| Course ID: | ACCT 4050. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Financial Statement Analysis for Non-Accounting Majors |
Course
Description: | Designed for non-accounting majors, this course provides a user's perspective of financial statements. Financial analysis and critical thinking skills as applied to financial accounting data. |
| Oasis Title: | FIN STATMNT NON-ACC |
| Prerequisite: | ACCT 2102 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To familiarize students with the uses of financial statements and to provide a
critical perspective of issues arising from the environments in which financial
statements are created. At course end students should be able to read and use
financial statements. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Review of basic financial statements
2. Theory underlying financial statements
3. Strengths and weaknesses of financial statements
4. Financial statements and human behavior; fraud and manipulation
5. Financial analysis through financial ratios
6. Current issues relating to financial statements
7. Modeling financial statements with spreadsheets
8. Financial analysis and reporting; real-world cases
9. Intra-industry analysis of competing corporations
10. Present value and its application to investments
11. Personal financial statements and their use in life planning |