ACCT 560G International Accounting
This course explores in detail international financial and managerial accounting issues. Topics include: accounting systems for global business transactions; accounting organizational design; performance evaluation; pricing; control; cost allocation; foreign currency translation; consolidations; comparative multinational financial accounting principles; and multinational financial reporting issues.
4 Graduate credits
Effective July 26, 2000 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Examine the broad scope of international accounting, including its theoretical foundations, regulatory frameworks, and practical applications in a globalized economy including GASB
- Analyze and evaluate key accounting challenges associated with international business transactions and multinational operations.
- Interpret and apply the authoritative accounting standards under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to complex financial scenarios.
- Interpret and apply the authoritative accounting standards under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to complex financial scenarios.
- Assess and integrate management accounting principles within multinational corporations, with a focus on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility reporting.
- Compare and contrast financial reporting practices across different countries by analyzing annual reports and identifying key differences relevant to multinational corporations.