ACC 610 - Accounting Information for Decision, Analysis

Credits: 3
Focus on the relationship between accounting information and management planning, decision making, and control. The course begins with review of basic corporate disclosure where emphasis is placed on the evaluation of outcomes reported in financial statements from the perspectives of management, shareholders, auditors, and others. Focus is also on analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of internal cost accumulation systems for costing products or services as well as basic cost management concepts to plan, control, and evaluate operations including the examination of a variety of manufacturing and service industries are covered. The goal is to prepare students with limited background in accounting for a middle or senior management role.