Accounting (ACCX)

Designed to introduce all business students to the field of accounting, the course covers the fundamental principles of accounting, highlighting balance sheet and income statement presentation. Primary emphasis on accounting as a source of financial information, with procedural details kept to a minimum.

Objective analysis and interpretation of accounting information. Use of accounting information as a basis for planning, control and managerial decisions.

Continues the analysis of a company's balance sheet with a study of inventories, fixed assets and liabilities. Text supplemented by current rulings of the AICPA.

This course examines the federal tax laws as related to individual income taxation. The textbook is supplemented by using the actual 1040 tax forms and the related supporting schedules. The course is open to all students.

This course serves as a capstone course in the Accounting program. Students complete the SCPS Portfolio they have been assembling throughout their program. The portfolio provides students with an opportunity to look at the past, present, and future. Students reflect on personal growth and development during their program of study. Students also demonstrate the ability to integrate theory and practice by proposing a solution to a current problem in an accounting setting via a research project. The portfolio concludes with a future directions essay wherein students identify goals for continued professional growth and lifelong learning.