Department of Accounting Information and Management

Fall 04/05

First Assignment

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

61 & 63

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Mark Finn

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

First assignment will be posted on course web page

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Stickney & Weil

PUBLISHER:

Thomson/Southwest  10th ed

TITLE:    

Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

62 & 64

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:  Sri Sridharan

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Class 1 – Thursday,  September 23 Introduction to Financial Statements and

                                                            Reporting Environment

Readings:    SW:     Ch 1  - Overview of Financial Statements and

                          the Reporting Process       (Skim: pages 3 - 28)

Readings:     SW:     Ch 2  - The Balance Sheet:  A snap shot view of a firm's

                                                  Assets, Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity      

Additional Readings   I will distribute copies of Walgreens annual report in class

                                                for your perusal.

Problems:                1.15, 1.18, 1.23

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Stickney & Weil

PUBLISHER:

Thomson/Southwestern  10th ed

TITLE:    

Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses

Shrink Wrapped with solution manual

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

65 & 67

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Frank Heflin

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):    YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Reading:  From textbook, pages 3-28 and pages 45-57

Be prepared to discuss in class: From textbook, questions 8 and 10 on page 31, Exercises 14 on page 32, 8 on page 86 and 13 on page 88.

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Stickney & Weil

PUBLISHER:

Thomson/Southwestern  10th ed

TITLE:    

Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses

ISBN:  0-324-18351-8

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

66 & 68

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:   Professor Ronald Dye

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

READ:  Chapters 1 and 2.

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Stickney & Weil

PUBLISHER:

Thomson/Southwestern, 10th ed.

TITLE:    

Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses

ISBN  0324174489    includes student solution manual

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

439

SECTION:

69

COURSE NAME:

MMM Accounting for Manufacturing & Management

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Bala Balachandran

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

READ:  Chapter 21 in CD ROM shrink wrapped with textbook.

DO:  Problems 21-26 and 21-27 in the Supplement CD ROM

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Hilton

PUBLISHER:

McGraw Hill/Irwin, 6th ed

TITLE:    

Managerial Accounting w/CD Rom

ISBN  0-07-248660-0

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

444

SECTION:

81 & 82

COURSE NAME:

Mergers & Acquisition

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Thomas Lys

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

The first assignment will be posed on the course web site.

TEXT  NONE

AUTHOR:  

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:    

 

KSM/AIM  ACCT 0102

  

COURSE #:  

      451

SECTION:  

    61

COURSE NAME:

     Financial Reporting and Analysis

INSTRUCTOR:   Lawrence Revsine

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) :   YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

READ:  Revsine, Collins and Johnson (3RD ed., 2005) Chapters 1 and 2

PREPARE IN ADVANCE:  Revsine, Collins & Johnson, C2-5  (Fuentes Corp.)

                                              and packet readings listed on course Syllabus.

                                              (The  Fuentes Corp. case is in the readings packet

                                              as well as on the book website.)

NOTE:  Students whose debit and credit mechanics are rusty should review carefully the Chapter 2 appendix since an understanding of Accounting 430 material is presumed in this course.  You should also prepare P2-9.  Doing this problem allows you to assess your mastery of the material.  The solution to all end of chapter exercises and problems (but not cases) is available on the course web-site.

FIRST CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY

TEXT  --   REQUIRED  

AUTHOR:

 Revsine, Collins & Johnson

PUBLISHER: 

    Prentice Hall

TITLE: 

Financial Reporting and Analysis

ED./DATE:  3RD ed.

 

KSM/AIM  ACCT 0102

  

COURSE #:

451

SECTION:

62

COURSE NAME:

Financial Reporting & Analysis

INSTRUCTOR:  Shyam V. Sunder

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read:                RCJ Ch 5 – Page 213 to 215 and Page 225 to 240 (to follow the

                          analysis you need to refer to Exhibits 5.1(a), 5.3(a) and 5.4(a)

                          Lecture slides are available in the course packet. 

Skim:                RCJ Ch 1

Review:           Some introductory accounting materials.

                        The following are some good review materials:

                         RCJ Ch 2, Appendix

                         Evanston Snack Shop (includes the solution)

TEXT - REQUIRED

Yes

AUTHOR:  

Revsine, Collins & Johnson

PUBLISHER: 

Prentice-Hall

TITLE:    

Financial Reporting & Analysis, Third Edition

 

KSM/AIM   FIN/ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

463

SECTION:

61

COURSE NAME:

Security Analysis

INSTRUCTOR:  Linda Vincent

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

The first assignment will be posted on the course website on Blackboard.  Please buy the course packet and prepare the first assignment for the first class.

TEXT - NONE

AUTHOR:  

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:   

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

479

SECTION:

81

COURSE NAME:

Financial Assessment and Performance

Evaluation of Healthcare Entities

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Thomas Prince

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):    YES  (Distributed in class compliments of instructor)

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Entities Providing Health Care Services to Individuals; Macroaccounting Reports of the Health Care System

READ:  Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

READ:  Study Questions and Responses for Chapters 1 and 2 (send professor

             an e-mail for a handout of all study questions and responses),

             t-princ@kellogg.northwestern.edu

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

            Thomas Prince

PUBLISHER: Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, Inc.    1998

TITLE:    

Strategic Management for Health Care Entities:

Creative Frameworks for Financial and Operational Analysis