Description
ACCT 502 FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING. This course provides a foundation for organizational leaders to engage with accounting as the language of business in order to understand the financial consequences of business activities. This course will provide students with considerable financial statement, financial analysis, and financial management expertise to enhance their decision-making capabilities as a manager within an organization. Consisting of two complimentary components, financial accounting and managerial accounting, the course will provide perspectives for both external and internal decision making. This course will be taught from the perspective of the user of the accounting information, as opposed to the preparer of the information. Financial accounting topics include basic accounting concepts and principles, the structure of the financial statements and an overview of external financial reporting. Managerial accounting topics emphasize the development and use of accou