FEMBA Program M203A Financial Accounting for Management, Winter 2013
Section 1: 7:00-9:50pm Tuesday, SB 117 Section 2: 8:30-11:20am Saturday, SB 117

Instructor: Office: Office Hours: Website: T.A.: T.A.:

Terry Shevlin SB 321 By appointment https://eee.uci.edu/13w/39520 Tim Haight Qin Li

Phone: 949.824.6149 Email: tshevlin@uci.edu

Email: thaight@uci.edu Email: qin.li@uci.edu

Weekly TA Discussion Session: Monday evenings 7:00-8:20pm TLTC (starts Jan 13)

This course is designed for individuals who have a desire to learn about accounting (the “language of business”) and its role in society. The practice of accounting goes back thousands of years and affects individuals, not-for profit organizations, large for-profit corporations, government entities, nonprofessional and professional sports teams, and many other entities. Understanding how to create and use accounting information is therefore critical to your future success as a strategic thinker and leader in any organization. Our focus is for-profit businesses.

What is the objective of the course?
The objective of the course is to help those of you who know little about accounting, but who are willful and active participants in their education, gain a basic understanding of accounting, its role in society, and how accounting information can be used to make informed decisions. Please note that many of you will find the material we will cover challenging. Thus, being a “willful and active participant” may require a lot of out-of-class prep time. But a caveat. The core financial accounting course is a one-quarter overview of financial accounting. Because of the tremendous depth and breadth of financial accounting, it is not reasonable to expect you to master the subject. We will not even try to fool ourselves that this will occur. Instead we will set attainable goals of gaining an appreciation and