Accounting
Electives for MBAs
Spring 2013
BUS 513
Managerial Accounting
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Not financial accounting.
Not undergraduate cost accounting.
How managers use info to make decisions.
Main Topics:
– Analytical Tools for making strategic and
operational decisions.
– Strategic Cost Management.
– Performance Measurement.
• Audience
– Mktg, Consulting, General Mgmt, Corp Finance.
• Practical Focus.
BUS 514
Financial Statement Analysis
• BUS514 is a rigorous extension of BUS 512,
focused on decision-making using financial
statement data.
• Focus on forecasting and financial statement
projection with many possible applications:
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Equity Valuation
Credit and Risk Analysis.
Mergers and Acquisitions.
Corporate Restructuring.
• Largely case-based.
• Culminating group project is an equity analyst’s
report on a Fortune 500 company.
BUS 519
Advanced Financial Reporting
• A deep dive into financial statements with a
focus on earnings quality:
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Become footnote literate.
Unravel earnings management.
Take apart a firm’s financial statements.
Cutting edge topics.
Completely case based.
• Work involved is intense but rewarding!
• Relation to 514?
Concluding Remarks
• Do you want to pursue accounting to a
deeper level?
• Financial Reporting II and Advanced
Financial Accounting are available and
cross-listed with BBAs.
• This and other cross-listed courses can
allow MBAs to dig deep into accounting.
– Contact Mary Sevier
Plan Ahead
• Most electives are offered only once
per year.
• Be looking next fall for:
– Information and Global Capital Markets.
– Federal Income Taxation.