MGMT 124
Advanced Accounting
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 120B. Specialized accounting topics in business combinations, consolidated financial statements, branch accounting, leveraged buyouts, Securities and Exchange Commission, foreign currency transactions, translation of foreign financial statements, partnership ownership changes and liquidations, governmental accounting, and bankruptcy. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Professor Holl is one of the most straight forward professors in the accounting department. His lecture notes outline everything that you need to know, and he is thorough and organized. He also provides examples of previous midterms which help project his style. In addition, he provides a detailed outline of the subject of each question on the test, so you can ignore miscellaneous irrelevant topics. You do have to attend class everyday as a quiz must be turned in at the beginning of class. Overall,after taking professor Ravetch and all the others, I thought that this was the best/easiest class I have taken!!
Professor Holl is one of the most straight forward professors in the accounting department. His lecture notes outline everything that you need to know, and he is thorough and organized. He also provides examples of previous midterms which help project his style. In addition, he provides a detailed outline of the subject of each question on the test, so you can ignore miscellaneous irrelevant topics. You do have to attend class everyday as a quiz must be turned in at the beginning of class. Overall,after taking professor Ravetch and all the others, I thought that this was the best/easiest class I have taken!!
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The class was pretty tricky, but not too bad. Don't overstudy. just really make sure you can understand the course reader material. For me, I didn't do so great on my midterm (got a low B) but i believe i got a higher grade on the final, ended with a B. On the exams, the first instinctive answer is usually right (at least 80% of the time) and i could have gotten an A- on my midterm had I followed my instinct and not changed my answers once i put them there (unless i know for sure my answer is wrong). for the final, I had a better idea of what I was doing, so I ended up ok. Also, participate in class as he will possibly raise your grade by half a letter if he sees you make the effort to really participate consistently. Overall tough class but it was interesting and I learned useful stuff.
The class was pretty tricky, but not too bad. Don't overstudy. just really make sure you can understand the course reader material. For me, I didn't do so great on my midterm (got a low B) but i believe i got a higher grade on the final, ended with a B. On the exams, the first instinctive answer is usually right (at least 80% of the time) and i could have gotten an A- on my midterm had I followed my instinct and not changed my answers once i put them there (unless i know for sure my answer is wrong). for the final, I had a better idea of what I was doing, so I ended up ok. Also, participate in class as he will possibly raise your grade by half a letter if he sees you make the effort to really participate consistently. Overall tough class but it was interesting and I learned useful stuff.
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Fall 2020 - Professor Williams has a very unique way of structuring his courses, but I can't say if it's necessarily a good or bad way since it really will come down to what works for you. For example, there are no traditional lectures for this class. Instead, he posts recorded videos, or "exercises" going over problems that pertain to that week's textbook chapter. He will post a Word doc with the specific problems that you can work on before or during the video and will post the solution as well. He basically goes over the solutions in his recordings and has some side commentary explaining the material. Every two weeks, we had to complete a module (5 in total worth 20% each) with 9-10 questions (mostly fill-ins but at least one multiple choice). Like previous people mentioned, the numbers are random so you have to be careful about the calculations since missing 1 already brings you down to 95%. The modules were extremely similar to the practice ones he posted as well as the exercises BUT reading the textbook in this case was a must. Usually, people can get away with not reading or buying the textbook because the most important thing are said in class, but this professor does not provide much resources outside the problems. He does open up the forum to discussion and usually gets back to everyone's questions/concerns in a timely manner, but he could be a little more accessible. Overall, I think it's possible to be successful if you read the textbook. If you don't mind a little self-studying, then this is actually a pretty nice class because all you need is to replicate the steps from the practice modules and exercises onto the assignment. That said, the material is not a piece of cake, but Prof. Williams give you about 4 days to complete each module so you definitely have a lot of time to figure it out.
Fall 2020 - Professor Williams has a very unique way of structuring his courses, but I can't say if it's necessarily a good or bad way since it really will come down to what works for you. For example, there are no traditional lectures for this class. Instead, he posts recorded videos, or "exercises" going over problems that pertain to that week's textbook chapter. He will post a Word doc with the specific problems that you can work on before or during the video and will post the solution as well. He basically goes over the solutions in his recordings and has some side commentary explaining the material. Every two weeks, we had to complete a module (5 in total worth 20% each) with 9-10 questions (mostly fill-ins but at least one multiple choice). Like previous people mentioned, the numbers are random so you have to be careful about the calculations since missing 1 already brings you down to 95%. The modules were extremely similar to the practice ones he posted as well as the exercises BUT reading the textbook in this case was a must. Usually, people can get away with not reading or buying the textbook because the most important thing are said in class, but this professor does not provide much resources outside the problems. He does open up the forum to discussion and usually gets back to everyone's questions/concerns in a timely manner, but he could be a little more accessible. Overall, I think it's possible to be successful if you read the textbook. If you don't mind a little self-studying, then this is actually a pretty nice class because all you need is to replicate the steps from the practice modules and exercises onto the assignment. That said, the material is not a piece of cake, but Prof. Williams give you about 4 days to complete each module so you definitely have a lot of time to figure it out.
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