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Corporate Financial Accounting
MIT 15 .501 L01

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Description

Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on why financial statements take the form they do, and how they can be used in evaluating corporate performance and solvency and in valuation of corporate securities. Introduces concepts from finance and economics (e.g., cash flow discounting and valuation) and explains their relation to, and use in, accounting. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

Class Notes

See MIT Schedule for times and locations; 

Faculty: Gregory Lee Sabin; 

Prereq: None; 

Subject Level: Undergraduate

School Non-Harvard
Units 12
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Regular Course
Grading Basis MIT Optional (LG/AUD)