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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.
Basics of Personal Finance is an elective personal finance class geared to those students who are not Financial Planning or Accounting and Strategic Finance majors and have little to no existing financial literacy. This course introduces the student to the basics of adult day-to-day financial issues with an emphasis on those that most adults should master and comprehend, such as savings, credit, and investments, in order to function and thrive in their future financial lives.
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.