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3.00 Credits
Examines accounting systems as integral components of management information systems. Coursework will provide you with an understanding of general systems theory, information theory, databases and systems analysis. You will focus on detailed examination of specific accounting applications. Prerequisites: ACCTG 100A and UGP 100.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on current trends in managing the accounting function within an organization and defines the role of the top financial officers and the expertise they provide. Topics will demonstrate the accountant's role in the decision making, implementation and evaluation process of the firm. Prerequisite: ACCTG 351A and ACCTG 351C.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the emerging role of the accountant as chief financial information officer and financial adviser to management teams. Focuses on examination of the strategic decision-making process and the need for accounting information. Through lectures, readings, problems and cases you will study topics that include performance measurement for responsibility centers, structuring of investment and profit centers, transfer pricing, control of managed costs, incentive systems, budgeting systems and long-range planning. Prerequisite: ACCTG 105 or ACCTG 201.
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1.50 Credits
Examines the role and the services of consulting within the accounting profession. Through lectures, presentations, readings, discussions, and case analysis, you will overview the consulting industry, professional standards, and ethical responsibilities of the Certified Public Accountant. Using forensic services, assurance services, and performance measurement services as examples of these opportunities, the student will move beyond the traditional audit and tax roles of the accountant. Prerequisites: ACCTG 100B or FI 300 or consent of the department.
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3.00 Credits
Familiarizes you with the many federal tax planning opportunities and pitfalls that must be considered in making management decisions. Emphasizes recognition of the tax consequences of common business transactions, including domestic and international tax planning opportunities. Prerequisite: ACCTG 108A or ACCTG 360.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a basic foundation in the principles and methods of valuing closely held businesses. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to prepare a basic valuation of a closely held enterprise, understand the key issues related to stock options and warrants, and critically review valuation reports prepared by others. Prerequisite: ACCTG 309 or consent of the department.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the opportunity to build the skills necessary to assist small business owners in buying or selling their businesses. In addition to analyzing case studies of actual businesses, the students will participate in a real consulting engagement. As a member of a buyer or a seller team, the students will review actual company data, interview company management, prepare an industry analysis, a SWOT analysis, financial projections and business valuation calculations for the company. They will negotiate a sales price and terms for the sale of the company and present their findings to company management in the final class session. Prerequisite: ACCTG 309 or ACCTG 335 or FI 300.
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1.50 Credits
Examines current issues and topics in the area of assurance and attestation such as techniques for integrating professional standards related to fraud and special procedures engagements. Prerequisite: ACCTG 310.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on economics, finance, and international business as these topics are important to accountants. Specifically, the topics covered are domestic and international finance markets and institutions, interest rates, bond valuation, cost of capital, capital structure and leverage, working capital management, and hybrid financing including leases. The course closes with a discussion of international supply chain management in a high-technology environment. Prerequisite: ACCTG 50.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the legal, regulatory and ethical context of professional accounting practice. This course will consider the law and the legal environment within which certified public accountants practice and the most important areas of the law affecting clients. Topics covered in this course are the law of administrative agencies; the regulation of professions generally and of accounting specifically; ethics and professional responsibility, including an introductory survey of the Treasury's Circular 230, the AICPA's Code of Professional Conductand the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice. Corporate governance, Sarbanes Oxley, and securities law will be emphasized.
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