Coursework
Selected 2019-2020 Academic Year Courses
LGLS 1901: Honors Legal Environment of Business
This course introduced me to the essential aspects of law with an emphasis on the legal environment of business. I learned the basics of contract, tort, property, and administrative law as well as international law. The law involving business includes a discussion of the types of legal entities, as well as employer and employee relations. While this class is required for all students at the Fox School of Business, I greatly enjoyed this introductory class and I am exploring a minor in Legal Studies.
MIS 2901: Information Systems in Organizations
The goal of MIS 2901 is to explain the role of information technology as a business enabler and identify and explain management information systems applications including customer relationship management systems, enterprise systems, e-commerce applications, transaction processing systems, business analytics, and emerging technologies. By the end of the semester, I will be able to evaluate the organizational fit and suitability of business applications and interpret the interaction between information technology, customers, processes, data, infrastructure, participants, and environment in an organization. My wonderful professor helped me to understand the ethical challenges of information technology and explain the evolving role of management information systems in the organization, and the role and careers of MIS professionals. It was this class that led me to declare a double major in Accounting and MIS.
ACCT 2901: Honors Financial Accounting
This introductory course is my first interaction with accounting in college! The course thoroughly introduces basic concepts and principles underlying the preparation and use of financial statements. Among the topics covered are basic accounting theory, transactional analysis, income determination, asset and liability valuation, and the preparation of financial statements.
Selected 2020-2021 Academic Year Courses
ACCT 2521: Cost Accounting
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of financial accounting and managerial accounting. Financial accounting information is produced, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). It reports the results of operations to external users (suppliers, customers, investors, regulatory agencies, etc.). Managerial accounting information is produced, in response to specific management needs. It does not follow GAAP. Managerial accounting reports the results of operations of an entity consistent with the needs of internal users (managers, supervisors, etc.). Because of this class, I took great interest in internal and managerial accounting. I will be pursuing dual certification with both the CPA and CMA exams.
ACCT 3511: Intermediate Accounting I
Accounting principles as they relate to financial reporting. Income determination, asset and liability valuation, and the form and content of financial statements are examined. I greatly enjoyed this class and I will be a teaching assistant for one section starting in Fall 2021.
ACCT 3512: Intermediate Accounting II
A continuation of material begun in Accounting 3511. Stockholders’ equity, earnings per share, and long-term investments will be covered along with complex revenue-recognition problems, pensions, leases, inter-period tax allocation, and cash flows. This class was very impactful on me and in addition to a section of ACCT 3511, I will also be a teaching assistant for a section of ACCT 3512.
ACCT 3526: Accounting Information Systems
An introduction to the evaluation and design of accounting information systems and the documentation and analysis of a client’s hardware and software needs. Internal controls, networking options and security issues also are examined. This class utilized Microsoft Axcess as its primary hands on software.
MIS 2502: Data and Analytics
I navigated and queried relational and NoSQL databases to support applications. I also utilized various softwares to combine multiple sources of data using extract, transform, load for data cleansing. I discovered insights from data using analytics software like Tableau, SQL, and NoSQL.
MIS 2402: Web Application Development
This class focuses on creating web-based applications that carry out a business process and integrate web-based services. I learned loops, arrays, conditional statements, data validation, responsive web design, and making API calls using JavaScript.
MIS 3406: Cloud Computing
In this class, I learned to design and build cloud-based network infrastructures for deploying applications securely at scale. Throughout the semester, I created and deployed a simple RESTful API for consumption with fault-tolerance.
LGLS 3523: Detecting Financial Crime
From cuff-links to handcuffs, business executives face potentially harsh prison sentences for conducting business that violates federal and state laws. This course investigates white-collar crimes, their perpetrators, their punishment, and their impact upon business sectors and the larger community. White-collar crime refers to financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals. This course explores a vast array of these types of criminal offenses while examining government and judicial regulations of financial institutions, commercial entities, and their agents and employees in relation to economic and business crimes. The course will also address constitutional issues pertaining to investigations conducted by governmental and corporate entities.
Selected 2021-2022 Academic Year Courses
ACCT 3531: Federal Taxes on Income
An introduction to the concepts and logic underlying federal income tax law. Emphasis is given to the determination of income and allowable deductions for both individual and business entity taxpayers. The course also integrates some financial accounting and finance theory with federal tax law.
MIS 3506: User Experience Design
I will describe, scope, and build a complete user experience, and strive to understand the role of usability and design principles. My goal is to build innovative and pleasurable user interfaces that achieve human, social, organizational, and business model goals.
MIS 3535: Lead Global Digital Projects
In this class, I will learn how to lead, plan and manage global technology-enabled, process-centric information systems projects by focusing on initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects in the context of topics such as integration, scope, timing, cost, quality, human resource, technology, communications, and risk and procurement. I will also explore the impact of the human element as it relates to the success and failure of information systems projects, as well as learn how to monitor project plans and communicate status reports to clients, and create and respond to request for proposals.