ACCOUNTING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ACC 564 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGEMENT. A study of managerial accounting concepts, analyses, and applications. The course is designed for non-Accounting majors. Prerequisites: ACC 231 and ACC 232.
ACC 569 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS. Study and examination of managerial accounting applications that address contemporary managerial issues and problems. Topics include activity based costing, target costing, quality costs, environmental costing, capacity costing, theory of constraints, costing for lean production, and other areas. Cases and exercises are used to emphasize the development and use of management accounting information for decision making and the role of the management accountant as part of the management decision making team. Prerequisites: ACC 435.
ACC 575 READINGS IN ACCOUNTING. Directed study in special topics in accounting. Prerequisite: Approval of Department Chair and Graduate Coordinator.
ACC 580 SEMINAR IN ACCOUNTING. Financial accounting theory; current pronouncements on theory; and application of principles to practical problems are studied. Emphasis is given to contemporary accounting literature related to current financial reporting problems. Prerequisite: ACC 366.
ACC 581 ADVANCED AUDITING THEORY AND PRACTICE. Study of the theoretical and application issues of contemporary auditing. Topics include auditing in the computerized environment, internal control, control risk, legal liability of auditors, audit failure, audit risk, auditor responsibility for detection of fraud, and the evolving nature of the auditing profession. Case studies and exercises are used to address these and other topics of importance in contemporary auditing. Prerequisite: ACC 481.