial statements. rn
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| 4 |
Week No.4: Analysis of financial statements.
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| 5 |
Week No.5: Analysis of financial statement, continued.
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| 6 |
Week No.6: Analysis of financial statement, continued.
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| 7 |
Week No.7: Aspects of accounting and financial management in the construction industry.
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| 8 |
Week No.8: Cash flow projection and analysis.
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| 9 |
Week No.9: Cash flow projection and analysis, continued.
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| 10 |
Week No.10: Project financing: Sources of financing, and cost of financing. Working with banks, customers, and investors.
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| 11 |
Week No.11: Budgeting.
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| 12 |
Week No.12: Budgeting, continued.rn
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Week No.13: Cost control and introduction to cost accounting.
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Week No.14: Risk-return relationship.
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| 15 |
Week No.15: Risk-return relationship, continued.
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Week No.16: Final Exam.
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