Basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting geared to corporate managers and other users of accounting data. Financial accounting topics include: income determination, asset valuation, liabilities, shareholders' equity, financial statement analysis, and cash flow analysis. Managerial accounting topics include fundamentals of cost accumulation and control, standard costing, incremental analysis, and budgeting.

This course presents the concepts of financial and managerial accounting with a "user" (investor or manager) orientation. The course has three parts. The first part provides the accounting cycle and the reporting process, with an emphasis on the valuation bases and structure of the financial statements. The second part focuses on the interpretation and analyses of the financial statements, including analyses of cash flows and cross-sectional and time-series trends in financial ratios. The role of managerial accounting choices in determining the nature of financial reporting and quality of earnings is also examined. The third part examines the role of accounting information for managerial planning and control. Costing for inventory and pricing, cost-volume-profit analyses, and budgeting issues are covered.

Students who have taken intermediate accounting at the undergraduate level should not enroll in this course. Intensive study of financial accounting theory and generally accepted accounting principles. Areas emphasized are income measurement, valuation of tangible and intangible assets, and accounting for liabilities and shareholders` equity. Proper financial statement presentation and disclosure covered in detail.

Topics include: income tax allocation, pensions, leases, statement of changes in financial position, inflation accounting, foreign currency translation. Approximately one-half of course devoted to business combinations.

Topics include: income tax allocation, pensions, leases, statement of changes in financial position, inflation accounting, foreign currency translation. Approximately one-half of course devoted to business combinations.

Analysis of business enterprise through financial statements, concepts, and analysis of related data. Emphasis on the user's point of view. Structured to maximize student's ability to use and analyze financial statements.

Intensive study of the accounting information needs of internal management. Both cost accumulation and cost control are examined.

Professional standards and ethics, internal control, gathering and documentation of audit evidence, a detailed analysis of auditing procedures applied to major balance sheet and income statement accounts, and the preparation of the auditor's report. Statistical sampling and EDP concepts as they relate to auditing.

A study of accounting information systems from a managerial accounting perspective. Topics covered will include: database and systems development, new trends in information technology and the impact of information systems on organizations.

In-depth study of the concepts, objectives, and techniques of financial reporting in health care institutions.

Concepts and structure of third-party payment environments are examined for their implications on healthcare institutions. Cost finding and analysis techniques for management application are emphasized. Relationships between rate setting and payment are also studied.

Concepts and structure of third-party payment environments are examined for their implications on healthcare institutions. Cost finding and analysis techniques for management application are emphasized. Relationships between rate setting and payment are also studied.

A critical analysis of federal law and regulations which have a profound effect on the operation and solvency of all major health care delivery systems. The crucial role of accounting and its unique impact on operating income in this setting is emphasized. Practical case studies and actual examples are used to highlight key issues.

This course integrates material from the previous courses in the MBA/MS program and is only available to MBA/MS students. In this course, we will work extensively with Microsoft Great Plains eEnterprise and other accounting information system software to understand how information technology can provide a secure environment for electronic business transactions and provide timely information for managers of businesses and

their customers and suppliers.

Methods of tax research (including computer based searches) and the communication of results for the determination of tax planning strategies are studied. The case method is used throughout the course. Oral and written communication are required. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Comprehensive analysis of taxation of gains and losses from the distribution of property. Topics covered: requirement of realization, computation of gain or loss, nonrecognition of gain or loss on certain dispositions, transfers by gift or at death, capital gains and losses, and determination of basis. Enrollment is limited the students enrolled in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Analysis of the tax factors associated with organization ofthe corporation, payment of dividends and other non-liquidating distributions, redemption of corporatestock, and liquidation and reorganization of corporations. Enrollment is limited the students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Additional advanced topics, including: the personal holding company, brother-sister corporations, penalties for improper accumulation of surplus and consolidated tax returns. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Intensive study of partnership tax matters: use of limited partnership for tax shelter purposes and subchapter S corporations, including formation, allocations, distributions, and terminations. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Tax program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Analysis of various employee compensation plans, with special emphasis on qualified retirement plans. Also, self-employment retirement plans and individual retirement accounts. Selection, qualification, operation, administration and termination of the plan. Enrollment is limited to the students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation director.

Tax consequences of inter vivos and testamentary transfers of property, gift taxes, and gift-splitting, and numerous estate planning considerations. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. in Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Federal tax procedure at the administrative level, including an overview of tax litigation. Topics covered include: examination of returns, summons power, assessment of deficiencies, administrative settlement of tax disputes, interest and civil penalties, and criminal prosecutions. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Tax consequences of international operations of U.S. corporations examined, as is taxation of expatriates, DISCs, Western hemisphere trade operations and licensing arrangements. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

State and local income and franchise taxes, their legal bases and restrictions, and their economic impact. Special attention to appropriate provisions of tax codes of Pennsylvania and city of Philadelphia. Enrollment is limited to students in the M.S. Taxation program or by permission of the Taxation program director.

Study of federal taxation of consolidated income and the tax regulations which apply to affiliated groups. Topics include: intercompany transactions, inventory adjustments, basis rule for investments in affiliates, disposition of subsidiaries, earnings and profits, and allocations of consolidated taxes.

Study in particular aspects of accounting under the direct supervision of a graduate faculty member. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Study in particular aspects of accounting under the direct supervision of a graduate faculty member. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Learn the basic concepts of accounting and financial reporting and how this information is utilized by a manager. Practical considerations occurring in everyday business operations are stressed. Theories of revenue recognition, inventory valuation, intangible assets, and reporting for leases are discussed

Utilize accounting principles and concepts to make better day-to-day business decisions. Cost behavior, variable margin, cost-volume-profit relationships are examined along with budgeting, break-even, and incremental analysis in today's business decision making environment.

Supervised individual reading and research projects. (Often associated with a seminar in which papers on a variety of topics are presented.)

Supervised individual reading and research projects. (Often associated with a seminar in which papers on a variety of topics are presented.)

Supervised individual reading and research projects. (Often associated with a seminar in which papers on a variety of topics are presented.)

Supervised individual reading and research projects. (Often associated with a seminar in which papers on a variety of topics are presented.)