| source University of Texas at Austin (16) |
level Graduate (X) |
department Accounting (X) |
Discussion of current issues confronting the accounting profession. Two lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and admission to the traditional approach to the Master in Professional Accounting program.
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Examines issues in financial reporting from a user’s perspective, including how important economic transactions of large public companies are reflected in financial statements. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be counted by students with credit for Accounting 380K (Topic 1: Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis I ) or 380K (Topic 2: Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis II ). Prerequisite: Graduate standing, admission to the Master of Business Administration program, and Business Administration 384T.
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In-depth study of selected accounting topics. One, two, or three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Some topics also require consent of instructor; these are identified in the Course Schedule .
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Concepts and issues involved in the preparation and interpretation of financial statements; the use of financial information to evaluate and control an organization. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Accounting 381 and Business Administration 284T, 384T may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, admission to the traditional approach to the Master in Professional Accounting program, and Accounting 311 or the equivalent.
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An integrative and intensive examination of financial accounting, with emphasis on management’s alternative reporting strategies and investors’ decisions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and Business Administration 384T or the equivalent.
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Surveys the strategic uses of the most important elements of internal accounting systems, including cost accounting systems and management control systems used for planning and budgeting, and the use of publicly available financial accounting information to evaluate past performance, forecast future performance, and estimate the value of debt and equity securities. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays. May not be counted by students with credit for Accounting 380K (Topic 7: Financial Statement Analysis ) or Business Administration 380E.
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Quantitative and/or computerized applications to business problems; computer-based accounting information systems; analysis of optimizing models; simulation of important functional activities; large-scale simulation of the firm. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; Accounting 356, Accounting 381, Business Administration 384T, or the equivalent, or consent of instructor; and Accounting 359, Accounting 387 (Topic 1: Introduction to Managerial Accounting ), or the equivalent, or consent of instructor.
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Professional and technical aspects of practice; ethics and legal responsibilities; review of fieldwork, emphasizing materiality, sampling, and working papers; reporting problems, including long-form and special purpose reports; fraud examination and audit methods. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule .
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Advanced analysis in federal taxation, with emphasis on historical and current developments; application of research techniques to income tax and estate tax planning; case studies and reports. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and admission to the Master in Professional Accounting degree program or consent of instructor.
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Financial accounting theory; current pronouncements on theory; problems of income determination; accounting research and research methodology applied to accounting issues. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, admission to the doctoral degree program in accounting, and consent of instructor.
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The use of accounting information by managers within the organization for decision making, planning, and the design of control systems for implementing the organization’s strategy. Topics include long-range planning, annual profit planning, activity-based costing, cost prediction, strategic control systems, and performance evaluation. Case studies are used. For 287, four lecture hours a week for half a semester; for 387, three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule .
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Conference course. May be repeated for credit. Some sections are offered on the credit/no credit basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule . Prerequisite: Graduate standing; admission to the Master in Professional Accounting program or the doctoral program in accounting; and consent of instructor.
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The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: For 698A, graduate standing in the doctoral program in accounting and consent of the supervising faculty member and the graduate adviser; for 698B, Accounting 698A.
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Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master’s degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the doctoral program in accounting, completion of the core courses for the degree, and consent of the supervising faculty member and the graduate adviser.
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Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree and fulfillment of the language requirement for the doctoral degree.
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Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Accounting 399R, 699R, or 999R.
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