ACCT 463 - Accounting Analytics

Description:
Explores how financial statement data and non-financial metrics can be linked to financial performance and business decisions, develop analytical and technical skills to understand and manipulate big data and discover data trends in accounting.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: a grade of C or higher in ACCT 350, and admission to accounting major and completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and (BUS 221 or MATH 211) and BUS 241 and ECON 201 and (MATH 153 or 154 or 170 or 172 or 173)) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Examine analytical, statistical, and visualization tools to enhance accounting/business decision-making
Evaluate trends in financial data
Interpret and synthesize data to make recommendations for accounting/business decision-making
Effectively communicate and present the results of research projects

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/22/21

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