English for Accounting
	Dennis Keefe

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Presentation
This course will familiarize students with the English terminology used in financial accounting and cost (managerial) accounting.

Teaching Objectives
1. To learn vocabulary used in traditional accounting and financial statements. 2. To learn how to describe and present basic accounting and financial documents. 3. To understand the accounting sections of annual reports and SEC publications. 4. To develop confidence, and accuracy in discussing accounting information.

Format
One weekly meeting of 3 hours. Maximum number of students 25

Course Content
This course will cover the English of financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial statements in general with subtopics including: the double-entry system, account names, trial balance, adjusting entries, work sheet, steps in account preparation, closing entries, GAAP, income statements, cost of goods sold, chart of accounts, assets, liabilities, and owners' equity, inventory valuation, lifo, fifo, double declining balance, accounting of the form of the organization, retained earnings and cash flow statements, job costing, break-even points, contribution margin, short- and long-term assets, etc.

Teaching Methods
The teacher will use the first three sessions to present accounting English content. The following three sessions will be divided between teacher and student short presentations. The final session will be dedicated to the students' final project.

Individual and Group Work
Students, in groups, will present three short reports, and one major final report based on information from corporate annual reports, from the SEC 10-K reports, and from a scholarly journal on Accounting in English .

Evaluation
The final grade is based on the average of the grades received for the group and for the individual. The group grade has a weight of 40% ; the individual grade, 60%.

Recommended Level
This course is beneficial for students who intend to work in accounting , banking, finance, investment banking, and so on.

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last updated January 31, 2003

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