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Financial Accounting

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Instructors: Prof. George Plesko, Prof. Kin Lo, Prof. Richard Frankel
Term: Fall 2003
Level: Graduate
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Financial Accounting

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Lecture 1: Overview and Introduction - Setting the Stage and the Course Framework

Lecture 2: Principles of Accrual Accounting

Lecture 3: Elements of an Annual Report and Financial Ratios

Lecture 4: Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

Lecture 5: Revenue Recognition

Lecture 6: Accounting for Inventory and COGS

Lecture 7: The Matching Principle and Long-lived Assets

Lecture 8: Matching Principle: Property, Plant, and Equipment

Lecture 9: The Statement of Cash Flow

Lecture 10: Accounting for Taxes

Lecture 11: Marketable Securities and Valuation Adjustments

Lecture 12: Current Liabilities and Contingencies and an Introduction to Long-Term Debt

Lecture 13: Long-Term Debt

Lecture 14: Debt and Valuation

Lecture 15: Leases

Lecture 16: Stockholders’ Equity

Lecture 17: Acquisitions

Lecture 18: Current Issues in Financial Reporting

Lecture 19: Introduction to FSA

Lecture 20: Course Review and Wrap-Up