ACC 600s


ACC 604 Statutory Interpretation (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011672
This course will introduce the student to the Canadian standards related to the interpretation of tax legislation and decisions of the courts.

ACC 605 International Tax (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011673
This course will introduce the student to Canadian taxation of international transactions, including the interpretation of tax treaties.

ACC 606 Business Valuations (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011674
This course will provide the fundamentals of business valuation theory and practice. Students will receive advanced standing in part of the Canadian Insitute of Chartered Business Valuators' Program of Studies.

ACC 607 Tax Issues Integration (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011675
This course will develop the students' skills in identifying and addressing tax issues, through the use of case studies.

ACC 608 US GAAP (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011676
This course will provide an introduction to the key issues important to the use of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles by Canadian accountants.

ACC 609 Financial Statement Analysis (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011677
This course introduces fundamental tools of analysis and evaluation that are widely used in a variety of fiancial careers.

ACC 610 Public Accounting Practice (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000003
This course is designed to enhance the students' abilities to apply knowledge of accounting principles, theories, and practices through the use of multi-dimensional case studies.

ACC 611 External Reporting (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000004
This course examines accounting standards in evolution, adopting critical perspectives of current issues.

ACC 620 Enterprise IT Architecture and Configuration Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011477
This course will address key elements of enterprise IT architecture such as networks, data bases, enterprise software, business processes and organizational structures. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

ACC 621 Sytem Reliability Principles and Criteria (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011484
This course will address the principles of reliable systems including availability, security, integrity and maintainability risks and control practices that can contribute to system reliability. (Course offerings will be internet-based.)

ACC 622 Electronic Commerce (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011478
This course will address the features and related implementation issues of electronic commerce systems, including order processing, payment, fulfillment, integration with other entity systems and related issues of management, performance measurement and control. (Course offerings will be internet-based.)

ACC 623 Business Technology Law (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011479
This course will address the legal issues related to information technology, including service agreements, intellectual property rights, taxation and other topics.

ACC 624 IT Security (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011480
This course will cover the principles, leading management approaches and technologies to ensuring security of systems and information. (Course offering will be internet-based.)
Prerequisite: ACC 621

ACC 625 IT Strategic Planning (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000011
This course will be based on case studies of strategic use of information technologies and will address the broad issues of the effective use of IT for competitive advantage. This course will also address the appropriate process to be followed in evaluating investments and IT projects, acquisitions, and portfolios. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

ACC 626 IT Assurance and Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000012
This course will address audit considerations and other assurance services in computer-based information systems. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

ACC 627 Business Process Enablement and Project Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000013
This course will cover methods of improving business processes and managing related organizational change. (Course offering will be internet-based.)

ACC 644 E-Business: Enterprise Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011083
This course examines the role of integrated company-wide information systems in improving organizational performance. The course will focus on the selection, acquisition, and implementation of these systems, including consideration of business process alignment, change management, and development of business cases to support their acquisition. The role of enterprise systems in inter-organizational systems and e-commerce will also be considered. This course will make use of case studies as well as examine selected current enterprise software. (Course offering will be internet-based.)
Prerequisite: ACC 241 or CS 330. Antirequisite: ACC 444

ACC 646 E-Business: Introduction to Electronic Commerce (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011127
This course examines key topics in electronic commerce such as the structure of the Internet, basic e-commerce processes and technologies (web site, catalogs, customer attraction, ordering processes, payment processes, and fulfillment processes), control issues (availability, security, integrity and maintainability), business-to-consumer models, business-to-business models, business-to-employee models, e-business strategies, integration of e-commerce activities into other business operations, performance measurement, legal and regulatory issues, and assurance services. (Course offering will be internet-based.)
Prerequisite: ACC 241 or CS 330. Antirequisite: ACC 446

ACC 650 Assurance and Governance (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000020
This course considers the role of risk in the context of assurance and the client's risk management process and addresses the impact of risk on an assurance provider's professional practice.

ACC 662 Tax Policy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000024
This course examines the economic, political, legal and administrative aspects of selected contemporary issues in Canadian tax policy.

ACC 680 Performance Measurement and Control systems for Implementing Strategy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000028
This course reviews and integrates theory and practice necessary for those intending to pursue management accounting careers. It provides a comprehensive insight into the problems facing top management accounting executives and includes a number of cases designed to expose students to real world situations requiring qualitative and quantitative analysis.

ACC 681 Understanding and Managing Organizational Change (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000029
This course is designed for individuals who are interested in a deeper understanding of the process of change from a senior management perspective.

ACC 682 Measuring and Managing the Value Creation Process (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010147
By examining the fundamentals of vlue creation, this course links internal performance systems with performance in financial markets.

ACC 683 Emerging Issues in Management and Marketing (0.50) LECCourse ID: 012014
This course provides students with a review and synthesis of emerging issues in management and marketing in order to prepare students who are pursuing a career in financial management with a business background. The course will consist of assigned readings, exercises, and term projects that involve evaluation of current business issues, and an examination.

ACC 690 Topics in Accounting (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000030
One or more one-term courses will be offered at different times as announced.

ACC 700s


ACC 701 Financial Accounting Research Seminar (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000040
Current research topics in financial accounting including applications of agency theory, capital markets theory and human information processing.

ACC 702 Management Accounting Research Seminar (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000041
This course provides an in-depth look at the major research efforts that characterize contemporary management accounting and cost management systems. Particular emphasis is placed on field-based research techniques.

ACC 750 Auditing Research Seminar (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000042
A broad survey of current auditing research covering: the socio-economic role of auditing in society; the agency relationships between shareholders, managers and auditors; the factors influencing the quality of auditing, in particular, experimental research into key attributes of the audit judgment process, and technological innovations such as statistical sampling, regression, and expert systems.

ACC 760 Taxation Research Seminar (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000043
A survey of non-legal tax research in accounting. Tax research in related areas, especially economics, will also be reviewed.

ACC 770 Finance 1 (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000044
(Cross-listed with ACTSC 970)
Current paradigms in the theory of finance and the supporting empirical evidence.

ACC 771 Finance 2 (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000045
(Cross-listed with ACTSC 971)
This course deals with stochastic interest rate models in both discrete time and continuous time. It also covers the theory and practice of instruments such as options, futures, derivative securities and other complex financial instruments.

ACC 772 Finance 3 (0.50) LECCourse ID: 000046
(Cross-listed with ACTSC 972)
This course covers topics in the pricing and valuation of derivative securities. It focuses on the underlying theoretical models and examines applications to contemporary finance problems.

ACC 781 Introduction to Research 1 (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000047
ACC 781 and 782 are intended to provide the foundation for PhD studies and to prepare students to meet the comprehensive examination's breadth requirements. These two courses together provide an introduction to the research issues and widely used research tools in Accounting.

ACC 782 Introduction to Research 2 (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000048
ACC 782 builds on the introduction to research issues and tools begun in ACC 781 and focuses primarily on analytical and experimental methods, with examples drawn from the various functional areas and core disciplines.

ACC 784 Selected Topics in Research Methodology (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 000049