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COURSES

Accountancy (Acct)

1A-B Principles of Accounting (3-3)
Not open to freshmen. Introduction to accounting and to business administration; theory of modern accounts; debit and credit; classification of accounts; procedures of recording transactions; preparation of balance sheets, profit and loss statements.

120A-B. Intermediate Accounting (3-3)
Prerequisite: for 120A, Acct 1A-B or 4A-B; for 120B, 120A. Math 71 and 72 recommended. Preparation and analysis of balance sheet and income statements; partnership and corporation accounts; basic accounting theory; theory of current and fixed assets, investments, liabilities, funds, reserves.

128. Managerial Accounting (3)
Not open to students with credit in Acct 120A or 132; not open for credit toward major in accounting. Prerequisites: Acct 1A-1B or Acct 4A-4B. Uses of accounting data as an aid in business management; nature of accounting data, uses and limitations.

132. Cost Accounting (4)
Prerequisites: Acct 1A and 1B or 4A and 4B. Math 71 and 72 or recommended. Industrial cost accounting; general principles of job order, process and standard cost systems; special problems.

133. Advanced Cost Accounting (2)
Prerequisite: Acct 132. Advanced study of process and standard costs; overhead costs; budgeting; use of cost accounting data in economic analysis and managerial control; problems illustrating course material.

144A-B. Federal Tax Accounting (2-2)
Prerequisite: Acct 120A. Tax laws of the United States as they affect business and accounting procedures; preparation of personal, partnership, and corporate income tax returns; computation of capital stock, excess profits, estate, gift, and excise taxes.

155. Governmental Accounting (3)
Prerequisite: Acct 120A or 132. Accounting and financial reporting for municipal , county, state and federal governments and institutions; budgetary control; types of funds; interpretation of governmental reports.

162. Auditing (3)
Prerequisites: Acct 120A, 120B (120B may be taken concurrently). Verification of accounts of a business to determine financial condition, operating results, and financial integrity of those in charge; duties and responsibilities of the auditor, his function in the executive staff and relation to the accounting department; balance sheet audit.

165. Accounting Systems (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing and accounting major. Principles of system design and installation; correlation of accounting records and business activity.

167. C.P.A. Problems (3)
Prerequisites: Acctg. 120A-B, or 120A and senior standing. Professional training in advanced accounting theory and practice; type problems in partnerships, consignments, installment sales, insurance, receiverships, branches, parent and subsidiary accounting, estates and trusts. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours.)

190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedure -- Independent Study.

199. Supervised Work Experience (1)
Open only to accounting majors. Prerequisite: approval by division committee. Practical business experience in accounting. Regular class meetings and reports.

Graduate courses are listed under Business.

 

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