Undergraduate Accounting Courses

Undergraduate accounting Courses

The following undergraduate courses are offered by the School of Accountancy.

Courses marked with * are Accounting elective course options.

Concepts involved in accounting for assets, liabilities, and owners' equity; financial statements.

Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  sophomore standing
Units:  3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Concepts involved in uses of accounting data in the managerial process.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 200, sophomore standing
Units:U 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

This course provides a basic introduction to both financial and managerial accounting topics. It concentrates on concepts and relationships involved in preparing and analyzing financial statements and some basic decision making for internal financial managers. This course is for non-BSBA students ONLY. This course will not meet the Eller College of Management requirements for professional admission.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Concepts and analytical procedures necessary in the generation of accounting data for management planning control.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s):  advanced standing in the Eller College of Management
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Theory and methodology involved in contemporary accounting for assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, net income and funds, analysis and interpretation of financial statements.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 210. Open to majors only. Credit allowed for this course or ACCT 500A, but not both
May be convened with:  ACCT 500A
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Theory and methodology involved in contemporary accounting for assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, net income and funds, analysis and interpretation of financial statements.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 400A with a grade of C or better. Open to majors only. Credit allowed for this course or ACCT 500A-500B but not for both
May be convened with:  ACCT 500B
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

A one-semester course addressing selected topics from the theory and methodology of contemporary accounting for assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, net income, cash flows, and analysis of financial statements from a user perspective. Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ACCT 400A or ACCT 400B.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 210. For non-majors only
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Accounting 400E is an intermediate accounting course for Business Administration majors. This course has two goals. First, students will gain more experience taking business transactions and aggregating them into financial statements. Second, students will learn what types of information about a firm's performance and its strategy can be inferred from reviewing its financial statements.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s): For non-majors only
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall

Principles of federal income taxation, with emphasis on how individuals are taxed; additional topics.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 210, advanced standing in the Eller College of Management. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ACCT 420, ACCT 520
May be convened with:  ACCT 520
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Emphasis is on information quality, in regards to assurance services and internal control systems. Strategic orientation intended for future managers, bankers, analysts, investors, consultants, and practicing CPAs.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 461
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring 

This course covers financial and managerial accounting topics relevant to the healthcare industry. Concepts covered include the financial and operational implications of changes in healthcare reimbursement; understanding and analyzing external financial statements for taxable and tax-exempt healthcare entities; usefulness of capital and operating budgets; practical applications of managerial accounting; and decision making tools for managers within healthcare enterprises.

Units: 3
Offered: Spring (when resources are available)

Structured analysis of financial statements; forecasting of income and cash flows; pro-forma financial statements; firm valuation using discounted cash flows and discounted residual income methods; comparative valuation analysis; credit analysis.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 461; advanced standing in the Eller College of Management. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ACCT 451, ACCT 554
May be convened with:  ACCT 554
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

The analysis, design and implementation of information systems with special emphasis on accounting applications.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 400B, advanced standing in the Eller College of Management. (May take ACCT 461 at the same time as ACCT 400B, but not prior to ACCT 400B.)
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

Accounting concepts and procedures for governmental and other not-for-profit entities, including financial analysis and reconciliation to for-profit accounting principles.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
Prerequisite(s):  ACCT 400A, ACCT 400B
May be convened with:  ACCT 572A
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall (when resources are available)

A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Units: 1 - 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring

An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

Special course fee required:  Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit
Units: 3
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring