Global Financial Accounting

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

Financial accounting refers to translating a firm’s economic activity into highly structured information about financial performance and condition. This information is highly structured because all firms apply the same GAAP standards to produce the information, yielding financial data that are comparable across firms and across time. This class focuses on how we can use financial information to gain insights into firms’ financial performance and condition. This course seeks to teach you how to understand and communicate firm performance to outside stakeholders (e.g., current and prospective capital providers, business partners, employees, etc.) for your role as a future business leader.