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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, AC 310 Covers advanced topics related to costing systems and cost management. Examines behavioral implications of costing methods, particularly in the areas of cost allocation, transfer pricing and performance measurement. Includes measurement and management of quality costs, as well as capital budgeting and contemporary inventory management topics.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing Pre- or corequisite(s): AC 312 (or AC 212) Note: Not open to students who completed AC 320 Presents the theory and related problems of specialized topics in financial accounting. Examines leases, pensions, investments, and the particular problems associated with the partnership form of business organization. Topics also include business combinations through purchase and pooling of interests, with emphasis on consolidated financial statements of parents and subsidiaries and elimination of intercompany transactions; and accounting for foreign operations.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): By the beginning of the internship period, the student must have completed 10.5 credit hours of accounting (including GB 201 and GB 202). In addition, two semesters of full-time course work, including a minimum of six credit hours in accountancy, must be completed at Bentley. Opens a course to superior students recommended by a committee of the Accountancy Department. Involves each student in an internship of a minimum of three months' duration in the spring semester of the junior year, the summer following junior year, or the fall of the senior year. Provides the interning student with a valuable experiential learning opportunity. Includes on-the-job training in either public, corporate or government accounting. Requires the student to work closely with a faculty adviser to develop a term project related to the work experience and to complete other relevant academic assignments.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Senior-level standing and AC 340 Develops an integrating framework to illustrate the evolving role of current and emerging information technologies in supporting accounting and business activities. Students explore several current issues, including data and knowledge management, using contemporary tools to capture, store, retrieve and analyze data; the design and control of complex information systems, such as a networked interorganizational system; and an overview of assurance services. A field-based project with an accounting information systems issue provides a capstone experience.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, AC 350 (or AC352) or AC 750 Note: Not open to students who completed AC 362 Examines tax topics for corporations, partnerships and proprietorships at a more complex level. Focuses on a life-cycle approach for each of the entities. Includes, at a basic level, topics of estate and gift tax and tax-exempt entities. Reinforces competent tax research and tax planning skills.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, AC 311 (or AC 211) and AC 340 Note: Not open to students who have previously taken AC 371 or AC 400 or AC 471 Develops an understanding and appreciation of the philosophy of the audit process and its practice. Presents the preparation of audit working papers supporting an examination of the records and procedures of an enterprise. Covers the report and opinion of the auditor to management, stockholders and others. Discusses internal auditing procedures as opposed to those performed by the independent public accountant. Considers the ethical and legal responsibilities of the auditor. Includes an introduction to operational auditing as a tool to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a firm's accounting system.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, AC 212 or 312 and AC 340 Note: AC 472 can be taken in place of AC 470 as one of your two restricted accounting electives Develops an understanding and appreciation of the role of internal auditing in an organization. Discusses the operational approach of the internal auditor in areas such as purchasing, production, personnel, financial management, computer operations and international operations. Considers the planning and organizing of an internal audit department and coordination with the outside auditor. Uses sampling and statistical techniques and various software packages available to the internal auditor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): AC 470 (or AC 400) Note: Not open to students who completed AC 477 or AC 478 Introduces three typical aspects of information technology (IT) audits: the audits of computerized information systems, the computer facility, and the process of developing and implementing information systems. Through readings, case studies, exercises, and discussion, students will learn to plan, conduct, and report on these three types of IT audits. Additional topics may include challenges posed by emerging information technologies, advanced audit software, business continuity planning, and the role of the IT auditor as an advisor to management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Modern finance professionals need to evaluate the effectiveness of business strategy, which is very reliant on the way companies manage their internal processes and external opportunities to accomplish strategic objectives. Students will develop the necessary business analysis skills and be given the opportunity to apply them to business situations in this course.
  • 1.00 Credits

    These one-credit courses in the ARTS program provide an opportunity for student performance. Current offerings include Gospel Choir, Latin Dance, Jazz and Pep Band. May be taken up to three credits.
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