This course introduces data preparation and analysis, enabling the student to: (a) begin the understanding of data analytics and (b) develop data analytics skills useful in the field of accounting. A variety of current software programs are introduced.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of how data analytics impacts the accounting profession including basic knowledge of various current software programs.

This course focuses on financial accounting for business combinations and the preparation of consolidated financial statements. The course also covers financial accounting for partnerships, international transactions and hedging fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain a deeper understanding of accounting issues and processes for multiple entities.

This course examines financial statement analysis with special emphasis on understanding, organizing, and summarizing financial data for decision making purposes related to valuation.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Benefits/Application to Career
  Students gain a deeper understanding of financial and accounting analysis and equity valuation.

This course examines tax implications of conducting a business operation as a trust, partnership, or as a Subchapter S corporation. Tax planning considerations are emphasized.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of tax planning issues for partnerships, LLCs, and their owners.

This course covers the basics of Federal Tax research and introduces students to Thomson Reuter’s Checkpoint online tax service.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students learn the fundamentals of tax research and how to communicate research results in tax memos and client letters. Also, students gain technological skills in using an online tax service.

This course evaluates and reviews current topics in accounting including SEC financial reporting requirements.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students learn from subject-matter experts about current issues confronting CPA firms and public companies.

This course examines the taxation of related party transactions and how it impacts multinational companies.  Topics include transactions involving the exchange of tangible or intangible goods, services, leased goods, loans between related legal entities in different tax jurisdictions.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding in Transfer Pricing.

This course examines internal auditing methods and operational audits and provides a review of the CIA examination.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of internal auditing theories and applications from subject-matter experts, and are introduced to topics tested in the CIA examination.

This course covers advanced topics in corporate financial reporting and auditing. Topics discussed include financial statement assertions/risks, internal controls, financial reporting, research techniques, emerging issues, and resources and application of rules and regulations including the SEC and PCAOB. This course also includes "Data Analytics" skill development and knowledge acquisition through the use of IDEA data analytics software and Tableau "Dashboard" presentation software.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain a deeper understanding of financial reporting and auditing; and develop skills for formulating and communicating solutions. Students also gain experience with IDEA data retrieval and Tableau software packages which will be loaded onto the students' laptops.

This course examines the principles guiding nexus, geographic allocation of income, and the avoidance of double taxation, with an emphasis on understanding the U.S. tax rules that apply to income involving the U.S. and another country. Comparisons with multi-state tax rules and the tax implications of business conducted electronically are also addressed.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of tax issues when conducting business outside a single jurisdiction.

This course follows the lifecycle of a corporation and examines the federal tax issues encountered at each stage. The course also provides an introduction to flow-through entities. Emphasis is placed on understanding how taxes relate to business decisions and planning.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of tax consequences effecting C and S corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts.  Students also gain experience in using tax return preparation software and are introduced to topics tested on the regulation section of the CPA exam.

This course examines the unique environment, concepts, and procedures of accounting, financial reporting, auditing, and budgeting of governmental and not-for-profit organizations.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an in-depth understanding about accounting and reporting of governmental and not-for-profit organizations.

This course covers the current issues in state, federal, and international taxation that are not covered in other tax course offerings.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students learn from subject-matter experts about current tax issues confronting CPA firms and public companies.

This course covers advanced topics in the federal income taxation of corporations including mergers and acquisitions, consolidated tax returns, and multinational tax planning.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain a deeper understanding of how taxes relate to business transactions and decisions.

This course covers a range of internal audit topics and risk issues that are encountered in a business setting. Topics include ERM, Corporate Governance, Internal and External Auditing roles and responsibilities, and technology.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students develop financial risk assessment skills and learn how to communicate their analysis in an ERA report. Students also gain an understanding of the current GRC events and corporate governance models. 

This course covers how and why occupational fraud is committed, how fraudulent conduct can be deterred, how allegations of fraud should be investigated and resolved and why it is important to understand the “red flags” of fraud.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding on the techniques to discover and prevent fraud.

This course covers the fundamentals of information security and techniques for securing hardware, software, and data. Topics include the elements of information security, common threats and countermeasures, and management, operational, and technical controls.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students gain an understanding of information security programs and methods, tools, and techniques to address security threats.

This course covers professional communication for accountants.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students develop communication skills and learn how to communicate accounting information effectively to stakeholders.

This course examines ethics from a professional’s perspective with a focus on origins of ethics and basis for various ethical perspectives, modern day ethical decision making and behavior, and the laws that govern the accounting professional.

• Benefits/Application to Career

  Students learn the ethical principles governing the accounting profession.