6000

BACC 6310 Accounting for Non-Profits

This course addresses accounting issues related to the non-profit/mission-driven organization. Topics include fund accounting, budget, and control issues, revenue and expense recognition, and issues of reporting for non-profit entities. Additional topics include cash flow analysis, expenditure control, and long-range financial planning for non-profit/mission-driven organizations.

3

BACC 6312 Financial Statement Analysis

Reveals the keys to effective analysis of financial statements and provides the student with the tools needed to make relevant decisions. The student will learn how investors, creditors, consultants, managers, auditors, directors, regulators, etc. use financial statements to make business decisions. Focus of the course is to demonstrate the relevance of such analysis with applications to real world companies.
3

BACC 6313 Advanced Auditing Issues & Techniques

Topics include audit theory and legal ramifications; statistical auditing and sampling techniques, analysis of financial data, transactions, and statements; and preparation of auditing opinions based upon work papers.

3

BACC 6320 Not-for-Profit Accounting

This course addresses accounting issues related to non-profit organizations. Topics include fund accounting, budget, and control issues, revenue and expense recognition, and issues of reporting for non-profit entities. Additional topics include cash flow analysis, expenditure control, long range financial planning, audits, grant and contract management, and compliance with nonprofit accounting and financial management principles in reference to maintaining public access and ethical standards.

3

BACC 6321 Accounting for Managers

A study of the financial framework for business, including financial statement analysis and selected managerial topics such as costing, budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, variance analysis, and relevant cost for decision making.


3

BACC 6324 Advanced Cost Accounting

A review of manufacturing cost with expanded emphasis on forecasting, balanced scorecards, transfer costing, scrap and reworking, and advanced variance analysis. Extensive use of previous CMA and CGMA exam problems prepare students for future exam content.
3

BACC 6325 Advanced Taxation

Federal Estate and Gift Taxation and in-depth study of tax research methodology resulting in effective communication of case-based tax law conclusions.
3

BACC 6331 Contemporary Accounting Issues

An in-depth study of changes and potential changes in financial and managerial accounting, auditing, and tax. Students will be required to identify current issues, research the issues, and report their findings.
3

BACC 6335 Accounting Communications

An in-depth study of effective business writing principles focused on organizations, clarity, and conciseness. Emphasis is placed on ability to exchange technical information and ideas with co-workers, other professionals, and clients to recognize and understand the implications of critical business issues. Students will produce audit reports, cross reference documents, statements of financial condition, and other common documents produced in the practice of public accounting.
3

BACC 6343 Fraud Examination

This course will cover reasons for fraud, types of fraud, warning signs, fraud detection technological tools, investigative techniques and financial statement screening.

3

BACC 6350 Ethics for Accountants

Emphasis of the course includes ethical issues that relate to accounting. Areas of discussion include ethical reasoning, integrity, objectivity, independence and other core values.
3

BACC 6352 Accounting Research

Review and elaboration of intermediate accounting principles developed through a series of advanced accounting problems and case studies requiring research; topics to include historical and current developments, research methodology, and research sources relevant to the field.

3

BACC 6391 Special Topics

Organized classes to explore specialized problems in an area of business administration. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May be offered for 1, 2, or 3 semester hours of credit ("V").

3