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1 JOINT EDUCATION PROGRAMMEThe institute of Chartered Accountants of India&University of Madras(Set up by an Act of Parliament) , , , , , , ICAI-UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS JOINT EDUCATION PROGRAMME SYLLABUS 1..3 2..27 3.. 49 4..71 3 SYLLABUS FOR COURSE Paper Subjects Exam Duration Hours Total Marks FIRST YEAR I II I Core Courses - Main Subjects Financial Accounting Business Economics Core Course - Allied Subject Business Statistics and Operations Research 3 3 3 100 100 100 SECOND YEAR III IV V VI II Core Courses - Main Subjects Corporate Accounting Banking and Financial Services Business and Corporate Law Principles of Management Core Course - Allied Subject Indian Economy : Problems and Policies 3 3 3 3 3 100 100 100 100 100 THIRD YEAR VII VIII IX X XI Core Courses - Main Subjects Business Taxation Practical Auditing Entrepreneurial Development Cost and Management Accounting Marketing Management 3 3 3 3 3 100 100 100 100 100 4 FIRST YEAR PAPER I - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Unit - I Meaning and scope of Accounting, Basic Accounting Concepts and Conventions -Objectives of Accounting - Accounting Transactions - Double Entry Book keeping - Journal, Ledger, Preparation of Trial Balance - Preparation of Cash Book.

2 Unit - II Preparation of Final Accounts of a Sole Trading Concern - Adjustments - Closing Stock, Outstanding and Prepaid items, Depreciation, Provision for Bad Debts, Provision for Discount on Debtors, Interest on Capital and Drawings - Preparation of Receipts and Payments Account, Income & Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet of Non Trading Organizations (simple problems). Unit - III Classification of errors - Rectification of errors - Preparation of Suspense Account. Bank Reconciliation Statement (Only simple problems). Unit - IV Depreciation - Meaning, Causes, Types - Straight Line Method - Written Down Value Method (Change in Method excluded) - Insurance Claims - Average Clause (Loss of stock only). Unit - V Single Entry - Meaning, Features, Defects, Differences between Single Entry and Double Entry System Statement of Affairs Method - Conversion Method (Only simple problems).

3 Unit - VI Branch Accounts - Dependent branches - Stock and debtors system - Distinction between wholesale profit and retail profit - Independent branch (foreign branches excluded). Unit - VII Departmental Accounts - Basis for allocation of expenses - Inter departmental transfer at cost or selling price - Treatment of expenses which cannot be allocated. Unit - VIII Hire purchase and installment - Default and repossession - Hire purchase trading account. Installment purchase system. 5 Unit - IX Admission of a partner - Retirement of a partner - Death of a partner. Unit - X Dissolution of a partnership - Insolvency of a partner (Application of Indian Partnership Act, 1932) - Insolvency of all partners - Gradual realisation of assets and piecemeal distribution. REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Gupta & Gupta - Advanced Accounting, Sultan Chand, New Delhi.

4 2. Reddy & Murthy - Financial Accounting, Margham Publications, Chennai. 3. Shukla & Grewal - Advanced Accounting, S. Chand, New Delhi. 4. Jain & Narang - Financial Accounting 5. Tulsian - Financial Accounting 6. S. Parthasarathy and A. Jaffarulla, Kalyani Publishers, Financial Accounting. 7. Gupta & Radhaswamy - Advanced Accounting, Volume 1. PAPER II - BUSINESS ECONOMICS Unit I The scope and Method of Business Economics Risk Uncertainty and probability analysis Approach to managerial decision making theory of firm. Uncertainty and probability analysis - Approach to managerial decision making theory of firm. Unit II Demand Analysis - basic concept and tools of analysis for demand forecasting - use of business indicators, demand for consumer durable and capital goods. Unit III Concepts of resource allocation , cost analysis, Break- even analysis, short run and long run cost functions, Production functions, cost-price output relations - capital investment analysis - Economies of size and capacity utilisation - input -output analysis - market structure - pricing and output - general equilibrium.

5 Unit IV Product policy - sales promotion and market strategy - advertising rates - advertising budgeting Unit V Pricing objectives - pricing methods and approaches - product line pricing -differential pricing. 6 Unit VI Capital budgeting - Capital Management and financial policy. Unit VII Monopoly policy - Restrictive agreements. Unit VIII Price discrimination - Measurement of Economics Concentration policy against monopoly and restrictive trade practices. Unit IX Problems of Economic aggregates - National Income, and Product Saving, Consumption, Investment, the theory of income determination. Unit X Canons of Taxation. BOOKS RECOMMENDED 1. S. Sankaran - Managerial Economics, Margham Publication, 2002, 2. Dhingra - Indian Economy, Sultan Chand 2000. 3. Mankar and Pillai - Business and Managerial Economics, Himalaya, 2000.

