IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2022-2023

Undergraduate

• BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting Skills (1 cr.) This course covers the process of recording economic events that underlie financial statements. The basics of generally accepted accounting principles are introduced as they affect financial statements. The fundamental aspects of managerial accounting are related to planning, controlling, and decision making in business organizations. Different cost definitions are developed, and cost-volume-profit analysis is introduced as an important financial planning and control skill.

• BUS-A 186 Accounting and the Business Environment (3 cr.) Non-majors This course is designed from the user's perspective to help students understand the basics of financial and managerial accounting and how accounting is useful to external and internal decision makers. This course will not be counted toward a business degree or minor.

• BUS-A 200 Foundations of Accounting (Nonmajors) (3 cr.) P: Sophomore standing. The course addresses the role of accounting in society and business, with a special emphasis on fundamental concepts and the basic design of accounting systems. This course is intended for non-business majors who are interested in learning about how accounting affects their lives and businesses. Credit not given for both BUS-A 200 and either BUS-A 201 or BUS-A 202. This course will not be counted toward a business degree.

• BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 100 with a grade of C or higher; sophomore standing. Provides balanced coverage of the mechanics, measurement theory, and economic context of financial accounting. Strikes a balance between a preparer's and a user's orientation, emphasizing that students must understand both how transactions lead to financial statements (preparer's orientation) as well as how one can infer transactions given a set of financial statements (user's orientation). Relies on current real-world examples taken from the popular business press. The first part of the course introduces students to the financial accounting environment, financial statements, the accounting cycle, and the theoretical framework of accounting measurement. The second part of the course covers the elements of financial statements, emphasizing mechanics, measurement theory, and the economic environment. Students cannot receive credit for both BUS-A 201 and BUS-A 200.

• BUS-A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 100 with a grade of C or higher; sophomore standing. The course covers the concepts and issues associated with the accounting and the management of business. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the role of accounting in product costing, costing for quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior. Credit not given for both BUS-A 202 and BUS-A 200.

• BUS-A 204 Introduction to Financial Accounting: Honors (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 100 with a grade of C or higher; sophomore standing. The course covers the concepts and issues associated with corporate financial reporting. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the role of financial accounting in the economy and how different accounting methods affect the financial statement. Honors credit, permission required. Credit not given for both BUS-A 204 and BUS-A 200

• BUS-A 207 Introduction to Managerial Accounting: Honors (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 100 with a grade of C or higher; sophomore standing. The course covers the concepts and issues associated with the accounting and the management of business. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the role of accounting in product costing, costing for quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior. Honors credit, permission required. Credit not given for both BUS-A 207 and BUS-A 200.

• BUS-A 302 Accounting Research (1 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204) and BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207) with a grade of C or higher in each; Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. C: BUS-A 328. Emphasizes development of communication skills through writing exercises related to tax research. In addition, covers how to access the primary and secondary sources of tax law, including the Internal Revenue Code, regulations and other administrative pronouncements, and judicial decisions. Explains the research process and the use of research tools to locate sources of tax law. Utilizes both paper products and electronic (Internet) resources. Emphasizes how to read and interpret source materials. Tax research assignments stress writing skills and the need for effective communication of research findings.

• BUS-A 310 Management Decisions and Financial Reporting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204) and BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207) with a grade of C or higher in each. Junior or senior standing. BUS-A 310 is a one-semester course intended primarily for finance majors that covers all the traditional intermediate accounting topics. The course provides students with a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations underlying financial reporting, the rules used by accountants to measure the effects of business decisions and to report the effects to external parties, the use of judgment in financial reporting, and the transformation of cash-flow decisions into accrual-based and cash-based financial statements. Students are expected to develop technical, analytical, and interpretive skills related to economic transactions and accrual-based financial statements. Accounting students should take BUS-A 311 and BUS-A 312 to satisfy accounting major requirements. Credit not given for both BUS-A 310 and BUS-A 311 or BUS-A 312.

