ACM5130 Financial statement analysis for professionals
Faculty of Business and Economics
ACM5130 Financial statement analysis for professionals is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2027 in Semester 2 at Malaysia. It needs ACM5903.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 2
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before ACM5130
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After ACM5130
No unit lists ACM5130 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Overview
This unit equips you with the analytical tools and interpretive frameworks essential for evaluating corporate financial statements in a decision-making context. The unit explores the institutional and regulatory forces that shape financial reporting, as well as the incentives driving managerial disclosure choices. You will learn to adjust and interpret accounting data to assess profitability, financial position, and risk from the perspective of investors and creditors. Emphasis is placed on integrating financial statement analysis with broader industry, strategic, and economic evaluation to support forecasting and valuation. Through case-based learning, you will also develop the skills to communicate insights via professional-quality reports and presentations relevant to real-world financial analysis and valuation scenarios.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Written80%
- Presentation20%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
evaluate the institutional, regulatory, and managerial incentives that influence financial reporting practices, and assess their implications for financial statement interpretation
- 2
apply accounting adjustments and analytical techniques to assess profitability, financial position, and performance for decision-making by investors and creditors
- 3
integrate industry, strategic, and economic analysis with financial forecasting and valuation methods
- 4
communicate financial insights effectively through professional-quality reports or presentations.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Edwin Lim
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ACM5130?
You need ACM5903 before you enrol.
When is ACM5130 offered?
In 2027, ACM5130 runs in Semester 2 at Malaysia.
How much work is ACM5130?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ACM5130 have an exam?
No. ACM5130 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Department of Accounting
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2027