Class time and location:
Section A: 152 CW, 3:00 - 4:50 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section G: 152 CW, 5:00 - 6:50 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Professor: Rajib Doogar
Office: 225C David Kinley Hall
Offc hrs: TU and TH: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. & by appointment
Tel: 217.244.8083
e-mail: doogar@uiuc.edu
TA: Keejae Hong
Office: 205 Survey
Offc Hrs: M and W: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm & by appointment
Tel: 217.333.6412
e-mail: kphong@students.uiuc.edu
The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the salient institutional features of public financial disclosure in market economies in general and the U.S. economy in particular. The interplay between regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) on the one hand and firms, accounting professionals, firms and professional bodies such as the American Institute of Certfied Public Accountants (AICPA) is highlighted by considering in depth selected accounting disclosure issues and the process by which existing disclosure rules and regulations were determined.
This course is part of Project Discovery which means that it demands/expects every student to be comfortable with:
a) active learning,
b) case discussions and active class participation, and,
c) developing proficiency in performing hands on professional research culminating in a series of presentations and
reports made to the class.