ACCT 565 - Valuation for Financial Reporting

3 credit hours

This course develops an integrated knowledge of accounting and finance and provides a financial reporting perspective for fair value- related issues. Topics will relate to the accounting for business combinations and asset impairments including the recognition and valuation of intangibles and contingencies, stock compensation accounting, derivatives accounting including assessing hedge effectiveness and the accounting for hybrid financial instruments. Cross-listed with FINC 565. Prerequisites: MBA 501, 515, ACCT/FINC 538, ACCT 531, 532, 533, FINC 542, 2 from: FINC 549, 550, 554.