Description: This course is designed to help students appreciate the role of accountants in providing information helpful to decisions of investors, creditors, government regulators, and others, and how that information can be used. Emphasis is on understanding the meaning and value of the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows. The role of the auditor, internal controls, and ethical issues are examined. The annual report is used to explore how corporations apply accounting principles in presentations to the public. Prerequisites: minimum of 12 earned credit hours and evidence of successfully meeting the University¿s college readiness requirements in writing and mathematics. Cr 3.

Description: This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn basic concepts and accounting systems involved in the use of managerial accounting information in making planning and control decisions in organizations. Basic concepts include different types of costs (e.g., direct, indirect, fixed, variable, and relevant costs). Basic accounting systems include systems for cost allocation (e.g., job-order costing, activity-based costing), planning (e.g., cost-volume-profit analysis, master budget), and control (e.g., flexible budgets, variance analysis, responsibility accounting, performance measurement). Prerequisites: ACC 110 (C- or higher) and sophomore standing. Cr 3.

Description: An internship course in accounting. Prerequisites: sophomore standing, School of Business major, 2.5 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor. Enrollment is normally limited to accounting majors who have not completed degree requirements. Majors are limited to a maximum of nine internship credits toward the degree; this course counts for general elective credit only. Variable credit, 1-3 credits, 47 internship hours/credit hour. Repeatable up to a total of 3 credits. Pass/Fail.

Description: The first internship course in accounting is described in the general School of Business catalog text. Prerequisites: junior standing, 2.5 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor. Enrollment is normally limited to accounting majors or minors who have not completed degree requirements. Pass/fail. Cr 3.

Description: This is the second internship course in accounting. Prerequisites: 2.5 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor. May petition Department to take concurrently with ACC 395. Enrollment is normally limited to accounting majors who have not completed degree requirements. Credits from this course count as general electives only. Pass/fail. Cr 3.

Description: This course examines the subject of fraud from both management and accounting perspectives. Utilizing a variety of techniques including text, lecture, case studies, guest speakers, and occasional videos, the course seeks to familiarize students with the conditions that facilitate fraud; the profile of the fraud perpetrator; common types of fraud; and methods of prevention, detection, and resolution. Numerous historical cases of fraud are examined. Students are brought to appreciate the prevalence of fraud in current society as well as the almost innumerable ways in which it can be committed. Students entering the business world are provided a perspective for understanding. Prerequisites: ACC 110 (C- or higher) and junior standing. Limited offerings. Cr 3.

Description: This on-campus teaching practicum examines the relationship between art education theory and practice. All AED students (both the k-12 certification and community arts program) are required to successfully complete a minimum of two semesters of Art Lab prior to their capstone. This course is available each semester and summers. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: EYE, HRD 200, Cr 1-3.