Certificate in Accounting (Evening Program)
(Autumn, UW Campus, Seattle and Bellevue)
Developed in partnership with the Foster School of Business

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Autumn

Intensive Analysis of Accounting Principles I

Schedule: (14 sessions) Wednesdays: Sept. 30-Dec. 16, 2009 (no class Nov. 11 or Nov. 25), 6:00-9:00 p.m., and Saturdays: Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 5, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $1,899; 6 credits. Orientation: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, 6:00-7:30 pm.
Note: First day of class is Wednesday, September 30, 2009, on the UW Seattle campus. The Saturday classes will be held in Bellevue.

This course covers the equivalent of accelerated financial accounting courses. Selected topics:

  • The accounting process
  • Conceptual framework of accounting
  • Financial statements
  • Revenue recognition
  • Receivables and inventory systems
  • Liabilities
  • Assets and depreciation
  • Intangible assets and leases


Winter

Intensive Analysis of Accounting Principles II

Schedule: (14 sessions) Wednesdays, Jan. 6-Mar. 10, 2010; 6:00-9:00 p.m., and Saturdays: Jan. 9, Jan. 23, Feb. 13, Feb. 27, 2010; 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $1,899; 6 credits
Note: First day of class is Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 on the UW Seattle campus. The Saturday classes will be held in Bellevue.

This course covers a third accelerated financial accounting course as well as accelerated topics in cost/managerial accounting. Selected topics include:

  • Pensions
  • Accounting for taxes
  • Stockholders equity and earnings
  • Accounting changes/errors
Selected cost accounting topics:
  • Cost concepts and terminology
  • Job order and process costing systems
  • Decision-making with costs
  • Operations and capital budgeting
  • Cost allocation
  • Performance measurement systems

Spring

Intensive Analysis of Accounting Principles III

Schedule: (14 sessions) Wednesdays: March 31-June 2, 2010; 6:00-9:00 p.m., and Saturdays: April 3, April 17, May 8, May 22, 2010; 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $1,899, 6 credits
Note: First day of class is Wednesday, March 31 on the UW Seattle campus. The Saturday classes will be held in Bellevue.

This course covers both auditing standards and principles as well as the federal tax effects of business decisions. Selected auditing topics:

  • The auditing professions: reports and planning
  • Audit evidence
  • Internal control
  • Audit program (collections, inventory, payments)
Selected taxation topics:
  • Tax rates
  • Taxation of compensation and fringe benefits
  • Deductions
  • Capital gains and lessons
  • Acquisition and disposition of assets
  • Corporate taxation

All dates subject to change.