Financial Accounting Honors

Catalog description

This course presents the basic theory and structure of financial accounting as an information system focusing on the corporate form of ownership. The course covers all aspects of the accounting cycle: generating financial statements, cash flow, and the adjusting and closing process. It also covers topics related to financial activity, including asset management; liabilities; debt and equity valuation; internal controls; accounting for capital acquisition through debt or equity financing; and industry standards of ethics and principles in all aspects of financial accounting. Honors course students will research and prepare papers, give oral business presentations and/or prepare a project utilizing data analytics . Credit may be earned in either 1A or 1AH, but not both.C-ID ACCT 110.