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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. This course covers the fundamental principles of financial accounting and provides an introduction to the process of accumulating, classifying, and presenting financial information. Primary emphasis is given to understanding the financial statements of a business enterprise. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ACCT 201. This course covers the preparation and utilization of financial information for internal management purposes. Special emphasis is given to cost determination, cost control, and the development of information for planning and decisions. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ACCT 201 and 202. Intensive study of specific accounting issues in significant detail. Pedagogy depends on the specific topic but generally emphasizes discussion, research, fieldwork, projects, or case analysis rather than lecture. Specific course content changes from term to term, and is announced prior to preregistration. May be repeated for degree credit with permission of department head and if topics are different.
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ACCT 297A: Sustainability Accounting & Finance (4). Prerequisites: ACCT 201 and 202 and sophomore or junior standing. The course provides a solid understanding of the current theoretical and practical corporate social responsibility (CSR) developments, especially in relation to policy, management, accountability and reporting. Weiss.
ACCT 297B: Accounting and Corporate Financial Distress (4). Prerequisites: ACCT 201 and 202 and sophomore standing. We examine the connection between financial reporting and individual company financial distress; using the financial statements of one of the companies that have recently experienced financial distress (e.g., Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Circuit City, Chrysler, GM, Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia). Our analysis includes an intensive examination of financial accounting principles, regulatory structures, and standard setting relevant to the company in question. Wiest.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ACCT 201. An introduction to the information systems used in accounting, including the flow of data from source documents through the accounting cycle into reports for decision makers; the principle of internal control; flowcharting and systems narratives; and use of computers and database systems in accounting information. Students have hands-on experience implementing and using accounting information systems. Ballenger.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and permission of the instructor. Students work to prepare an industry and a company analysis. Through presentations, written analyses and extensive work using computer spreadsheets and databases, students learn to analyze and interpret financial statements of publicly traded companies. Fafatas.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 202. This course examines the principles of financial accounting as applied to financial statement presentation and the underlying treatment of cash, investments, receivables, inventory,long-term assets, and intangible assets. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ACCT 320. This course examines financial reporting issues that cover current and long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity, earnings per share, revenue recognition, income taxes, pensions, leases, accounting changes and errors, and cash flows. Boylan.
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1.00 Credits
Corequisite: ACCT 320. This course provides an understanding of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the current and historical supporting private and governmental structures. This includes an overview of the processes involved in the development of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Formats of financial statements created using IFRS are introduced. Differences between IFRS and US GAAP reporting are examined for a limited number of examples Oliver
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2.00 Credits
Corequisite: ACCT 321. This course provides an in-depth understanding of the organization, pronouncements, and procedures of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The course examines the presentation and disclosures required for financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) both for first time adoption and continuing reporting. A substantial group of IFRS are examined as well as the differences between those standards and their counterparts under US GAAP. The covered IFRS primarily correspond to U.S. standards covered in ACCT 320 and 321 Oliver.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT 320. Concentrated work in writing for the business world and researching financial accounting issues sharpen students’ analytical and writing skills. This course introduces students to various forms of business writing and the types of databases used in researching accounting decisions. The revision process is used to help improve writing skills. The content of the course comes from Intermediate Accounting I. Oliver
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