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AccountingmajorsarerequiredtocompletetheinterdisciplinaryCollegeofBusinessCorewithgradesof
Corhigherineachofthefollowingcourses:
BUL4421(BusinessLawI)
ENC3213(WritingforManagement)
FIN3403(PrinciplesofFinancialManagement)
MAN3025(IntroductiontoManagement&
OrganizationalBehavior)
MAN3506(OperationsManagement)
MAN4720(GlobalStrategy&Policy)
QMB3600(QuantitativeMethodsin
Administration)
MAR3023
(Marketing
Management)
ACG3402(BusinessProcessandAccountingControl)orACG4401(AccountingInformationSystemsI)
CONTENTKNOWLEDGE(DeclarativeKnowledge):
Studentswilldemonstrateknowledgeof
fundamentalconceptsinseveralareasofbusiness,including:
Finance: capitalbudgeting,cashflows,costofcapital,valuation,
Management:
managingstructureanddesign,managingorganizationalcultureandchange,managing
teams,humanresourcemanagement,managingemployeediversity,motivation,andleadership,and
Marketing:segmentingandtargetingcustomers;elementsofamarketingmix.
Operations:productandprocessdesign,supplychainmanagement,serviceoperations,andquality
management
InformationSystems:informationtechnologyuseinorganizations,typesoflargescalesystems,
ethicalissues
InFIN3403,ISM3011,MAN3025,MAN4720,andMAR3023,studentswillbeassessedviaexaminations
and/orcourseprojectsthatcoverthecontentofthesedisciplines.
COMMUNICATION(WrittenCommunication,Team/CollaborativeCommunication):
Studentswill
producetraditionalbusinessdocuments(e.g.,memos,letters,reports)thatareclear,wellwritten,and
followstandardconventionsinstyle,punctuation,grammar,spelling,sentencestructure,
paragraph
formation,andappropriatewordchoice.
Studentswilldemonstratecollaborativewritingskillsby
servingaspeerreviewersforeachothersworkandbyworkingwithotherstudentstowritea
businessproposal.
InENC3213,studentswillproducedrafts,revise,edit,andsubmitseveraltypesofdocumentsrelatedto
businesscorrespondence
such
as
letters,
memos,
and
reports.
Students
will
serve
as
peer
reviewers
for
eachothersworkandwillcollaboratewithpeerstowriteaproposalonacontemporaryissuefacing
businesses.
CRITICALTHINKING(AnalyticalSkills):Studentswillapplybusinessmodelstocomplexfact
patterns.
Studentswilldemonstratetheirabilitytoprocessfinancialinformationandtoconducta
criticalanalysisthatappliesthisinformationtofinancialdecisions.
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DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
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InMAN4720,studentswilldemonstrateanalytic/criticalthinkingthroughtheirabilitytoapplyrelevant
businessmodelsand/orstrategicconceptsandtoolsinaresearchprojectonafirmand/orindustry.
In
FIN3403,studentswillapplyfinancialmathandvaluationprinciplestovaluesecurities,capitalprojects,
andotherassets.
Studentswillinterpretfinancialinformationanduseitindecisionmaking.
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (Declarative Knowledge) and
CRITICAL THINKING (Analytical Skills): Students will demonstrate
an understanding of businesslaw and business ethics, managerial
responsibilities within the law, and the legal and
economicimplications of noncompliance.
InBUL4421,studentswillcompleteanexaminationinwhichtheymustdemonstratetheirknowledge
andunderstandingofbusinesslaw.
Studentswillalsocompleteanexaminationinwhichtheywill
demonstratetheirknowledgeandunderstandingofbusinessethics.
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (Technical skills): Students will demonstrate
proficiency in the use ofcomputer software programs (word
processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and databases) and
theirapplications to business practices. Students will also
demonstrate proficiency in the use ofquantitative methods and
decision-making tools and techniques for business.
InQMB3600,studentwillusebothprobabilisticanddeterministicdecisionmakingtoolsandtechniques.
InMAN
3506,
students
will
apply
mathematical
and
statistical
techniques
to
address
issues
in
inventory
control,projectmanagement,statisticalprocesscontrol,andforecasting.
Accountingmajorswillalso
demonstrateanunderstandingofaccountingprocessesandcontrolsinacomputerizedenvironmentby
completingexaminationsandassignmentsusingcomputerizeddatabasesoftwareineitherACG3402
(BusinessProcessandAccountingControl)orACG4401(AccountingInformationSystemsI).
CONTENTKNOWLEDGE(DeclarativeKnowledge)and
CRITICALTHINKING(AnalyticalSkills):
Studentswilldemonstrateknowledgeofbasicconcepts
andanalyticalskillsin:
FinancialAccounting:
theconceptualframework,accountingtransactionsandfinancialstatement
effects,financialstatementpresentation,articulationoffinancialstatements,andthetimevalueof
money;
CostAccounting:
internal
control
framework,
transaction
flow,
cost
behavior
and
relationships,
productcosting,budgetconcepts;and
TaxAccounting:majorinclusionsandexclusions,timingofincomeanddeductions,costrecovery
calculation,nontaxableexchanges,andtaxationofflowthroughentities.
COMMUNICATION(WrittenCommunication):
Studentswilldemonstratetheirabilitiesto
communicateeffectivelyonaccountingissuesandproblems.
Studentswillcompleteseveralaccountingcorecourses:
ACG3131(FinancialReporting);ACG3341
(ManagerialDecisionMakingandAccounting);andTAX4001(FederalTaxationI).
Studentswillbe
assessedoncontentknowledgeandcriticalthinkingskillsofthecorecoursesviaquizzes,exams,and
otherassignments.
Inaddition,eachcourserequiresstudentstocompletewrittenassignments,suchasa
memoto
client
or
boss,
essay
questions,
or
term
papers.
COMPLETE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS APPEAR IN FAU'S UNIVERSITY
CATALOG
Approved1252005
