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Principles of Financial Accounting explores the principles of recording, analyzing, and communicating information about the economic activities of organizations. Preparation of financial statements (i.e., income statement, retained earnings and stockholders' equity, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows) and interpretation of data for decision-making is explored.
This course introduces the principles of managerial accounting and the development of data for use in planning, control, and decision making. Managerial accounting topics include product costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, variance analysis, capital budgeting, and decision analysis tools.
This is a valuable course for anyone expecting to work in a nonprofit organization or serve on a charitable organization's board of directors. The course presents the role and scope of philanthropy in the United States beginning with our western cultural heritage through today's sophisticated marketing-driven technology-based appeals. The structure of fundraising programs is presented as the organizing feature of successful fundraising activities across a range of techniques and approaches from annual fund campaigns to capital campaigns to planned giving programs.
Special Topics courses include ad-hoc courses on various selected topics that are not part of the regular curriculum, however they may still fulfill certain curricular requirements. Special topics courses are offered at the discretion of each department and will be published as part of the semester course schedule - view available sections for more information. Questions about special topics classes can be directed to the instructor or department chair.