Discussion of the development and use of accounting information for managerial control and decision making. Accounting methods for cost accumulation and allocation, standard costing, budgeting, inventory valuations, performance measurement, cost-volume profit relationships, special decisions, current developments in managerial accounting, and other topics will be discussed.

To increase decision-making effectiveness by learning more about quantitative methodology and by better understanding its contribution to the decision making process. Includes analysis and solution of realistic problems using microcomputer software.

A study of the theory and practice of corporate finance. Areas studied include organizing capital expenditure, planning dividend policy and capital structure strategies, making short-term financial decisions, mergers, pension plans, and the international aspect of corporate finance.

The purpose of the course is to develop the conceptual and practical skills needed for in-depth company analysis and honing of critical thinking skills useful in understanding financial reporting concepts and analyzing financial statements. The course combines a text that develops financial statement analysis concepts with a text covering cases (using well-known companies) specific to particular aspects of financial reporting and analysis.

Use of financial statement data to: analyze business strategy, assess accounting policies and estimates for analysis and valuation purposes, evaluate financial performance utilizing financial ratio and cash flow measures, and forecast a firm’s future to estimate its value. Resulting information is used in a variety of decision-making contexts.

Practical analysis of financial problems in case-oriented format. Financial models will be used to place data in analytical form to aid the analysis. Areas covered include allocating capital for real investment, financing a firm, knowing whether and how to hedge various risks, and allocating funds for financial investments.

*Director permission: typically taken in last year of program completion.

This course provides a framework for managers to understand, prevent, and detect fraud. Topics include fraud law; who commits fraud and why; fraud symptoms, prevention, and detection; common fraud schemes; fraudster profiles; auditor responsibilities and study of current and historical cases of real-life frauds.