FINANCIAL REPORTING II
Examines current and emerging financial accounting theory and techniques used to measure and report financial information to investors, creditors, and orther external users, including dilutive securities, investments, revenue recognition, income tax allocation, pensions, leases and accounting changes.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ACCT I S 701 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain complex financial events and their effect on financial statements, cash flows and accounting-based contracts. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the measurement and valuation concepts of financial statement elements, including complex fair value concepts. Audience: Graduate 3. Recognize and discuss controversial and emerging practices in valuation and the potential economic consequences of these accounting rules. Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret how financial information may impact a company, management decisions or investor decisions. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and apply appropriate accounting standards to complex economic events. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze a problem and arrive at a conclusion that integrates all available information and justify their conclusion convincingly to others. Audience: Graduate 7. Develop and demonstrate effective communication and networking skills with their class peers. Audience: Graduate 8. Reflect on how to pursue their future career goals within the accounting profession and how those goals compare with those of their peers. Audience: Graduate 9. Apply knowledge of complex financial events and concepts learned in the course to analyze a recent Form 10-K filing. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain complex financial events and their effect on financial statements, cash flows and accounting-based contracts. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the measurement and valuation concepts of financial statement elements, including complex fair value concepts. Audience: Graduate 3. Recognize and discuss controversial and emerging practices in valuation and the potential economic consequences of these accounting rules. Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret how financial information may impact a company, management decisions or investor decisions. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and apply appropriate accounting standards to complex economic events. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze a problem and arrive at a conclusion that integrates all available information and justify their conclusion convincingly to others. Audience: Graduate 7. Develop and demonstrate effective communication and networking skills with their class peers. Audience: Graduate 8. Reflect on how to pursue their future career goals within the accounting profession and how those goals compare with those of their peers. Audience: Graduate 9. Apply knowledge of complex financial events and concepts learned in the course to analyze a recent Form 10-K filing. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027