ACCT 306 is not open to students who have credit in ACCT 201 and/or 202. A one-semester course for students above the sophomore level who desire a knowledge of the fundamentals of accounting.
Fundamentals of accounting analysis which are most helpful in understanding managerial and business concepts and practices.
Internal accounting as a tool to generate information for managerial planning and control. Conventional and computer problem materials are used to develop understanding of operating and capital budgets, standard costs, incremental concepts, relevant costs, transfer pricing, and responsibility and profit center reports as a means of analysis as well as techniques of measurement.
Examination of accounting system concepts, applications, and the process by which they are analyzed, designed, and implemented. Emphasis on management information and computer applications in financial accounting, auditing, and management accounting by means of case study analysis.
Analysis and interpretation of financial and operating statements; net income concepts, statements from incomplete records; theory and practice relating to cash flow; and the investment in tangible and intangible assets.
Continuation of ACCT 313 with emphasis on contemporary accounting theory and practice regarding long-term liabilities, corporate equities, and problem areas under study by professional accounting organizations. Analysis of financial statements and the statements of cash flow stressed and related to current controversial topics.
Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation, and permission of the supervising faculty member and chair of the School of Accountancy.
Special research project or reading program under the direction of a faculty member within the School of Accountancy.
ACCT 314 with grade of C or better, or permission.
Special accounting problems relating to the preparation of combined and consolidated financial statements for accounting entities with branch offices and with subsidiaries, both domestic and foreign; partnership accounting; accounting for foreign currency transactions and translations; governmental and not-for-profit accounting.
ACCT407
Ethics and Accountant's Professional Responsibility LINK
Role of a professional accountant, codes of accountants, ethical decision making, the legal, regulatory and social environment in which an accountant makes an ethical decision.
ACCT408
Advanced Managerial Accounting LINKCrosslisted as ACCT 808
Advanced treatment of managerial accounting topics with emphasis on generation, communication, and use of information to assist management in performance of the planning and control function. Problems, cases, library materials, and computer systems analysis are used to develop understanding of variance analysis, cost systems, capital budgeting, and other quantitative techniques relevant to internal accounting.
ACCT 309 and 314, both with a grade of C or better.
Duties and responsibilities of auditors, methods of conducting various kind of audits; audit working papers; the preparation of the audit report; the auditor's certificate; special problems in the audit of different kinds of enterprises.