MPAD 6352 - Public Sector Financial Reporting and Analysis

Extending the coverage of public financial management topics to include the accounting and reporting activities of government and nonprofit organizations. The dimensions of accounting and financial management theory and practice which are examined include: accounting for revenues and expenditures; basic governmental accounting principles and procedures, business-type activities of governments, governmental third-party fiduciary activities, agency relationships, the relationship of budgets to the accounting system, financial reporting and auditing, financial statement analysis, and credit analysis. A unit of the course also concerns ethics, risk-taking and accountability, with a special emphasis on high-risk “derivative securities,” and the need to maintain the highest standards of fiduciary responsibility.

Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MPAD 6131

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