Accounting, Budgeting, and the Liberal Arts Accounting is the lingua franca of commercial and financial activity, and applies equally to corporations, non-profits, and governments. In this course we will learn the basic concepts and standards underlying the accounting language including: revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived assets, present value, long-term liabilities, and financial statements. We then turn to the application and use of accounting information in forecasting, operating, and measuring an enterprise. These managerial accounting concepts are used to develop budgets and evaluate results. Our understanding of accounting and financial statements is needed to understand how business interrelates with society. The major course project will be developing an Excel financial model; no prior Excel experience required.

How Money Makes the World Go Round Our society is structured around money – how to get it, how to spend it, how to amass it.  Power comes easily to those with more than their fair share of it, and powerlessness plagues those without it.  In this seminar we will study key aspects of the financial system, while examining the inherent biases, inequity, and unfairness within the institutions we rely on.  We will explore ideas about how to address those impediments through readings devoted to current events, personal memoirs, and essays.  Our discussions will illuminate the problematic way that money makes the world go round, while we also learn to navigate our own personal financial journey.

Anne-Marie Magri

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The course was relatively easy. Lectures were fast-paced, but McGraw Hill Connect (required software) explains things much more clearly. My main issue with the class was buying this required software (>$100), and the fact that the homework was graded by the computer. 

Professor Magri was fantastic. She was super enthusiastic about the class. The exams were easy and take home (not to mention generously graded) but the class was high-value. If you're going into finance I would definitely recommend it.

Super chill class, just show up and do the projects and you are nearly at an a minus minimum. Not too much expectations just be a normal person and you will be fine for this class. Definitely the class need to fill up your schedule