FIRST ASSIGNMENT SHEET

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT

FALL QUARTER 07-08

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COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

41 & 43

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:  Mark Finn

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):    YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

READ:    Chapters 1 and 2 in Hrongren, Sundem, Elliott and Philbrick,

                  Introduction to Financial Accounting  (9th ed)

Prepare:  In Chapter 1 of Horngren, Sundem, Elliott and Philbrick,

                   Introduction to Financial Accounting (9th ed) prepare questions

    1-26, 1-29, 1-33, 1-38, 1-42,

TEXT - REQUIRED w/solution manual

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Sundem, Elliott & Philbrick

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall, 9th ed.

TITLE:    

               Introduction to Financial Accounting

                    ISBN:  0536982228

 

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COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

42 & 44

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:  Sri Sridharan

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Introduction to Financial Statements and Balance Sheet

Read:  Chapter 1

Prepare 1-26, 29,38, 42, 50

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Sundem, Elliott & Philbrick

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall  9th ed

TITLE:    

Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN  0536982228

 

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COURSE #:

430

SECTION:

45, 46

COURSE NAME:

Accounting for Decision Making

INSTRUCTOR:    Ben Lansford

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read Chapters 1 and 2

Prepare problems 1-29, 1-38 and 2-50

TEXT - REQUIRED   with solution manual

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Sundem, Elliott & Philbrick

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall , 9th ed.

TITLE:    

Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN  0536982228

 

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COURSE #:

431

SECTION:

61

COURSE NAME:

Managerial Accounting

INSTRUCTOR:  Tjomme Rusticus

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):  YES  

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

READ:  Chapter 1

Articles in case packet

    One Cost System Isn’t Enough

     F.A.A.’s Accounting Project…

     Self Study cases (pp. 1-4)  DSW Corp., Douglas Co.

TEXT - OPTIONAL

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Foster & Datar

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall,  12th ed.

TITLE:    

Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis   (with solutions manual)

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COURSE #:

434

SECTION:

61

COURSE NAME:

Turbo Accounting

INSTRUCTOR:  Robert Magee

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Financial Statement Analysis

Read:        Ch. 12, EPacket #2

Prepare:   12-50, 12-51. 12-52. 12-53, 12-54,  EDGAR Assignment

                  EPacket #1

NOTE:  EPacket items are available on the course BlackBoard wetsite.

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Sundem, Elliott & Philbrick

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall , 9th ed.

TITLE:    

Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN  0536982228

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

COURSE #:

434

SECTION:

81

COURSE NAME:

Turbo Accounting

INSTRUCTOR:  Robert Magee

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Financial Statement Analysis

Read:        Ch. 12, EPacket #2

Prepare:   12-50, 12-51. 12-52. 12-53, 12-54,  EDGAR Assignment

                  EPacket #1

Statement of Cash Flows

Read Ch. 5, Read Ch. 8 (pp. 351-354), EPacket 3-5

Prepare 3-36 (review), 5-45, 5-52, 5-58, 5-61. 8-52

NOTE:  EPacket items are available on the course BlackBoard wetsite.

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Horngren, Sundem, Elliott & Philbrick

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall , 9th ed.

TITLE:    

Introduction to Financial Accounting

ISBN  0536982228

 

KSM/AIM   ACCT 0102

 

COURSE #:

439

SECTION:

69

COURSE NAME:

MMM Acctg for Manufacturing & Mgmt

INSTRUCTOR:   Bala Balachandran

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):   YES 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read Chapter 21 in CD Rom -  shrink wrapped with textbook

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Ronald W. Hilton

PUBLISHER:

McGraw Hill Company 2005

TITLE:    

   Managerial Accounting, 6th ed.

Custom Publishing (See CD ROM enclosed with book)

 

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COURSE #:

444

SECTION:

81 & 82

COURSE NAME:

Mergers and Acquisitions

INSTRUCTOR:  Thomas Lys

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):    YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Readings for the first class session are in the case packet

Gaughan, Patrick A., Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.: New York 1999, Chapter 1: Introduction, pp 3-20 and Chapter 2: History of Mergers pp 21-60.

Ronald J. Gilson, A Structural Approach to Corporations: The Case Against Defensive Tactics in Tender Offers, 33 Stanford Law Review 818-848 (1981).

And Skim Brealy and Meyers Principles of Corporate Finance Chapters 33 and 34

TEXT - none

AUTHOR:  

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:   

 

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COURSE #:

451

SECTION:

61

COURSE NAME:

Financial Reporting and Analysis

INSTRUCTOR:   Jayanthi Sunder

CASEPACK (Yes or No?):     YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

               (RCJ refers to the textbook required for the course)

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)

                   Bring the Lecture 1 slides to class (available in the course packet) 

Skim:          RCJ Ch 1

Review:    For those of you who need to brush up on the accounting mechanics, it may be useful to review the following introductory accounting materials.

                  RCJ Ch 2, Appendix

                  Evanston Snack Shop (available in the course pack with solution)

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Revsine, Collins, Johnson

PUBLISHER:

Prentice Hall

TITLE:    

Financial Reporting & Analysis, Third Edition

 

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COURSE #:

479

SECTION:

81

COURSE NAME:

Accounting/Health Care

INSTRUCTOR:    Thomas Prince

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

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

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-prince@kellogg.northwestern.edu

READ:  Prince. “Corporate Financial Reporting of Future Healthcare

             Expenditures.”

TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  

Thomas R. Prince

PUBLISHER:

Chicago: American Hospital Publishing Inc. 1998

TITLE:    

Strategic Management for Health Case Entities: Creative Frameworks for Financial and Operational Analysis