ACCT 2301: Principles of Financial Accounting

Department
Credits 3 Lab Hours 4 Lecture Hours 2
Lab Fee
Lab fee
Field Experience Hours
0
Clinical Hours 0
Course Type
Academic
Extended Hours
0
Practicum Hours
0
Contact Hours
96

This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of financial accounting as prescribed by U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as applied to transactions and events that affect business organizations. Students will examine the procedures and systems to accumulate, analyze, measure, and record financial transactions. Students will use recorded financial information to prepare a balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of shareholders’ equity to communicate the business entity’s results of operations and financial position to users of financial information who are external to the company. Students will study the nature of assets, liabilities, and owners’ equity while learning to use reported financial information for purposes of making decisions about the company. Students will be exposed to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Semester Offered
Fall