T. L. Benford, J.J.Benjamin(Head), L.L.Bravenec,
R. A. Daily**, J.C.Flagg, G.A.Giroux, S.D.Grossman, S. A. Holmes,
D.S.Kerr, M.R.Kinney, S.H.Kratchman, D.R.Lassila, M.L.Loudder,
M. L. McAnally, A. S. McGowan, U.S.Murthy, C.J.Nixon, L. L. Rees*,
W.T.Shearon,Jr., K. Sivaramakrishnan, L.M.Smith, C.D.Stolle,
J. R. Strawser, R.H.Strawser, E.P.Swanson, M. S. Wilkins, C.J.Wolfe
The Department of Accounting offers
graduate studies leading to the MS and PhD degrees, and course
work supporting the Mays Business School's MBA degree. The MS
degree provides the necessary course work for students who wish
to enter public accounting, private industry or government service.
The department also offers an integrated Professional Program
that students enter in the junior year of the BBA program. Graduates
receive a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and an MS
degree. The PhD program is designed to prepare students for careers
in teaching and research. Additional information, including specific
departmental requirements, may be obtained by contacting the
master's student advisor or the doctoral student advisor in the
Department of Accounting.
(ACCT)
607. Seminar in Auditing.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Current issues and research
in auditing, attestation and financial disclosures. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT
407 or equivalent.
610. Financial Accounting.
Credit 1 to 3.
Develops a conceptual framework
for understanding and using corporate financial statements.
Oriented towards the user of financial accounting data (rather
than the preparer) and emphasizes the reconstruction of economic
events from published financial data. May be repeated for
up to 3 hours credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll
in this course. Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to BUAD
classification 7 graduate students.
611. Management of Taxation.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Various income taxes on taxable
entities. For business and other majors. Classification 6
students may not enroll in this course.
612. Partnership and Real
Estate Taxation. (3-0). Credit 3.
Concepts and principles of partnerships
and real estate taxation; the use of partnerships and real
estate for tax planning. Classification 6 students may not
enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT 405.
613. Estate Planning. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Taxation of decedent's estates
and lifetime gifts; valuation of property subject to estate
and gift taxes; concepts and principles of estate and trust
taxation; estate planning. Classification 6 students may
not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT 405.
620. Management Accounting
and Control. Credit 1 to 3.
Applications of concepts useful
to management, in the analysis of accounting data for the
purposes of costing and income determination, decision making
and control of various organizational activities. May be
repeated for up to 3 hours credit. Classification 6 students
may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT 610 or
equivalent. Enrollment is limited to BUAD classification
7 graduate students.
621. Corporate Taxation
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Formation and capital structures,
partial liquidations, S corporations, accumulated earnings
tax, personal holding companies and other topics. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT
405 or equivalent.
628. Business Application
Modeling. (3-0). Credit 3.
This course will focus on modeling
application software that is commonly used in accounting
and business; the primary emphasis will be Visual Basic for
Applications in Microsoft Excel and Access; application exercises
will deal with financial problem solving. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT
427 or equivalent.
631. Corporate Taxation
II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Taxation of corporations in
business combinations and consolidations, divisions, recapitalizations
and other special areas. Classification 6 students may not
enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT 621.
635. Certified Public Accountant--Problems.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Current and emerging professional
accounting isues facing audit, tax and system professionals
in public accounting; emphasis on recent pronouncements of
the FASB and on the FARE and ARE portions of the Uniform
CPA Exam. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this
course. Prerequisite: ACCT 642 or approval of instructor.
640. Accounting Concepts
and Procedures I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Accounting concepts and relationships
essential to administrative decisions; use of accounting
statements and reports as policymaking and policy execution
tools. Classification 6 students and non-business graduate
students may enroll in this course. Prerequisite: Graduate
classification.
641. Accounting Concepts
and Procedures II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Financial accounting; conceptual
aspects obtained through the problem approach. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisites:
Graduate classification; ACCT 610 or 640.
