Legal Accounting

• Class number: 13185
• Term: Spring 2013
• Instructor: Mocsary,George

This course will introduce law students to accounting, giving them a basic understanding of financial statements, accounting mechanics, and underlying accounting concepts and principles. The course is designed for students with little-to-no background in accounting. In addition to basic accounting, we will discuss such issues as professional governance and standard setting, topics currently being reviewed by the accounting regulators and/or Congress, recent past accounting scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley, and differences between the practice of law and of accounting (including ethical foundations).

Course Schedule

• Date: Thursday 10:30-12:30PM
• Location: ST108

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 7701-01
• Course Type: Lecture
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 2/2
• Subjects:
  • Business
  • Tax
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Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 29/45
• Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

• Grade basis: Student option
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: PROCTORED (2013-05-08T13:00:00)