Introduction
15.511 Corporate Accounting
Summer 2004
Professor SP Kothari
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 7, 2004
1
,Session 1:
Agenda
Administrative matters
Discussion of Accounting
Why is accounting interesting?
Why do we need accounting?
Course objective
Sophisticated financial statement
user
An overview of information in
financial statements
2
,The required materials are:
10th Edition of Stickney and Weil
Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts,
Methods, and Uses
Case Packet
Class web server
Syllabus
Schedule
Homework assignments
Sample exams
3
, Course Grading
Written Problem Sets 25%
Midterm 30%
Final 45%
4
15.511 Corporate Accounting
Summer 2004
Professor SP Kothari
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 7, 2004
1
,Session 1:
Agenda
Administrative matters
Discussion of Accounting
Why is accounting interesting?
Why do we need accounting?
Course objective
Sophisticated financial statement
user
An overview of information in
financial statements
2
,The required materials are:
10th Edition of Stickney and Weil
Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts,
Methods, and Uses
Case Packet
Class web server
Syllabus
Schedule
Homework assignments
Sample exams
3
, Course Grading
Written Problem Sets 25%
Midterm 30%
Final 45%
4
