2023-2024 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

AC 551 Evolution of Modern Accounting

Students in their undergraduate studies mastered the “hows” of accounting; this course focuses on the “whys” of accounting practice. The course would span the history of accounting from double entry bookkeeping to present day. The course will examine the purposes and limitations of financial, cost, tax, and regulatory accounting including examining controversial accounting topics that have emerged over the past century.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

AC 531, or admission to a School of Business graduate program, or permission of the Associate Director of Graduate Programs, or permission of the Department of Accounting Chairperson

General Education

Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer