Description
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of financial and business decisions based on the critical evaluation and analysis of accounting principles as evidenced in an organization’s financial statements. The course emphasizes a fundamental working knowledge of underlying accounting concepts, the valuation of debt and equity securities, and the analysis of risk and return tradeoffs. A special emphasis will be placed on the use of information systems and Microsoft Excel for decision making. Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA program.