Library economy

Structure Type: Course
Code: KD18BAKM03
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Leikkari, Esa
Teacher Team: Vuorela, Pirkko
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
KIKO-2015   3 spring   3.0   2018-01-01   2018-07-31  
KIKO-2016   3 spring   3.0   2019-01-01   2019-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

The student can
• describe the annual operating plan of the public economy
• analyze the economic situation of the municipal organization
• describe the structure of library budgeting and the principles of creating library budgets as part of the public economy

Student's Workload

Workload 79 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

The basics of library and information field.

Contents

• Distinctive features of public-sector finances
• Planning and monitoring finances and interpreting financial statements
• Library budgets and the bases of their preparation
• Accounting and monitoring

Recommended or Required Reading

Announced at the beginning of the course

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Llectures, supervised and independent exercises, test

Assessment Criteria

5
- The student takes actively part in classroom work
- Using valid sources of information, the student is able to find and apply information concerning financial accounting
- The student is able to apply the principles of public financial planning and of the preparation of the budget of a library at the annual level
3
- The student takes part in classroom work
- The student is able to apply the principles of financial accounting
- The student is able to describe the principles of public financial planning and of the preparation of the budget of a library at the annual level
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1
- The student takes part in classroom work
- The student is able to describe the principles of financial accounting
- The student is able to describe the principles of public financial planning and of the preparation of the budget of a library

Assessment Methods

Exercises and test.

Work Placement

No work placements.

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