BUAD 450 - Finance

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: BUAD 225
Description: This course builds on BUAD 225 Accounting. The student will learn how to analyze firms’ financial statements and disclosures and determine how to use financial statements in valuation of a firm’s strategy and future. This course is very applied and uses data from a variety of sources, especially data generated from the student’s experiential projects. The student will acquire an understanding of both the “how” of accounting procedures and the underlying reasons “why” these practices are adopted. These skills are essential for pursuing a broad range of professions in management, analysis, entrepreneurialism, law, and finance. Offered Spring semester, annually.