Section Info: ECON-270-01

Course Title: Accounting
Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023
Term: Fall Semester 2023
Description: The course, while using traditional accounting techniques and methodology, will focus on the needs of external users of financial information. The emphasis is on learning how to read, interpret, and analyze financial information as a tool to guide investment decisions. Concepts rather than procedures are stressed and class time will be largely devoted to problem solutions and case discussions. A basic knowledge of arithmetic (+,-,*,/) and algebra is suggested.
Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Steven Schmeiser             sschmeis@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   09:00AM - 10:15AM   SKNR - Skinner Hall   212   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: Not open to first-year students in their first semester. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
EOS0004   EOS-4: Financial Analysis   This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Financial Analysis subject area  
NXGBL0001   NXGBL: Nexus in Global Business   This course is approved for the Global Business Nexus track.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 18     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
Title: Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Author: Kimmel, Paul
Copyright: 2018
Edition: 7
Volume:
ISBN: 9781119494782
Publisher: Wiley
Required   135.00  

Additional Book Comments        
This is the complete book list for this class.