This class provides an in-depth analysis of one of the most popular pass-through entity, the partnership. The life-cycle of the partnership from the creation to the sale or dissolution of the partnership will be studied. In addition, partnership allocations of profit and losses, basis issues, partner distributions, deduction of losses and several other items will be studied in this class.

Students will learn from experienced forensic accounting practitioners and real-life case studies to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of forensic accounting, including its applications in fraud investigation, fraud prevention, corporate and regulatory compliance, litigation support and expert witness testimony. Topics will include leading practices in executing forensic assignments, relevant accounting professional standards, the regulations and legal requirements affecting engagements, the type of scrutiny encountered in courtrooms, boardrooms or other administrative venues, and the linkages between forensic accounting and auditing, internal control and corporate governance.

This course introduces students to important ethical issues in the context of business activities. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between business organizations and society at large, and gain an awareness of the social and economic environments in which ethical issues arise. Students will be introduced to ethical frameworks and theories to help them develop the reasoning and analytical skills essential to addressing these important and sometimes difficult issues. The course will focus on the importance of ethics in decision-making to the long-term success of the business enterprise.

This course helps you develop a basic understanding of auditing theory and practice by introducing you to the objectives of auditing and the decision-making process used by auditors to accomplish those objectives. The basic financial statement audit process is discussed including the concepts of evidence, materiality, and risk.

Federal income tax law; emphasis on individual and business topics. Topics include determination of income, exemptions, deductions, credits and the taxation of business entities. Problems and tax cases involving the use of tax forms.

This is an introductory course in analytics tailored for accounting professionals. Through hands-on work, students learn to ask the right business questions, extract and transform relevant data from an enterprise system, evaluate the integrity of the data, detect patterns and anomalies, apply data analytic techniques, and interpret and present results in order to make data-driven decisions.

This course assumes you have completed SCH-MGMT 604A. It includes coverage of the following topics: usage of property-plant and equipment and intangibles, investments, liabilities, equity, accounting changes, and the statement of cash flows.

The role of accounting and governance of the accounting profession; accrual accounting and the accounting cycle; financial statement presentation, revenue recognition; comprehensive income, asset recognition and measurement, and, associated disclosure requirements.

The course prepares students to consider the application of AI in business. Students will learn to use standard machine learning (ML) models in Python, and understand how to apply them across a range of business functions. Students will propose and implement a ML project.

The course prepares students to consider the application of AI in business. Students will learn to use standard machine learning (ML) models in Python, and understand how to apply them across a range of business functions. Students will propose and implement a ML project.