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ACCT 2103
Financial Accounting

Prerequisite: 24 semester credit hours, including ENGL 1113 and MATH 1483 or equivalent. Financial accounting concepts and the use of financial accounting information in decision making.

ACCT 2203
Managerial Accounting
Prerequisite: 2103. Managerial accounting concepts and objectives, planning and control of sales and costs, analysis of costs and profits.

ACCT 3013
Federal Income Taxation
Prerequisite: 2203. Federal income tax and its relationship
to business decision-making; primary emphasis on recognition of the important tax consequences that attach to business transactions and the impact on business decision making.

ACCT 3103
Financial Accounting and Reporting Concepts.

Prerequisite: 2203 with grade of "C" or better. Theory and concepts underlying financial accounting and reporting.

ACCT 3113
Financial Accounting and Reporting Applications

and Research. Prerequisite: 3103 with a grade of "C" or better. Developing financial research skills and applying them to accounting and reporting issues.

ACCT 3183
Agribusiness Accounting and Taxation.

Prerequisites: 60 semester hour credit hours, including ENGL 1113 and MATH 1483 or equivalent. Development of the ability to read, analyze and use accounting information to improve decision making and tax planning. Same course as AGEC 3183.

ACCT 3203
Cost Accounting.

Prerequisites: 2203 with a grade of "C" or better and STAT 2023. Cost accumulation systems, allocating product costs, planning and controlling costs, standard costing, and profitability analysis.

ACCT 3603
Accounting Information Systems.

Prerequisite: 2203 with a grade of "C" or better. Accounting system design and installation.

ACCT
3990
Undergraduate Internship in Accounting. 1-3 credits, maximum 3.

Prerequisites: accounting major, nine hours of upper-division accounting, and consent of instructor.
Supervised internship in public accounting, industry, or not-for-profit organizations. May be counted as elective hours only.

ACCT 4033
Advanced Federal Income Taxation.

Prerequisite: 3013. Federal income tax law applicable to individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates, and other specialized topics.

ACCT 4133
Financial Accounting III.

Prerequisite: 3113 with grade of "C" or better. Accounting for complex business transactions, emerging issues in financial accounting and reporting, accounting for consolidations
and business combinations, accounting for governmental and not-for-profit entities.

ACCT
4233*
Operational Auditing and Controls.

Prerequisites: 3103 and 3603. Examination of theory and practices utilized by internal auditors in performing operational audits to assure an organization's operational effectiveness, efficiency and control over resources.

ACCT 4503
Operational Auditing and Controls.

Prerequisites: 3103 and 3603. Examination of theory and practices utilized by internal auditors in performing operational audits to assure an organization's operational effectiveness, efficiency and control over resources.

ACCT 4553
Ethical Issues in Accounting.

Prerequisites: junior standing and consent of department head. Basic theories of ethics, including moral reasoning, moral values, relativity and objectivity, freedom and responsibility. Lecture and case approach for examination of issues such as independence, integrity, objectivity, client relationships, employee-employer relations, advertising, preferential treatment, core values and the corporation, and corporate governance, such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and SEC regulations.

ACCT 4653
Contemporary Integrated Accounting and Business Systems.

Prerequisite: 3603. Concepts and software applications underlying the design and use of databases for financial, managerial, and tax accounting measurement, compliance disclosure, and decision-related reporting in traditional and electronic commerce settings.

ACCT
4733
International Accounting.

Prerequisites: 2103 and 2203. Diversity in financial reporting across countries and its effect on global capital flows. Using corporate financial information across borders. Accounting in energizing markets.

ACCT 4763*
International Accounting Abroad.

Prerequisite: 2103 or consent of intructor. A four-week visit to a European country or countries. An integrated approach to the cultural, economic, political, historical, and technological effects of the region on international accounting. Comparison of the accounting issues of the region to that of the US.

ACCT
4930
Accounting Projects. 1-6 credits, maximum 6.

Prerequisites: consent of instructor and 3203 and 3113. Special topics, projects and independent study in accounting.


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