Teaching

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Hans B. Christensen, Fall 2024

Description: This course is designed to improve students’ understanding of financial information beyond an introductory accounting class. The course is designed to provide the knowledge of financial statements necessary to conduct a reasonably sophisticated financial statement analysis. The focus is on the use of financial statements, although this requires some understanding of the process by which financial statements are produced. Topics covered typically include: pro forma financial statements; convertible instruments; EPS; stock-based compensation accounting; accounting for investments; accounting for income taxes; lease accounting; foreign currency translation. Where significant, differences between US GAAP and international standards (IFRS) will be highlighted.

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Anna M. Costello, Winter 2023

Grader, Prof. J. Douglas Hanna, Summer 2023

Description: We develop your ability to analyze the economic costs of important decisions within a firm. These decisions include make vs. buy, abandon vs. continue, setting transfer prices, and evaluating employee performance, to name a few. When you leave the course, you will understand key costing concepts such as overhead allocation, activity-based costing, capacity costs, customer profitability, transfer pricing, performance evaluation, and internal controls. We apply a case-based approach to learning. Cases cover both the manufacturing and service sectors.

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Rimmy E. Tomy, Winter 2024

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Thomas Rauter, Summer 2024

Description: This course provides an introduction to financial statements and the financial reporting process from a user's perspective. The focus of the course is on fundamental accounting concepts and principles. Students learn how the economic transactions of a firm are reported in the financial statements and related disclosures. The objective of the course is to provide students with basic skills necessary to read and analyze financial statements as well as to prepare students for more advanced financial statement analysis courses.