MBA Major - Financial Reporting and Analysis
Accounting and MIS
Objective
To produce students who can read and understand financial statements and related disclosures. Specifically, the major will further develop student skills in analyzing and interpreting financial information including financial statements and the notes to the financial statements. For students to meet this objective, we will develop their critical thinking as well as their analytical and quantitative skills.
Primary Target Audience--Students preparing for
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Commercial or Investment Banking Careers
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Financial Consulting Careers
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Corporate Finance Careers
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Sales and Trading, Research, and Portfolio Management Careers
Curriculum (a five course requirement beyond MBA 800 & MBA 801)
Base Courses
(Required):
AMIS 824 Corporate Financial
Reporting
AMIS 842 Financial Statement Analysis
Recommended Accounting
Electives:
AMIS 822 Assurance Services and
Information Quality
AMIS 823 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
AMIS 825 Advanced Accounting Analysis for the Controllership
Function
AMIS 827 Information, Incentives, and Control System Design
AMIS 828 Financial Information and Valuation
AMIS 829 Financial Accounting Analysis
AMIS 846 Business Tax Planning
AMIS 848 Financial Instruments, Derivatives and Hedging
AMIS 894.30 Merger & Acquisition Reporting and Analysis
AMIS 894.31 Data Mining for Business
Recommended Finance
Electives (a maximum of two courses):
FIN
811 Financial Decision Making
FIN 821 Seminar in Corporate Finance
FIN 822 Security Markets
FIN 823 Special Topics in Investment Management
FIN 828 Cases in Corporate Finance
FIN 829 Risk Management and Financial Engineering
(Other FCOB MBA electives may qualify as a FR&A elective with prior approval)
For Further Information Contact:
Professor Dave Williams
418 Fisher Hall
292-8566
williams.77@osu.edu
