Accounting and financial reporting are the locus of an organization's overall information systems. This course teaches students the fundamental tools and techniques needed for financial management and control. While nearly all of the topics are relevant to those seeking careers in the federal government and nonprofit sector, the primary focus of the course is the state and local sector. Topics in the course include fund accounting, financial reporting, cost accounting, internal controls, and evaluation of organizational performance (e.g., fiscal indicators and balanced scorecard). The course also surveys the features and functions of leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software packages for public sector financial management (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP).
