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Level 3 Diploma in Business Management

The Double Entry Accounting System

BM305 · Finance in Business — Week 3 of 16

CourseBM305
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

The Double Entry Accounting System

  1. Duality concept and debit and credit rules
  2. Recording transactions in daybooks and ledgers
  3. Balancing ledger accounts
  4. Extracting an initial trial balance
  5. Double Entry Bookkeeping (part a) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures
  6. Double Entry Bookkeeping (part b) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures
  7. Double Entry Bookkeeping (part c) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Demonstrate accurate use of the double entry accounting system.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: demonstrate accurate use of the double entry accounting system.

Study materials

Videos

  • Double Entry Bookkeeping (part a) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 29 min · for registered students
  • Double Entry Bookkeeping (part b) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 24 min · for registered students
  • Double Entry Bookkeeping (part c) - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 21 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 1, ch. 3.5–3.6: Journals, T-accounts and the trial balance · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 123–161 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 2: The Accounting Process · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 45–98 · for registered students
  • Financial Accounting, ch. 4: How Does an Organization Accumulate and Organize the Information Necessary to Prepare Financial Statements? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 100–144 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to Business Records and Accounting
  • Week 2: Business Finance and Financial Statements
  • Week 3: The Double Entry Accounting System
  • Week 4: Bank Reconciliation
  • Week 5: Control Accounts and Correction of Errors
  • Week 6: Absorption and Marginal Costing
  • Week 7: Budgeting Framework and Subsidiary Budgets
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Budgetary Control and Variance Analysis
  • Week 10: Investment Appraisal Methods
  • Week 11: Appraisal Application and Project Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Finance in Business in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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