Data Analytics for Accountancy

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Data Analytics Foundations for Accountancy I will enhance students’ understanding of the role of information technology and data analytics in the accounting environment. The focus includes the examination of “big data” involving accounting information and analytic techniques for decision-making. Emphasis on how data (financial, managerial, archival) serves as the basis for the functional areas of accounting and analytics. Students will study the analysis of accounting information and the application of data analytic tools (such as: Excel, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.). Students will learn accounting data concepts related to but not limited to, extraction, transformation, modeling, loading, analysis, communication, and visualizations. This course can be used to fulfill the educational requirements to sit for the CPA examination.