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Accounting 516 students:Welcome to Accounting 516.Financial Statement Analysis is a broad and exciting subject and you will find it valuable for many careers. I am sure you are enjoying the break and holidays and I do not want to spoil the fun with serious stuff. But still ...
This is summer and so things will move fast. You will be working in groups (maximum size 5) and so be ready to form groups on the first day of class.
The Blackboard site will be used only for quizzes and grades. For all materials please go to the website for the course at: http://www.uic.edu/classes/actg/actg516rtr/ Make yourselves familiar with the website. The book and other materials are listed under course description. Click on Readings and you will have access to a lot of current hot topics and readings. Click on Schedule for what we plan to do. http://www.uic.edu/gcat/CA.shtml If you are in the mood, you may want to check out the following movies and light readings: Go to the page: http://www.uic.edu/classes/actg/actg516rtr/Readings/Movies-TV/Movies.htm and look at the three videos on End of Wall Street. There are Movies; I will discuss them in class! • Enron the movie, • Wall Street (Old and New) • There will be blood • (Rent them at DVD store). Also free videos on line: Frontline Special http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tax/ This course has a prerequisite of an intermediate accounting course
(like Actg 502 or 315 at UIC). If you are not sure of your financial
accounting fundamentals check out he materials in: Here is a recent article on financial markets: The End of the Financial World as We Know |