• BUS-A 311 Intermediate Accounting I (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 and BUS-A 202. Junior or senior standing. Provides students with a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations underlying financial reporting, revenue recognition, and the matching of expenses; financial statement presentation; and accounting for assets. The course's primary objective is to give students the tools necessary to understand and execute appropriate accounting procedures. Another goal is to help students understand the process through which accounting standards are determined and to evaluate the outcomes of that process from the perspectives of managers, shareholders, auditors, and others. Students will learn to assess competing accounting theories and methods from multiple perspectives.

• BUS-A 312 Intermediate Accounting II (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 311. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. Provides students with a thorough understanding of accounting for long-term liabilities and debt investment, stockholders'equity, and preparation of cash-flow statements. The course's first objective is to give students the tools necessary to understand and execute appropriate accounting procedures. The course's second objective is to help students understand the process through which accounting standards are determined and to evaluate the outcomes of that process from the perspectives of managers, shareholders, auditors, and others. Students will learn to assess competing accounting theories and methods from multiple perspectives.

• BUS-A 325 Cost Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 and BUS-A 202. Junior or senior standing. Conceptual and procedural aspects of management and cost accounting. Product costing, cost control over projects and products, decision making, profit planning, quantitative modeling, activity-based management, and computer applications.

• BUS-A 328 Introduction to Taxation (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204) and BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207) with a grade of C or higher in each. C: BUS-A 302. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. This course examines the fundamentals of federal income taxation. Primary emphasis is on a basic understanding and awareness of the tax law as it applies to individuals. Includes an overview of the taxation of corporations, partnerships, and estates and trusts. The course introduces students to tax research and the various sources of tax law, including the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, administrative pronouncements, and case law.

• BUS-A 335 Fund Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204) and BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207) with a grade of C or higher in each. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. Financial management and accounting for nonprofit-seeking entities such as municipal and federal governments, schools, and hospitals.

• BUS-A 337 Computer-Based Accounting Systems (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204), BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207), and BUS-K 201 (or BUS-K 204), all with a grade of C or higher. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. Impact of modern computer systems on analysis and design of accounting information systems. Discussion of tools of systems analysis, computer-based systems, and internal controls and applications. Focus on microcomputer use.

• BUS-A 339 Advanced Income Tax (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 328. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. Advanced aspects of the income taxation of corporations, partnerships, and S-corporations.

• BUS-A 375 Internal Auditing Process Controls (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 (or BUS-K 204), BUS-A 201 (or BUS-A 204), and BUS-A 202 (or BUS-A 207) with a grade of C or higher in each. R: Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. This course introduces basic concepts of internal auditing, emphasizes business process controls, covers basic internal controls and how they relate to common business processes, covers how information technology relates to audit procedures and reports, covers the internal auditor's role in monitoring corporate controls, and involves hands-on experience with audit software.

• BUS-A 380 Professional Practice in Accounting (3 cr.) P: I-CORE (with C or higher in each course). 2.5 GPA, Kelley admit of junior or senior standing, application form. Credit for a major-related internship. Application must first be filed through the Kelley Office of Academic and Professional Development. Students receive work experience in cooperating firms or agencies. Comprehensive written report required.

• BUS-A 422 Advanced Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: I-Core (with C or higher in each course); BUS-A 312 Kelley admit of senior standing. Generally accepted accounting principles as applied to partnerships, business combinations, branches, foreign operations, and nonprofits. Particular emphasis on consolidated financial statements.

• BUS-A 424 Auditing (3 cr.) P: I-Core (with C or higher in each course), BUS-A 337, and BUS-A 312 Kelley admit of senior standing. This course provides students with an understanding of (1) the auditing environment and professional ethics, (2) audit reports and the conditions under which alternatives are used, (3) basic auditing concepts, (4) audit evidence and documentation, (5) analytical reviews, (6) the audit risk model, (7) review and documentation of internal controls, (8) audits of cycles, (9) statistical sampling, and (10) audit objectives and audit procedures for mechanized systems. Emphasis is on the conceptual development of the subject matter, the nature of professional practice, and the technology of auditing.

• BUS-A 437 Advanced Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) P: I-Core (with C or higher in each course); BUS-A 325 Kelley admit of senior standing and consent of instructor. Objective of course is to provide students with advanced managerial accounting knowledge and skills. Emphasis is on strategic decision making and management control systems. Students will provide case analyses and presentations.

