Spring 2020
> Management & Business
> ACCT.6600
> 061
Course No: ACCT.6600-061; SIS Class Nbr: 12723; SIS Term: 2930
Course Status: Registration Closed
Course Description
Topics to be covered in this course include managing and leaning data, building and evaluating models, visualizing the results of data analyses, and drawing conclusions from the analytics. A series of accounting topics with data analytics application will be discussed, such as fraud and earnings management detection, and financial statement analyses. Students should leave this course with skills necessary to understand data and manage data, to translate accounting and business problems into actionable proposals, and to present data/results to managers and data scientists.
Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor
- Prerequisites: ACCT.5010 Financial Accounting with an earned C or better, or MSA Program, or MSB3 Student Group waiver, or MSB9 Student group waiver.
- Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
- Instructor: Jingrong Lin
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UMass Lowell Bookstore
When Offered & Tuition
- Online Course
- 2020 Spring: Jan 21 to Apr 05
- Chat Hours: Thu 9-10pm*
- Course Level: Graduate
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Tuition: $1965
- Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.
*Chat Hours provide an opportunity for the instructor and students to communicate
in "real time". It is an informative and interactive session where course related questions, answers,
and discussions take place. While student attendance during chat hours is not required, it is highly recommended.
Weekly chat sessions are archived for students who are not able to participate in the live chat sessions at the
scheduled times.
Related Programs: M.S. in Business Analytics, M.S. in Accounting, M.S. in Finance
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