Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 College Catalog

ACC 270 - Current Topics in Accounting

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. Includes an examination of current accounting trends and topics in business and industry. Examples include subjects such as business formation, Cryptocurrencies, sales tax, data analysis, technology, and industry specific accounting issues.

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Course Learning Outcomes
1. Adapt and apply skills, abilities, theories or methodologies, in accounting, to new situations.

2. Explore an accounting related topic in depth, and apply knowledge to accounting practice.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of how academic concepts pertain to relevant topics encountered outside the classroom.


Outline:
I. Business Formation

A. Setting up a business

B. Bookkeeping systems

C. Tax consequences

II. Identify, review, and examine issues surrounding technology in the accounting profession.

III. Identify, review, and examine other current issues in the accounting profession.


Effective Term:
Fall 2022