Data Analytics for Accounting

Catalog description

Provides the student with an understanding of accounting data analytics, including learning how to conduct analysis using Excel and Tableau and exposing them to software tools that they will continue to use throughout their careers. The course will focus on building critical thinking skills, from learning what questions to ask through interpreting and presenting the results. Topics covered include learning the accounting data types and how they are used, preparing data for analysis, and performing descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics