15.720
Financial Accounting
Examines the basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting, and the role of accounting information in investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and the valuation of firms. Develops skills for performing an economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the users of accounting information (especially senior managers), rather than the preparer (the accountant). Restricted to Executive MBA students.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-6 units Credit cannot also be received for 15.511 , 15.515
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027