642. Accounting Concepts
and Procedures III. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced financial accounting
topics. Theoretical and problematical treatment of accounting
in the corporate structure, debt and equity funding, and
preparation and analysis of financial statements under conditions
of changing economic environment. Classification 6 students
may not enroll in this course. Prerequisites: Graduate classification;
ACCT 641 or equivalent.
644. Control and Audit of
Information Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.
This
course focuses on the control, audit, and security of information
systems; it is aimed at enhancing the ability of accounting
professionals to deal with complex computer-based accounting
systems as auditors of these systems; it covers topics
such as general and application controls, audit software,
and e-commerce security. Prerequisite: ACCT 427; graduate
classification.
646. International Accounting.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction and examination
of accounting issues unique to multinational enterprises
and international business activity. Classification 6 students
may not enroll in this course. Prerequisites: ACCT 328; FINC
341. Cross-listed with IBUS 646.
647. Financial Statement
Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3.
Analytical
approach to financial statements; application of finance
and accounting principles relevant to the analysis of financial
statements. Classification 6 students may not enroll in
this course. Prerequisites: ACCT 610 or 640; FINC 612 or
635. Cross-listed with FINC 647.
648. Accounting Information
Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.
Design, implementation, operation,
control and audit techniques of accounting information systems.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: ACCT 427 or equivalent.
651. Development of Accounting
Thought. (3-0). Credit 3.
Criteria for choices among income-determination
and asset-valuation rules in context of public reporting.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: ACCT 642 or approval of instructor.
660. Accounting Information
and Financial Markets. (3-0). Credit3.
Financial accounting research
with emphasis on financial markets; investigates major areas
of financial accounting research, related statistical techniques
and the progress of research in a historical perspective.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: ACCT 665 or approval of instructor.
661. Interdisciplinary Interface
of Accounting Thought. (3-0). Credit 3.
Implications for accountants
of new developments in other disciplines and of changes in
the technology and financing of particular industries. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT665.
665. Research Methodology
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Nature and evaluation of accounting
research; includes preparation and evaluation of original
research papers. Classification 6 students may not enroll
in this course. Prerequisite: Doctoral classification.
671. Contemporary Accounting
Topics. (3-0). Credit 3.
Current
issues and research in topical areas: financial data audit
and control; international accounting; accounting for natural
resources; tax planning, theory and structure of taxation.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
672. Accounting Field Project.
(3-0). Credit 3.
This course focuses strategic
decision making and cost analysis in business firm operations.
Prerequisite: graduate classification.
679. Managerial Accounting
Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3.
Primary aspects of managerial
accounting needs; planning, internal control, cash and inventory
management, data systems and analysis, and mergers and acquisitions.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: ACCT 620 or equivalent.
680. Tax Research and Policy.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Methodology and sources of tax
research; tax analysis research, policy implications, behavioral
aspects and use of quantitative analysis. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT
405 or 611.
684. Professional Internship.
Credit 1 to 6 each semester.
A directed internship in an
organization to provide students with on-the-job training
with professionals in organizational settings appropriate
to the student's professional objectives. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisites:
Approval of committee chair and department head.
685. Directed Studies. Credit
1 to 4 each semester.
Directed individual study of
selected problems using recent developments in business research
methods. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this
course. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval
of instructor.
688. Doctoral Seminar. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Historical development of the
conceptual framework of accounting theory and practices;
analysis of current research and controversial issues in
the field. For doctoral students only. May be repeated for
credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this
course. Prerequisite or corequisite: ACCT665.
689. Special Topics in...
Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified
area of accounting. May be repeated for credit. Classification
6 students may not enroll in this course.
690. Theory of Research
in Accounting. (3-0). Credit 3.
The design of research in the
various subfields of accounting and the evaluation of research
results using examples from the current research literature.
May be repeated for credit. Classification 6 students may
not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: ACCT665.
691. Research. Credit 1
or more each semester.
Research for thesis or dissertation.
Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.