Analytics in Accounting II

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

(Formerly numbered 142B.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 131A. Preparation: intermediate Excel user. Not open to first years. Topics include cleaning and analyzing data, and advanced dashboard techniques, to evaluate accounting data. All applications are related to accounting and finance. Includes developing analytics mindset, data scrubbing and preparation, and data quality. Emphasis on graphical and written techniques to communicate results. Letter grading.