CareerReadiness - Data AnalyticsSeveral new features88integrated into the 17th edition are focused on providing today's business students with an introduction to Data Visualization skills: Appendix 1A, Data Analytics in Accounting, provides students with a quick, getting-started summary in analyzing big data, Excel spreadsheets, and Tableau.Integration of data analytics concepts into many of the chapter-opening vignettes, including Chapter 6 on Amazon, Chapter 7 on Shopify, Chapter 8 on the impact of big data on WN Pharmaceuticals' receivables management, and Chapter 9 on the Vancouver International Airport.
Career Readiness - ExcelThe power of Microsoft Excel meets the power of Connect in our new Integrated Excel assignments. In this new assignment type, Excel opens seamlessly inside Connect, with no need for uploading or downloading any additional files or software. Instructors choose their preferred auto-graded solution, with the option for either grading for formula accuracy or for the solution value.Applying Excel enables students to build their experience using Microsoft Excel while working through selected chapter problems. These problems are assignable in Connect and give students instant feedback. Accompanying videos teach students how to use Excel and the primary functions needed to complete each assignment. Short assignments can be assigned to test student comprehension of key Excel skills
Need to Know Videos. Featuring new video walk-through demos of most of the learning objectives for each chapter have been incorporated into the chapter content. These demonstrations pose questions about the material just presented - content the students "need to know" to learn accounting. Accompanying solutions walk students through key procedures and analyses necessary to be successful with homework and test materials. Need-to-Know demonstrations are supplemented with narrated, animated, step-by-step walk-through videos led by an instructor that are available via Connect.
Knowledge Check Up (KCU) questions are ten single-topic, multiple-choice questions designed to assess initial comprehension of the key chapter learning objectives. These reading readiness assessments have been written by the author to provide students with a quick and easy test as to whether they have achieved the critical comprehension concepts in each chapter before moving on to more comprehensive review problems. These can be used as a quick mini quiz at the beginning of each lecture to encourage students to complete chapter readings before class. Answers are provided in Connect, and at the end of chapters in print.
New Chapter Opening Vignettes. Six new chapter-opening vignettes, and significant updates to the remaining chapters featuring a range of engaging topics and including inspiring stories from company start-ups to success stories of well-known businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Nearly all of the vignettes include relevant video links for students to broaden their real-world exposure to critical business decisions. Many vignettes feature current issues facing businesses today, including the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, decision making in the world of big data, and issues pertaining to corporate social responsibility.
Summary Cheat Sheets. New to the 17th Edition, Summary Cheat Sheets are provided at the end of each chapter to reinforce student learning. Summary Cheat Sheets are roughly one to two pages in length and include key procedures, concepts, journal entries, and formulas.
Ethical Competency Development. This edition features 17 new Ethical Impact boxes that have been crafted to highlight an ethical dilemma for each chapter based on a real-world example linked directly to issues within the chapter learning objectives. Instructors can take a moment to help students develop these critical professional skills.
Student-Centered Pedagogy. From text design elements such as the colour scheme to help students differentiate among the four key financial statements, to the integration of the Student Success Cycle that reinforces key steps toward understanding information a student has just read, Larson delivers unmatched student-centred pedagogy.
Wealth of Problem Material. Larson sets the standard in terms of quality and variety of end-of-chapter problem material. Students gain confidence as they progress through the Demonstration Problems (mid-chapter and end-of-chapter), Quick Study single-topic exercises, Exercises, Problems (Groups A&B), Analytical & Review Problems, Ethics Challenges, Focus on Financial Statements, Critical Thinking Mini Cases, and Cumulative Comprehensive Problems.
Award Winning Technology. Connect to accompany Larson includes SmartBook adaptive digital version of the text, assignable & auto-gradable text end-of-chapter material, algorithmic problems, additional study resources, and a wealth of instructor resources.
Critical Thinking Challenge. An essential element of critical thinking is the ability to ask questions while reading (or listening or speaking). These exercises are designed to help students develop the skills related to questioning. Several Exercises, Problems, and Focus on Financial Statements also include an analysis component to provide opportunities for students to develop critical thinking skills
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Students complete the A&A major able to apply techniques in modeling, forecasting and data visualization to the traditional accounting skills set, making them highly desirable job candidates at both large and small accounting firms, and within the accounting departments of Fortune 500 companies. As the curriculum meets the requirements to take the CPA exam, Stevens puts students on the immediate fast track for success in this industry.
The School of Business is well recognized as a leader in integrating technology and analytics into its curricula, which draws significant interest from employers. This is especially the case among accounting firms, which compete fiercely over professionals able to apply analytical thinking to complex problems and make evidence-based recommendations based on an understanding of data. High-tech financial analytics labs at Stevens allow students to experiment with the latest data visualization and analysis tools, giving them a head start when they're interviewing for jobs or impressing on internships. And Stevens' location directly across from Manhattan puts recruiters and career opportunities at the big 4 accounting firms within easy reach.
Accountants today need more than a passing understanding of how analytical techniques and information systems are changing both their industry and the business world at large. At Stevens, classes emphasize traditional accounting principles and an understanding of data and analytics in business, as well as showcasing how the two disciplines interact in the real world. By graduation, students will have completed the coursework required to sit for the CPA exam. Graduates of the Accounting & Analytics major are forward-looking accounting experts ready for the challenges of a competitive marketplace.
In addition to your core of major-specific courses, you'll complete a suite of courses to provide you with an understanding and appreciation for the business fundamentals, including entrepreneurship, operations, business law, information systems, international business, accounting, finance, marketing and management. These courses will help you develop critical thinking and presentation skills, and encourage you to apply your learning to solve complex business problems.
The arts and sciences core is a distinguishing feature of a Stevens education, and will help you hone talents such as written and oral communication and teamwork, as well as computational skills, while gaining a broader perspective on the world around you through courses in literature, political science, history and the social sciences.
Offered 100% online, our Master of Accountancy: Fundamentals track (M.Acc.) can be taken part-time and is intended for individuals who have no background or undergraduate degree in accounting. You'll be equipped with essential, in-demand skills, to expand your opportunities.
If you have no previous accounting coursework or experience but would like to transition into the field, then our M.Acc. fundamentals-focused program is meant for you. If you already have an undergraduate degree in accounting, then please explore our M.Acc. Professional Track.
Study topics range from business law for accountants to accounting systems. Our online Master of Accountancy program prepares you, regardless of your background, for a successful career in accounting.
Offered by UND's College of Business & Public Administration and accredited by AACSB International and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Accreditation by AACSB International puts the UND in the top 5% of business schools in the world.
Networking is a key element of the accounting industry, and here at UND, we have built strong relationships with top accounting firms and recruiters across the country, and we put those relationships to work for our students.
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