The Islamic University – Gaza Academic Year 2013/2014

Faculty of Commerce First Semester

Department of Accounting Mr. Mahmood Ashoor

Course’s Name: Feasibility Studies (ACTE 3303)

Instructor’s E-mail: maashour@iugaza.edu.ps
Place & Time of Lecture:
Section 101: Saturday, Monday, & Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. till 9:00 a.m., Hall K304.
Section 201: Saturday, Monday, & Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m., Hall L412.
Instructor’s Office Hours:
Saturday, Monday, & Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. till 01:00 p.m.
Sunday & Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m.

Course’s Description:
This course is designed to help students be familiar with the different aspects of the
preparation of a feasibility study. It introduces a mixture of different concepts from different
subjects as Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Financial Management, Management Accounting,
and Quantitative Analysis.

Course’s Learning Objectives:

After finishing this course, the student should be able to:
1) Understand the importance of the preparation of feasibility studies.
2) Understand different techniques to come up with new business ideas and how to
evaluate them.
3) Understand and get familiar with the different types of research needed to prepare a
feasibility study.
4) Understand different forecasting and evaluation techniques.
5) Evaluate the best financing mixture for the proposed project.

Course’s Topics:
Week Topic
1-2 Introduction
3 Environmental & Regulatory Viability
4-8 Market Viability
9 Technical Viability
10 - 14 Financial Viability
15 - 16 Report Evaluation

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References:

- Overton Rodney, Feasibility Studies Made Simple, Martin Books, Australia : 2007.
- Thompson Alan, Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation, The Art of Successful
Business Start-ups & Business Planning, 2005.
- Greene Cynthia, Entrepreneurship, Second edition, South-Western Cengage
Learning, USA : 2011.
- Kotler Philip & Keller Kevin, Marketing Management, Thirteenth edition, Pearson,
USA : 2009.
- Brigham Eugene & Ehrhardt Michael, Financial Management, Theory & Practice,
South-Western Cengage Learning, USA : 2011.
- Garrison Ray, Noreen Eric, & Brewer Peter, Managerial Accounting, Thirteenth
edition, McGraw Hill, USA : 2010.
- Russel Roberta & Taylor III Bernard, Operations Management, Seventh edition, John
Wiley & Sons, USA : 2011.

Evaluation:
Method Percentage from Total Mark
Participation 10 %
Feasibility Study (Report) 20 %
Mid-term Examination 20 %
Final Examination 50 %

Notes:
 Reports submission, management, and grading will be through the Moodle learning
system.
 Please be aware that late submissions of Reports will be penalized.
 Please be aware that missing the mid-term exam will be penalized by the deduction of
10 marks unless an acceptable justification is submitted with supporting documents.

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