ACCT 480 - Business Analytics in Accounting

Credits: 5
Introduces business analytics processes and applications in the context of accounting and finance. Prepares students to understand, manage, and wrangle data; apply appropriate analytical and data visualization methods; and communicate findings for business decision making.

Enrollment Requirement: Admission into the BAS in Accounting program; and SDEV 101  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor consent

Course Fee: $25.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:  

1. Explain business analytics applications, types of data, data sources, data privacy, and data ethics.  

2. Communicate with appropriate parties to determine the analysis to be performed.  

3. Apply data management and data wrangling methods.  

4. Utilize various data visualization methods for a variety of business purposes. 

5. Communicate findings and relevance of analytical procedures to business stakeholders in a nontechnical, understandable manner.  

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.