This course helps students to see the connection between information systems and business performance. This course will also enable students to assess the opportunities and problems that managers in a wide range of organizations face as they attempt to use IT applications to add value to their business. Prerequisites: Restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

Covers advanced topics of special interest in accounting and auditing. May be taken for credit up to four times. Students may repeat course if topics vary significantly. Prerequisites: MGTP 432, restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

Addresses issues faced in government and not-for-profit accounting. Students will gain insight into how and why these issues may have been resolved either similarly or differently from the for-profit business sector. Focus will be placed on how revenue and expense recognition, asset and liability valuation, the scope of the reporting entity, reporting cash flows, etc., differ in comparison to for-profit business accounting. Prerequisites: Restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

This course examines current issues facing private and public sector accounting institutions and their regulators, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Prerequisites: MGT 432, restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

Applies economic and financial analysis techniques to forecast the firm’s future performance and estimate the firm’s intrinsic value. Emphasizes earnings management, profitability analysis, credit analysis, predicting financial distress, pro-forma business modeling, and industry analysis. Prerequisites: MGTP 434, restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

Examines corporate and tax strategies in an international context. Evaluates the effectiveness of global strategies, including the effects of tax treaties, cultures, political systems, foreign currency transactions, international licensing, reorganization of foreign corporations, and other current topics. Prerequisites: MGTP 434, restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

This course focuses on developing a quantitative understanding of modern statistical and machine learning tools in their relationship to accounting, reporting, and compliance questions. Students will be introduced to publicly available databases and methods to combine and utilize information from various sources. Students are not expected to have prior coding experience when starting the course and will be given an introduction to common languages during the course.

The course introduces students to conventional metrics to measure and decompose costs and presents a framework linking characteristics of the cost system to specific decisions ranging from short-term inventory to long-term investments.

Introduces special topics of taxation. Instructional methods can include lecture, case presentations, and group discussions. May be taken for credit up to two times. Prerequisites: Restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.

Advanced topics in accounting. Instructional methods include lecture, case discussions, and group assignments. May be taken for credit up to four times. Prerequisites: Restricted to MPAc students (major code RS91) or by department approval.