ACCT 3220 - Communications in Accounting (3)

This course addresses two essential competencies utilized in the practice of accountancy which are professional writing and ethics. The course will address memos, emails, social media, reports, and disclosures. Oral communication will be strengthened by using mock interviews, role-playing, and presentations. Visual and interpersonal communications will also be addressed. All these methods will be presented using current accounting professionals with contemporary examples to include scenarios from tax, audit, compliance, ethics, and consulting. The course will prove a broad survey of various types of accounting writing and provide students with an opportunity to practice professional communication techniques structured towards accounting communications to include Audit Planning, Business Taxation, and Business Performance.

The ethics position of the course will use the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative (DFEI) Principles and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy-Center for Public Trust Ethics Leadership Certification Program as the basis of instruction. The ethics case problems will be structured to prepare students to take the ethics portion of the CPA exam. CIP
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