Accounting Electives for MBAs Spring 2013

BUS 513 Managerial Accounting Not financial accounting. Not undergraduate cost accounting. How managers use info to make decisions. Main Topics: –Analytical Tools for making strategic and operational decisions. –Strategic Cost Management. –Performance Measurement. Audience –Mktg, Consulting, General Mgmt, Corp Finance. Practical Focus.

BUS 514 Financial Statement Analysis BUS514 is a rigorous extension of BUS 512, focused on decision-making using financial statement data. Focus on forecasting and financial statement projection with many possible applications: –Equity Valuation –Credit and Risk Analysis. –Mergers and Acquisitions. –Corporate Restructuring. Largely case-based. Culminating group project is an equity analyst’s report on a Fortune 500 company.

BUS 519 Advanced Financial Reporting A deep dive into financial statements with a focus on earnings quality: –Become footnote literate. –Unravel earnings management. –Take apart a firm’s financial statements. –Cutting edge topics. –Completely case based. Work involved is intense but rewarding! Relation to 514?

Concluding Remarks Do you want to pursue accounting to a deeper level? Financial Reporting II and Advanced Financial Accounting are available and cross-listed with BBAs. This and other cross-listed courses can allow MBAs to dig deep into accounting. –Contact Mary Sevier

Plan Ahead Most electives are offered only once per year. Be looking next fall for: –Information and Global Capital Markets. –Federal Income Taxation.