30000 Financial Accounting - Autumn 2007
- Course Description
This course is an introduction to financial statements and the financial reporting process from a user's perspective. Students learn fundamental accounting concepts and principles that are crucial to understanding how the economic transactions of a firm are tracked and reported in periodic financial statements. Students will develop skills required to read financial statements and use the information provided in them to analyze companies.
Classes consist of interactive lectures and numerous case discussions using financial statements of real companies. The cases are used to illustrate real world application of accounting concepts and the variety of methods companies use to present information. They help students experience "hands-on" how users (such as analysts or investment bankers) may read and use information provided in financial statements. Students are expected to complete assigned problems, readings, and cases in preparation for each class.
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The required textbook for the course is:
Stickney, Clyde P. and Roman L. Weil. Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses (12th Edition). Thomson Southwestern Publishers, 2006.
Stickney, Clyde P. and Roman L. Weil. Solutions Manual to Accompany Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses (12th Edition). Thomson Southwestern Publishers, 2006.
There is no Coursepack. All class handouts will be posted at the Chalk website.
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