Course Descriptions: Accounting
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Ms. Christina Griffith is Chair of the Department Accounting and Finance, Jefferson-Pilot Professor of the Practice of Accounting, and a Certified Public Accountant in the state of North Carolina. She brings over 20 years of Prof. Christina Griffith experience in General Ledger Accounting, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Internal Controls as former Corporate Controller at Volvo Financial Services and Financial Analytics and Translator at Moody’s. Ms. Griffith also works independently and consults with clients helping managers create specific key indicators to drive profitable behaviors and effectively measure company growth. ACC 2010. Financial Accounting. An introduction to the fundamentals of accounting which is the basic language of business. Journals, ledgers, adjusting entries and closing entries are introduced and utilized in building the financial and operating statements of business entities emphasizing the use of accounting information in making investment and other decisions. Four credits.
ACC 2020. Managerial Accounting. An introduction to internal accounting and reporting of organizations, emphasizing the use of accounting information used by management and other decision makers within the organization emphasizing the ways accounting information helps managers as they plan, develop control procedures and make decisions for their organizations. Prerequisite: ACC 2010. Four credits. ACC 2050. Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting. This course provides an introduction to the professional accounting research process for financial accounting. Experiential learning is accomplished through the use of an online accounting research database to locate authoritative accounting literature. Practice in issue identification, reading and analyzing primary sources, using common secondary sources, and communication of results is provided. Spring. Prerequisite: ACC 2010. Two credits. ACC 3000. Accounting Information Systems. This course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of the accounting cycle and how it interacts with technology in a business environment. Emphasis is placed on the use and knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and their role in the recording and communicating of accounting data. There is a hands-on approach involved where students