Accounting (ACC)

38 graduate courses in the Fall 2009 Graduate Calendar, from Waterloo’s archived copy.

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ACC 604 Statutory Interpretation0.50 units

This course will introduce the student to the Canadian standards related to the interpretation of tax legislation and decisions of the courts.

LEC · Course ID 011672Archived page ACC 604 today

ACC 605 International Tax0.50 units

This course will introduce the student to Canadian taxation of international transactions, including the interpretation of tax treaties.

LEC · Course ID 011673Archived page ACC 605 today

ACC 606 Business Valuations0.50 units

This course will provide the fundamentals of business valuation theory and practice. Students will receive advanced standing in part of the Canadian Insitute of Chartered Business Valuators' Program of Studies.

LEC · Course ID 011674Archived page ACC 606 today

ACC 607 Tax Issues Integration0.50 units

This course will develop the students' skills in identifying and addressing tax issues, through the use of case studies.

LEC · Course ID 011675Archived page ACC 607 today

ACC 608 US GAAP0.50 units

This course will provide an introduction to the key issues important to the use of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles by Canadian accountants.

LEC · Course ID 011676Archived page ACC 608 today

ACC 609 Financial Statement Analysis0.50 units

This course introduces fundamental tools of analysis and evaluation that are widely used in a variety of fiancial careers.

LEC · Course ID 011677Archived page ACC 609 today

ACC 610 Public Accounting Practice0.50 units

This course is designed to enhance the students' abilities to apply knowledge of accounting principles, theories, and practices through the use of multi-dimensional case studies.

LEC · Course ID 000003Archived page ACC 610 today

ACC 611 External Reporting0.50 units

This course examines accounting standards in evolution, adopting critical perspectives of current issues.

LEC · Course ID 000004Archived page ACC 611 today

ACC 620 Enterprise IT Architecture and Configuration Management0.50 units

This course will address key elements of enterprise IT architecture such as networks, data bases, enterprise software, business processes and organizational structures. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 011477Archived page ACC 620 today

ACC 621 System Reliability Principles and Criteria0.50 units

This course will address the principles of reliable systems including availability, security, integrity and maintainability risks and control practices that can contribute to system reliability. (Course offerings will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 011484Archived page ACC 621 today

ACC 622 Electronic Commerce0.50 units

This course will address the features and related implementation issues of electronic commerce systems, including order processing, payment, fulfillment, integration with other entity systems and related issues of management, performance measurement and control. (Course offerings will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 011478Archived page ACC 622 today

ACC 623 Business Technology Law0.50 units

This course will address the legal issues related to information technology, including service agreements, intellectual property rights, taxation and other topics.

LEC · Course ID 011479Archived page ACC 623 today

ACC 624 IT Security0.50 units

This course will cover the principles, leading management approaches and technologies to ensuring security of systems and information. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

Prerequisite: ACC 621

LEC · Course ID 011480Archived page ACC 624 today

ACC 625 IT Strategic Planning0.50 units

This course will be based on case studies of strategic use of information technologies and will address the broad issues of the effective use of IT for competitive advantage. This course will also address the appropriate process to be followed in evaluating investments and IT projects, acquisitions, and portfolios. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 000011Archived page ACC 625 today

ACC 626 IT Assurance and Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques0.50 units

This course will address audit considerations and other assurance services in computer-based information systems. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 000012Archived page ACC 626 today

ACC 627 Business Process Enablement and Project Management0.50 units

This course will cover methods of improving business processes and managing related organizational change. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

LEC · Course ID 000013Archived page ACC 627 today

ACC 644 E-Business: Enterprise Systems0.50 units

This course examines the role of integrated company-wide information systems in improving organizational performance. The course will focus on the selection, acquisition, and implementation of these systems, including consideration of business process alignment, change management, and development of business cases to support their acquisition. The role of enterprise systems in inter-organizational systems and e-commerce will also be considered. This course will make use of case studies as well as examine selected current enterprise software. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

Prerequisite: ACC 241 or CS 330. Antirequisite: ACC 444

LEC · Course ID 011083Archived page ACC 644 today

ACC 646 E-Business: Introduction to Electronic Commerce0.50 units

This course examines key topics in electronic commerce such as the structure of the Internet, basic e-commerce processes and technologies (web site, catalogs, customer attraction, ordering processes, payment processes, and fulfillment processes), control issues (availability, security, integrity and maintainability), business-to-consumer models, business-to-business models, business-to-employee models, e-business strategies, integration of e-commerce activities into other business operations, performance measurement, legal and regulatory issues, and assurance services. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

Prerequisite: ACC 241 or CS 330. Antirequisite: ACC 446

LEC · Course ID 011127Archived page ACC 646 today

ACC 650 Assurance and Governance0.50 units

This course considers the role of risk in the context of assurance and the client's risk management process and addresses the impact of risk on an assurance provider's professional practice.