• BUS-A 439 Advanced Auditing (3 cr.) P: I-Core (with C or higher in each course); BUS-A 424 Kelley admit of senior standing. Coverage of ethics for the accounting profession. Issues of legal liability. Audit program planning. Statistical sampling applications. Use of Electronic Data Processing (EDP) auditing.

• BUS-A 460 Information Systems Security Assurance (3 cr.) P: I-Core (with C or higher in each course); BUS-A 337. Kelley admit of senior standing. This course covers the management and control security of an entity's information technology infrastructure and processes. Specific topics include information security risk identification and management; telecommunications; applications; operational security, physical security, and business continuity; and disaster recovery planning.

• BUS-A 490 Independent Study in Accounting (1-3 cr.) P: ICORE (with C or higher in each course), consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Kelley admit of junior or senior standing. Supervised individual study and research in student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Written report required.

Graduate

• BUPA-A 500 Responsibilites and Ethical Considerations in Accounting and Tax (1.5 cr.)

  This course focuses on the role that ethics plays in the accounting profession.  The ultimate goal of this course is for students to develop a passion for acting ethically in their profession and possess the tools to live out this passion.

• BUPA-A 508 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations (3 cr.) Accounting concepts and methods peculiar to governmental units, universities, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations.

• BUS-A 510 Financial Accounting Theory and Practice I (3 cr.) An intermediate financial accounting course emphasizing financial statement preparation and analysis. Includes intermediate theory and problems, asset valuation, and income measurement, preparation and analysis of financial statements. This course does not count toward the MSA degree as it is the graduate version of A311 Intermediate Accounting.

• BUPA-A 511 Financial Accounting Theory and Practice II (3 cr.) P: A510 or equivalent. Application of intermediate accounting theory to problems involving long-term liabilities, corporations, earnings per share, tax allocation, pensions, leases, and cash flows.

• BUPA-S 590 Independent Study in Management Information Systems (Arr. cr.) For advanced MBA or MSA students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the MBA/MSA office and the faculty's advisor.

• BUPA-A 514 Auditing Theory and Practice (3 cr.) P: A511 and A523. This course addresses the concepts and procedures related to the implementation of the external and internal audits for business organizations. Coverage includes issuance of the audit report, reviews of internal control, statistical sampling, EDP systems and the company's business cycles. Additional topics include forensic accounting, auditing for fraud and other assurance services. Many topics covered are included on the uniform CPA examination given twice yearly by the AICPA.

• BUPA-A 515 Federal Income Taxes (3 cr.) C: A551 Tax Research: Introduction to federal income taxation. Focus is on the income taxation of individuals and tax planning for individuals. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the federal income tax law of the U.S. The course provides an overview of the following elements of the tax computation: gross income, deductions, credits, property transactions, alternative minimum tax, employment taxes, and an overview of the estate and gift tax. While the course primarily focuses on the income taxation of individuals, the basic treatment of other entities is considered, including the taxation of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts and estates. Moreover, it should be emphasized that many of the basic tax rules examined apply to all entities. In addition, a portion of the course is devoted to tax research, enabling students to appreciate the sources of tax law such as the Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, administrative pronouncements and case law.

• BUPA-A 516 Federal Estate and Gift Taxation (3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Tax treatment of wealth transfers at death (the estate tax) and during lifetime (the gift tax), with emphasis on estate planning. Also includes an examination of the income taxation of estates and trusts.

• BUPA-A 517 Financial Statement Analysis (3 cr.) P: A510 or equivalent. Financial statement analysis is a problem solving, case course designed to teach and understand the techniques used to evaluate the financial dynamics of businesses. Topics covered are directly related to the accounting financial statements, including strategic analysis, ratio analysis, asset and liability analysis, and revenue and expense analysis. Also covered will be forecasting, financial distress models, asset valuation modeling, discount models and abnormal return models. Students will use the Compustat database to generate company and industry data to perform longitudinal studies and publicly traded securities.

