TEACHING

Depending on the semester, I currently teach the following undergraduate and MBA courses. Click on each course and browse through my syllabus. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Syllabus Downloads on Contact Page

Undergraduates:

Advanced Accounting (ACC401)

• Prerequisite: 52:010:305/306

• Emphasis on the purchase and pooling methods of accounting for mergers and acquisitions, the cost and equity methods of accounting for an investment subsequent to its acquisition, and consolidations that result from inter-corporate stock exchanges. Accounting for foreign operations and for state and municipal government entities and interpretation of financial statements

MBA Courses:

Financial Statement Analysis (565)

• Prerequisite: 53:010:502

• Analysis, understanding, and interpretation of financial statements; simple skills and methods for making common sense of the elaborate financial statements and financial reports prepared according to existing accounting standards and conventions. Skills relevant to credit analyses, lending decisions, security analyses, investment decisions, and other decisions that rely on financial data.

Problems in Financial Reporting (525)

• Prerequisite: 53:010:503

• Intensive examination of financial statements from the point of view of the user. Focus on accounting institutions, standards, and methodology, and the interpretation of accounting data, revenue and expense recognition, and reporting. Issues in debt and equity financing.

Accounting Theory and Policy (564)

• Prerequisite: 53:010:502

• Contemporary theories explaining accounting and auditing phenomena. Alternative hypotheses and views to explain existing and emerging issues and observations in areas relating to the markets for accounting and auditing services. Accounting regulations, rule setting, and the accounting profession.