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Accounting Data Analytics

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Th 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.		 Wheatley W02-0200 3 $2557 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
Th 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.
Location
Wheatley W02-0200
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2557 (guest students)

Description

Data has proliferated in business and managers and accountants need to understand the implications for decision-making and tap into the data to provide better insights into a firm/client/customer/supplier, etc. This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of data analytic thinking and terminology as well as hands-on experience with data analytics tools and techniques. Specific topics include but are not limited to data preparation, cleaning and data mining using SAS, data visualization using Tableau, data warehousing for managerial accounting tasks and performing audit forensics with the IDEA application. Students should leave this course with the skills necessary to translate accounting and business problems into actionable proposals that they can competently present to managers and data scientists. While there will be some use of tools in this course, the focus of this class is on concepts, not algorithms or statistical math or programming.

Prerequisites

MBA AF 610

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/3/2024 - 12/13/2024

Location

Wheatley W02-0200

Enrolled / Capacity

17 / 30

Status

Closed

Instructor

Xiaolu Xu

Tuition*

$2557 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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