• BUPA-A 520 Corporate Financial Reporting (3 cr.) P: A511 and A514. C: A562 recommended. This course will cover the theory and practice of corporate financial reporting. You will be responsible for conducting applied accounting research on a variety of corporate reporting issues that are designed not only to expand your knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles covered in undergraduate accounting courses but also to improve your analytical abilities and reasoning process. The research will involve cases based on actual financial statements and events involving real companies. Corporate financial reporting issues will also be covered through financial statement analysis as well as an introduction to special reporting issues. Another critical part of the course will be evaluating current developments in financial reporting, e.g., FASB’s proposals and exposure drafts.

• BUPA-A 522 Federal Taxation of Partnerships and LCC (3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Tax aspects of the definition, formation, operation, liquidation, and termination of partnerships and limited liability companies.

• BUPA-A 523 Business Information Systems (3 cr.) An overview of accounting systems and their existence within businesses. The course includes discussions of system controls, transaction processing, business cycles and issues related to development and installation of automated accounting systems.

• BUSN-A 524 Managing Accounting Information for Decision Making (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201 Provides a user-oriented understanding of how accounting information should be managed to ensure its availability on a timely and relevant basis for decision making. Focus is on cost-benefit analysis for evaluating potential value-added results from planning, organizing, and controlling a firm=s accounting information. Group participation and computer support is used extensively. For MBA students enrolled in Module II.

• BUPA-A 528 State and Local Taxation (3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Examines the basic principles of state and local taxation. Taxes studied are income taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, inheritance taxes, estate taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes, and excise taxes.

• BUPA-A 529 Internship in Accounting (3 cr.) Learning in a professional environment. Internship with intensive seminars relating to business (e.g., leadership, team building, supervisory skills, time-management, oral communications, negotiating).

• BUPA-A 538 Corporate Taxation II (3.0 cr.) P:  A539 or equivalent.  This course develops in-depth corporate tax knowledge and gives studies experience preparing assignments similar to those prepared by tax practitioners. Topics include corporate liquidations, penalty taxes, corporate reorganizations, and consolidated tax returns.

• BUPA-A 539 Advanced Taxation I: Entity Issues (3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Introduction to the taxation of regular corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations.

• BUPA-A 551 Tax Research (1.5 cr.) C: A515 Covers how to access the primary and secondary sources of tax law, including the Internal Revenue Code, regulations and other administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions. Explains the research process and the use of research tools to locate sources of tax law. Utilizes both paper products and electronic (internet) resources. Emphasizes how to read and interpret source materials. Tax research assignments stress writing skills and the need for effective communication of research findings.  Tax research is an online course.

• BUPA-A 572 Forensic Accouning (3.0 cr.) P: Admission as Kelley Graduate Accounting Student

  Virtually every significant audit failure in the last 100 years is a result of fraud – and the costs are devastating!  Enron, Bernie Madoff, PharMor, and many other notable frauds have impacted our financial markets and have cost investors and creditors billions of dollars.  In this course, we will discuss the pathology of fraud (who commits fraud, why they commit it, how they commit it), the different types of fraud, how fraud can be deterred and detected, and how forensic accounting tools can be used to investigate and prove fraud.  The course will be broken into three main parts:  What is fraud and how is it committed?  How do we deter and detect fraud?  What is forensic accounting and how does it fit with fraud deterrence and detection?

• BUPA-A 555 Taxation of S Corporations (3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Examines tax treatment, tax problems and tax planning techniques involving S corporations; eligibility rules; election, revocation, termination; treatment of income, deductions and credits; determining the shareholder's taxable income; pass-through of corporate net operating loss; distributions of previously taxed income; special taxes applicable to S corporations.

• BUPA-A 556 Timing Issues in Taxation: Accounting Periods and Methods (1.5-3 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Examines timing issues related to the Federal income tax including adoption of and changes in accounting periods, cash and accrual methods of accounting, tax consequences of changing from one method of accounting to another, installment methods of accounting; time value of money issues (original issue discount); inventory accounting (LIFO), the Uniform Capitalization Rules, and accounting for long-term contracts.

• BUPA-A 557 International Taxation (3.0 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Examines federal tax issues related to foreign transactions, including issues affecting U.S. citizens and residents working, investing in or doing business overseas, and foreigners working, investing in or doing business in the U.S.

