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MBA Financial Accounting - 5th Edition
Suggested Course Structure

About the Book Suggested Course Structure Innovative
Pedagogy		 5th Edition Changes
About the
Authors		 Table of Contents IFRS Coverage Supplements

Flexibility for Courses of Varying Lengths

Many instructors have approached us to ask about suggested class structures based on courses of varying length. To that end, we provide the following table of possible course designs:

15 Week
Semester Course		 10 Week
Quarter Course		 6 Week Mini Course 1 Week
Intensive
Course
Module 1
Financial Accounting for MBAs		 Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Day 1
(Module 1
and either
Module 2
or
Module 3)
Module 2
Introducing Financial Statements and Transaction Analysis		 Week 2 Week 2 Week 2
Module 3
Accounting Adjustments and Constructing Financial Statements		 Week 2
(optional)		 Week 2
(optional)		 Week 2
(optional)
Module 4
Analyzing and Interpreting
Financial Statements		 Weeks
3 and 4		 Week 3 Week 3 Day 2
Module 5
Reporting and Analyzing
Operating Income		 Week 5 Week 4 Skim Skim
Module 6
Reporting and Analyzing
Operating Assets		 Week 6 Week 5 Week 4 Day 3
Module 7
Reporting and Analyzing
Intercorporate Investments		 Week 7 Optional Optional Optional
Module 8
Reporting and Analyzing
Nonowner Financing		 Week 8 Week 6 Week 5 Day 4
Module 9
Reporting and Analyzing
Owner Financing		 Week 9 Week 7 Week 6 Day 5
Module 10
Reporting and Analyzing Off-Balance-Sheet Financing		 Weeks 10 and 11 Week 8 Optional Optional
Module 11
Forecasting Financial Statements		 Weeks 12 and 13 Week 9 Optional Optional
Module 12
Analyzing and Valuing Equity Securities		 Weeks 13 and 14 Week 10 Optional

Optional