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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Prof. Magri is an amazing professor that understands the material completely and teaches it effectively. Homework is online and not very hard. Exams are also take-home and are not very hard. Final project takes a bit of work but is pretty interesting.

Took class wanting to learn about accounting. Ended up loving the professor. She made the class extremely clear. It was also extremely easy. Everything was given two attempts and she was happy to work through your mistakes with your. 

Accounting was an awesome course to take. The lectures were interesting and valuable but a lot of info at times. With that being said its challenging to learn the whole topic of Accounting over 12 weeks, yet with the time we had I felt we learned a lot. Exams were chill, and homework every week.