• BUPA-A 558 Taxation of Tax Exempt Organizations I (1.5 cr.) P: A515 or equivalent. Examines the tax treatment of public and private charities exempt under I.R.C. Sec. 501(c)(3), as well as business leagues, social clubs, and other types of tax-exempt organizations Includes discussion of the requirements for exemption from federal income tax and the tax treatment of the unrelated business income tax and private foundation status and its repercussions.

• BUPA-A 560 Information Technology Auditing (3 cr.) This course examines the security and control of information systems (IS) from the perspective of management, including the IS assurance process. The emphasis is on technical, professional, and regulatory best practices in information systems security and assurance. The course is designed to meet the IS security information needs of both managers and IS security assurance professionals. As such, the course is structured to cover most topics in the common body of knowledge (CBK) for professional examinations with an information security component, including the CPA, CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) and CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) exams.

• BUPA-A 562 Advanced Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: A511 or equivalent. Consideration of advanced financial accounting problems, including those related to consolidated financial statements, business combinations (mergers and acquisitions), branches, foreign operations and nonprofit organizations.

• BUPA-A 566 Advanced Auditing (3 cr.) P: A514 or equivalent. Examines advance issues in auditing including in depth review of the following: forensic accounting and fraud examination; litigation support and expert witness services; the use of statistical sampling in auditing; internal auditing; assurance services and extending the attestation function. The course makes use of cases, articles and current pronouncements in the field.

• BUPA-A 567 Taxation of Tax Exempt Organizations II (1.5 cr.) P: A558 This course provides a brief overview of the basic concepts of the laws and regulations governing NFP organizations. Specific topics include: the formation and dissolution of a NFP entity; the operation and governance of the NFP entity; tax exemption issues; unrelated business income tax; and charitable contributions.

• BUPA-A 575 Auditing and Corporate Governance (3 cr.) This course introduces basic concepts of internal auditing, emphasizing business process controls as well as entity-level controls. The course is taught from a corporate governance perspective, which stresses the role played by internal audit in assisting management and the board in evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, internal controls, and the governance process. The course also includes an introduction to audit software.

• BUPA-A 580 Topics in Accounting (1.5-3.0 cr.)

  This course is a variable topic course for MSA and MST students.

• BUPA-A 590 Independent Study in Accounting (Arr. cr.) For advanced MBA or MSA students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the MBA/MSA office and the faculty's advisor.

• BUS-A 590 Independent Study in Accounting (Arr. cr.) For advanced M.B.A. students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the M.B.A. Office and the student's faculty advisor.

• BUPA-D 590 Independent Study in International Business (Arr. cr.) For advanced MBA or MSA students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the MBA/MSA office and the faculty's advisor.

• BUPA-F 560 Current Topics in Finance (3.0 cr.) P: F300 or equivalent.

  Varied topics in finance that include: 

  Corporate Financial Strategy and Governance.  This course introduces students to the financial tools used in firm valuations, emphasizing the need for managers to focus on the value their business strategies are creating.

  Introduction to Real Estate Analysis.  This course is designed as a general principles course, intended to offer a comprehensive overview understanding of the field of real estate and to provide initial exposure to the methods and techniques of real estate financial analysis, valuation and decision-making. 

• BUPA-F 590 Independent Study in Finance (Arr. cr.) For advanced MBA or MSA students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the MBA/MSA office and the faculty's advisor.

• BUPA-L 503 Advanced Business Law (3 cr.) P: L203 or equivalent. Examines concepts of law as applied to the accounting profession, including contracts, agency, forms of organization, property, wills and trusts, securities regulation, consumer protection, and antitrust, secured transactions, negotiable instruments, commercial paper, payment systems, bankruptcy, and related subject areas.

• BUS-S 590 Independent Study in Management Information Systems (Arr. cr.) For advanced M.B.A. students engaged in special study projects. Course admission and project supervision is arranged through the M.B.A. Office and the student's faculty advisor.

• BUPA-Z 512 Leadership I (1.5 cr.)

  This course explores various leadership methods to enhance leadership  abilities and soft skills.

• BUPA-Z 520 Leadership II (1.5 cr.)

  This course explores various leadership methods to enhance leadership  abilities and soft skills.