ACCT 000/3007 - Accounting Analytics (3 cr.)

ACCT 2001 , ACCT 2002 , MACT 2222 

Description
Data analytics is an analytical process by which data, information technology and statistical analysis are used to help managers gain improved insight about their operations and make better data driven decisions. Given the dramatic effect that data analytics is having on financial reporting, managerial accounting, auditing and taxation, accounting professionals are expected to know how data is created, collected, cleaned and analyzed. This course is designed to help students gain sufficient understanding of the analytical mindset. Additionally, this course offers both theoretical and hands-on learning experience on data collection, exploration, preparation and analysis as pre-requisites to formulate and solve business problems in general and accounting problems in particular.

This course offers the students the necessary background and hands-on experience to work with datasets that showcase how analytics could be applied to different areas of accounting that have been covered in other accounting courses like financial accounting, managerial accounting, fraud detection, auditing and taxation.

When Offered
Offered in Fall and Spring.