Accounting Courses
Accounting Courses
The course introduces logic to provide a foundation for reasoning well. The course
will also address persuasion, through defining and explaining what rhetoric is, while
giving students the opportunity to create and present original arguments. The types
of communication styles, active listening, interpersonal relationships, and difficult
conversations will be addressed. The course will teach students how to communicate
effectively in business situations.
- Gupta Core Course. Required for All Graduate Business Programs.
An intensive exploration of the intellectual and moral virtues in the context of cultivating leadership characterized by magnanimity and humility and built on the cardinal virtues (i.e., prudence, justice, self-control, and courage). Students develop an advanced capacity for self-awareness and managing oneself. Connections between ethical, authentic, servant, and transformational leadership styles and virtues are examined and applied to personal leadership style and ethical decision making.
- Gupta Core Course. Required for All Graduate Business Programs.
An examination of business as a creation of man and collective contributor to society according to its responsibilities articulated by the tenets of Catholic social teaching including the common good, solidarity, subsidiarity, the dignity of the human person, worker, and work, and a preference for the poor. Emphasis is placed on how managers and their organizations effect change for a more sustainable planet and just society.
- Gupta Core Course. Required for All Graduate Business Programs.
Provides an in-depth coverage of the accounting system and basic financial statements with an emphasis on topics of interest to financial managers including revenue recognition, statement of cash flows, working capital, cash and receivables, and long-term liabilities.
Prerequisites:
- Undergraduate Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting. OR
- ACCT/FINA 6310. Financial Intelligence
This course is a continuation of Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting. Covers selected accounting items with an emphasis on the topics of interest in corporate financial reporting including investments, leases, pensions, deferred taxes, stockholders; equity and earnings per share.
Prerequisites:
- Complete all program prerequisite coursework.
This course applies data analytics software to analyze accounting data to provide relevant information for stakeholder decision making.
Prerequisites:
- Complete all program prerequisite coursework.
This course focuses on an audit of financial statements used for external reporting. Focuses on developing skills relevant to effective written and oral communication in applied business contents. Applications will be drawn from corporate reporting, financial statements, and audit opinions. This course counts for one credit hour of communications.
Prerequisites:
- ACCT 5326. Intermediate Financial Accounting II.
This course surveys the basic theories and practices of individual, corporate and partnership taxation. Involves hands-on experience in preparing various tax returns and research projects. This course counts for one credit hour of research. Offered in Fall & Spring.
Prerequisites:
- Complete all program prerequisite coursework.
Focuses on the analysis of statements including shareholders’ equity, income, balance sheet, and cash flow. Topics include the analysis of financing and investing activities, profitability, growth, and economic value.
Prerequisites:
- Complete all program prerequisite coursework.
This course involves hands-on experience in preparing various tax returns and research projects using computerized databases and analytics tools. The course counts for one credit hour of research.
Prerequisites:
- ACCT 5380. Income Tax I.
Provides an in-depth coverage of financial reporting topics including business combinations, partnerships, foreign currency transactions, governmental and not-for-profit accounting.
Prerequisites:
- ACCT 5326. Intermediate Financial Accounting II