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Graduate Accounting
Graduate Accounting
2021 Fall Term
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COST MANAGEMENT II
ACCOUNT 666
The course emphasizes critical thinking in using accounting information to motivate employees, align employee incentives with the goals of the firm, and evaluate the performance of business unit and business unit managers. The course focuses on using accounting information for internal decision-making, managerial control, performance evaluation, and elements of incentive system design.
ACCOUNTING FOUNDATIONS
ACCOUNT 701
This course introduces students to the principles of financial accounting, including the (1) basic accounting cycle (i.e., double-entry accounting), financial statements (i.e., income statement, statement of financial position, and statement of cash flows), and specific discussions of cash, trade receivables, merchandise inventories, plant assets, current and long-term liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Fundamental ratio and statement analysis techniques are also integrated.
ANALYTICS IN ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNT 770
This course develops accounting students' analytical mindset and prepares them to use data analytics software. Specifically, this course develops the skill set needed to extract value from big data through advanced data visualization and analytics. This requires thinking critically about whether and how data can improve business performance, create opportunities, and/or create risks. The course will also expose students to some of the most common business intelligence software packages currently used in organizations.