课程介绍

This course will provide introduction to the concepts of financial and managerial accounting. It will provide coverage of key concepts needed by managers of businesses in order to communicate information important in decision-making. The course will also cover basics of corporate finance, including return and risk analyses, and NPV. The targeted students should be those who have no prior knowledge of accounting and finance but are interested in learning it.

课程大纲

学习目标

The course is designed to help students develop the skills to combine an understanding of accounting theory with business knowledge in order to use accounting successfully to represent the underlying economics of the firm. In addition, the course will help students to make managerial decisions based on internal financial information. Finally, this course will help students to obtain basic finance knowledge. Overall, the primary goal of the course will be to develop these analytical skills in the field of accounting and finance.

学习要求

None

考核标准

Assignments    Points    % of Grade
Class Participation        40    40.0%
Case Study
Final Exam    30
30    30.0%
30.0%
        
Total                                                                                     100        100.0%

        
Total                                                                                     100        100.0%

教材教参

Required book:
1) Principals of Accounting 12th Edition, by Needles, Powers, & Crosson. CENGAGE Learning, OH, USA. ISBN-13: 9781133626985 ISBN-10: 113362698X
2) Principals of Finance 6th Edition, by Besley & Brigham. CENGAGE Learning, OH, USA. ISBN-13: 9781285429649 ISBN-10: 1285429648
Reference book:
3) Intermediate Accounting 19th Edition, by Stice & Stice. CENGAGE Learning, OH, USA. ISBN-13: 9781285885171 ISBN-10: 1285885171
4) Corporate Finance: A Focused Approach 6th Edition, by Ehrhardt & Brigham. CENGAGE Learning, OH, USA. ISBN-13: 9781305630108 ISBN-10: 1305630100