[ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2020-2021 Graduate Academic Catalog

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[ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2020-2021 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ACC 538 - Law and the Accountant

3 credit hours

Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in business law.
The purpose of the course is to provide the accountant and aspiring accountant a general understanding of U.S. jurisprudence and the application of U.S. law to the business sector. The course content was developed in consultation with members of the accounting profession, and it focuses on matters pertinent to the practitioner. It takes as a "given" the fact that most accountants will spend their professional time working with or for various types of business organizations, most often corporations.