Course description

This advanced financial accounting course examines several complex topics and their effect on financial reporting and disclosure. Topics covered include accounting for business combinations, intercorporate investments, consolidated financial statements at the date of acquisition as well as subsequent to the acquisition date, calculations of earnings per share, accounting for pensions, accounting for foreign operations and foreign currency transactions, and accounting for not-for-profit and public sector organizations.

Course details

Hours: 56
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ACCT2130 ACCT2140
Corequisites: None

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Credit transfer

Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.

Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Fall 2024 registration opens July 22, 2024. Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: ​100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery