ACC 509: Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting Read more about ACC 509: Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting This course focuses on the most important concepts, standards and procedures of accounting, financial and budgetary reporting applicable to (1) state and local governments, including counties, cities, townships, school districts, other special districts and public authorities; (2) not-for-profit organizations; (3) not-for-profit and governmental universities and hospitals; and (4) the federal government.
ACC 582: The Chief Financial Officer and Executive Leadership Read more about ACC 582: The Chief Financial Officer and Executive Leadership This course provides students with a greater understanding of the role of the chief financial officer and executive leadership in running the enterprise. Students learn to differentiate the leadership role of a manager and the CFO, who is a manager of managers. Topics include: leading strategic and systemic change; managing power, politics and organizational complexity; developing your team and organizational competencies. Also focuses on personal career planning and building leadership capabilities in order to potentially assume the executive role.
ACC 540: Business Law for Accountants Read more about ACC 540: Business Law for Accountants This course provides students with a greater understanding of the law as it relates to the activities of accountants. Topics include: a general overview of the Uniform Commercial Code and contracts, real and personal property and security, financial instruments and securities law, business and other organizations, agency and suretyship, bankruptcy, insurance, wills and decedents’ estates and trusts, accountant’s legal liability and practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
ACC 580: Enterprise Risk Management Read more about ACC 580: Enterprise Risk Management Introduces the main areas of enterprise risk management. Industry-accepted risks discussed in detail include market, credit and operational risks. Risk management processes and strategies are also covered. Case studies from different business areas and real-life issues illustrate the increasing importance of enterprise risk management in today’s business world.
ACC 535: Dynamics/Covert Behavior Read more about ACC 535: Dynamics/Covert Behavior The course provides students with a greater understanding of interpersonal communications in a data-gathering setting. Presents tools to conduct more effective interviews and obtain information that can assist in detecting covert behavior and preventing fraud. Students learn to assess verbal and nonverbal behavior and become more effective at obtaining information through individual interviews and interactions. Instruction covers non-confrontational interview techniques, fraud indicators, methods to assess fraud vulnerability, common fraud schemes and how to elicit potential fraud leads.
ACC 106: Managerial Accounting Read more about ACC 106: Managerial Accounting Managers in all organizations are confronted daily with the need to make decisions and solve problems. They need information for making informed judgments, solving problems and managerial control. Information is a valuable resource to an organization, and the management accounting system is the primary source for much of the information managers need and receive. Areas of emphasis include cost concepts, cost management and behavior; standard costing and variance analysis; cost-volume-profit analysis; budgetary controls; and responsibility accounting.
ACC 105: Financial Accounting Read more about ACC 105: Financial Accounting This course emphasizes the provision of relevant and reliable information used in making financial and business decisions.
BUS 240: Corporate Finance Fundamentals Read more about BUS 240: Corporate Finance Fundamentals An introduction to the theoretical concepts of corporate finance. Focuses on management of working capital, cost of capital, capital budgeting and capital structure planning. Also provides an overview of money and capital markets. Prerequisites: ACC 105 and MAT 103.
