Accounting Specialization
The accounting department offers elective courses in the areas of financial statement analysis, financial accounting, managerial accounting, strategic business planning, and taxation. A specialization in accounting provides students with a deeper understanding of accounting reports. This includes the construction of accounting information systems, the impacts of management's reporting options, the interpretation and forecasting of financial statements, and the influence of taxes on business strategies.
Academic Advisor: Professor Julian Yeo
Course List
All ACCT-GB courses apply plus the following:
INTA-GB.2306 Business Drivers: An Analytical Framework
INTA-GB.2307 Tech Industry Drivers: An Analytical Framework
INTA-GB.3110 Investor Relations Strategy
Selected courses include:
Course Title | Course Number |
ACCT-GB.2302 | Financial Reporting and Disclosure |
ACCT-GB.2303 | An Integrated Approach to Financial Statement Analysis |
ACCT-GB.2305 | Taxes and Business Strategy |
ACCT-GB.3108 | Credit Ratings and Fixed-Income Credit Analysis |
ACCT-GB.3110 | A Winning Investor Relations Strategy |
ACCT-GB.3150 | E-Commerce: Accounting, Control and Valuation |
ACCT-GB.3303 | Financial Planning and Analysis |
ACCT-GB.3304 | Modeling Financial Statements |
ACCT-GB.3310 | Forensic Accounting and Financial Statement Fraud |
ACCT-GB.3313 | Auditing |
ACCT-GB.3323 | Advanced Financial Statement Analysis |
ACCT-GB 3328 | Financial Statement Analytics Using Python |
ACCT-GB.3330 | Business Acquisitions, Deferred Taxes, Translations, and Derivatives |
ACCT-GB.3344 | Modeling Corporate Transactions (Advanced Modeling) |
*BSPA-GB courses completed before Fall 2014 can also be applied to the Accounting Specialization.
- For course descriptions, please see the Office of Records & Registration website.
- For information about CPA licensure, please visit the New York State AICPA Website. The MBA program does not have a formal CPA track.