6 4. Mote Paul and Gupta - Managerial Economics, Tata Mc Graw - Hill, 2000. 5. Business Economics - Mehta 6. Business Economics - Francis Cherunilam 7. Economics for Business - Peter Mitchelson and Andrew Mann 8. Business Economics - Chaudhary 9. The essence of Business Economics - Nellis and Parker 10. Business Economics - Ferguson and Rothschild. R and Ferguson 11. Business Economics - Ahuja 12. International Trade and Export Management Francis Cherunilam 13. International Economics - Gupta 14. International Economics (Theory and Policy) Paul R. Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld. 15. International Economics - Robert J. Carbaugh. 16. International Economics - Mannur 7 ALLIED PAPER I BUSINESS STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH Unit - I Introduction - Classification and tabulation of statistical data - Diagrammatic and graphical representation of data.

7 Unit - II Measures of Central tendency - Mean, median and mode - Dispersion, Range, Quartile deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation - Measures of Skewness. Unit - III Correlation - Karl Pearson s Coefficient of Correlation - Spearman s Rank Correlation - Regression Lines and Coefficients. Unit - IV Time Series Analysis - Trend - Seasonal Variation. Unit - V Introduction to OR - Linear Programming - Graphical and Algebraic Solution (maximization and minimization) Unit - VI Index Numbers - Aggregative and Relative Index - Chain and Fixed Index - Wholesale Index - Cost of Living Index. Unit - VII Probability - Addition and Multiplication Theorem - Conditional Probability - Bayer s Theorem (without proof) - Simple Problems. Unit - VIII Sampling Techniques - Types of Sample and Sampling Procedures - Tests of Significance - Normal, t, F, chi-square - Simple problems.

8 Unit - IX Assignment and Transportation Problems. Unit - X Network Analysis - PERT and CPM (no crashing) 8 REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Statistical Methods - Gupta 2. Introduction to Operations Research - Dr. Vittal 3. Statistics - Elhance 4. Operations Research - Hira and Gupta, S. Chand. 5. Operations Research - Handy and A. Taha 9 SECOND YEAR PAPER III - CORPORATE ACCOUNTING Unit I Issue of shares and debentures - Various kinds - Forfeiture - Re-issue - Underwriting of shares and debentures. Unit - II Redemption of preference shares and debentures - Purchase of business - Profits prior to incorporation. Unit - III Preparation of company final accounts - Company balance sheet preparation - Computation of Managerial Remuneration. Unit - IV Valuation of goodwill and shares. Unit - V Alteration of share capital - Internal reconstruction and reduction of capital.

9 Unit - VI Human Resource Accounting - Accounting standards - Financial reporting practices - Accounting for price level changes. Unit - VII Final Accounts of Insurance Companies including Balance Sheet. Unit - VIII Final Accounts of Banking Companies including Balance Sheet. Unit - IX Amalgamation Absorption and external reconstruction of a company - (Inter company investments excluded) Unit - X Liquidation - Statement of affairs and deficiency accounts - Liquidator s final statement of receipts and payments. 10 REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Shukla and Grewal - Advanced Accounts S. Chand 2. Reddy and A. Murthy - Corporate Accounting 3. Jain and Narang - Company Accounts 4. Gupta - Corporate Accounting 5. Chakraborthi - Advanced Account 6. Mukherji and Hanif - Modern Accounts, Vol. I and Vol. II, Tata Mcgraw Hill.

10 11 PAPER IV - BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Unit I Origin of banks - Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (Definition of Banking, Licensing, Opening of branches, Functions of Banks, Inspection) - Role of Banks and Economic Development - Central Banking and Role of RBI and their functions. Unit - II Commercial Banks - Functions - Accepting Deposits - Lending of Funds, E - Banking ATM Cards, Debit cards, Personal Identification Number - Online enquiry and update facility Electronic Fund Transfer-Electronic Clearing System. Unit - III Opening of an Account - Types of Deposit Account - Types of customers (Individuals, firms, Trusts, and Companies) - Importance of customer relations - Customer grievances and redressal - Ombudsman. Unit IV Principles of lending - Types of Borrowings - Precautions to be taken by a banker.