The course: 
(1) broadens and deepens a student's ability to research 
accounting and auditing related topics,
(2) provides students with an understanding of accounting and 
financial reporting of publicly held companies and how the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and its requirements affect 
accounting, auditing and financial reporting for those 
companies, and
(3) provides students with an understanding of services other 
than the standard audit of corporation financial statements for 
the purpose of expanding the students' knowledge of marketplace 
needs in accounting services.

1. Overview of Accounting Research
2. FASB Codification
3. Research Process/Documentation
4. Non-Authoritative Sources
5. Audit and Professional Services Research
6. Codification Scope Issues
7. Codification Recognition Research Issues