LEC · Course ID 000020Archived page ACC 650 today

ACC 652 Forensic Accounting0.50 units

Through case-based learning this course provides insight into financial statement fraud, frauds against organizations, fraud investigations and how frauds may be prevented and detected.

SEM · Course ID 013326Archived page ACC 652 today

ACC 662 Tax Policy0.50 units

This course examines the economic, political, legal and administrative aspects of selected contemporary issues in Canadian tax policy.

1 Dealing-CRA & Dept of Finance

LEC · Course ID 000024Archived page ACC 662 today

ACC 680 Performance Measurement and Control systems for Implementing Strategy0.50 units

This course reviews and integrates theory and practice necessary for those intending to pursue management accounting careers. It provides a comprehensive insight into the problems facing top management accounting executives and includes a number of cases designed to expose students to real world situations requiring qualitative and quantitative analysis.

LEC · Course ID 000028Archived page ACC 680 today

ACC 681 Understanding and Managing Organizational Change0.50 units

This course is designed for individuals who are interested in a deeper understanding of the process of change from a senior management perspective.

LEC · Course ID 000029Archived page ACC 681 today

ACC 682 Measuring and Managing the Value Creation Process0.50 units

By examining the fundamentals of vlue creation, this course links internal performance systems with performance in financial markets.

LEC · Course ID 010147Archived page ACC 682 today

ACC 683 Emerging Issues in Management and Marketing0.50 units

This course provides students with a review and synthesis of emerging issues in management and marketing in order to prepare students who are pursuing a career in financial management with a business background. The course will consist of assigned readings, exercises, and term projects that involve evaluation of current business issues, and an examination.

LEC · Course ID 012014Archived page ACC 683 today

ACC 684 Strategy and Business Models0.50 units

This course examines concepts within organizational strategy and performance by exploring business models and applying an analysis framework to assess the models' connections with competivenesss and profitability.

SEM · Course ID 013327Archived page ACC 684 today

ACC 685 Performance Management0.50 units

This course covers advanced management control topics including the design and use of performance metrics, aligning performance measurement with strategy, goal-setting and incentive programs, and risk management.

SEM · Course ID 013328Archived page ACC 685 today

ACC 690 Topics in Accounting0.50 units

One or more one-term courses will be offered at different times as announced.

LEC · Course ID 000030Archived page ACC 690 today

ACC 701 Financial Accounting Research Seminar0.50 units

Current research topics in financial accounting including applications of agency theory, capital markets theory and human information processing.

SEM · Course ID 000040Archived page ACC 701 today

ACC 702 Management Accounting Research Seminar0.50 units

This course provides an in-depth look at the major research efforts that characterize contemporary management accounting and cost management systems. Particular emphasis is placed on field-based research techniques.

SEM · Course ID 000041Archived page ACC 702 today

ACC 750 Auditing Research Seminar0.50 units

A broad survey of current auditing research covering: the socio-economic role of auditing in society; the agency relationships between shareholders, managers and auditors; the factors influencing the quality of auditing, in particular, experimental research into key attributes of the audit judgment process, and technological innovations such as statistical sampling, regression, and expert systems.

SEM · Course ID 000042Archived page ACC 750 today

ACC 760 Taxation Research Seminar0.50 units

A survey of non-legal tax research in accounting. Tax research in related areas, especially economics, will also be reviewed.

SEM · Course ID 000043Archived page ACC 760 today

ACC 770 Finance 10.50 units

Current paradigms in the theory of finance and the supporting empirical evidence.

(Cross-listed with ACTSC 970)

LEC · Course ID 000044Archived page ACC 770 today

ACC 771 Finance 20.50 units

This course deals with stochastic interest rate models in both discrete time and continuous time. It also covers the theory and practice of instruments such as options, futures, derivative securities and other complex financial instruments.

(Cross-listed with ACTSC 971)

LEC · Course ID 000045Archived page ACC 771 today

ACC 772 Finance 30.50 units

This course covers topics in the pricing and valuation of derivative securities. It focuses on the underlying theoretical models and examines applications to contemporary finance problems.

(Cross-listed with ACTSC 972)

LEC · Course ID 000046Archived page ACC 772 today

ACC 781 Introduction to Research 10.50 units

ACC 781 and 782 are intended to provide the foundation for PhD studies and to prepare students to meet the comprehensive examination's breadth requirements. These two courses together provide an introduction to the research issues and widely used research tools in Accounting.

SEM · Course ID 000047Archived page ACC 781 today

ACC 782 Introduction to Research 20.50 units

ACC 782 builds on the introduction to research issues and tools begun in ACC 781 and focuses primarily on analytical and experimental methods, with examples drawn from the various functional areas and core disciplines.

SEM · Course ID 000048Archived page ACC 782 today

ACC 784 Selected Topics in Research Methodology0.50 units

SEM · Course ID 000049Archived page ACC 784 today