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AAAS 480O - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480R - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480S - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480T - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480U - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480V - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480W - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 480Y - Special Topics AsianAm Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Asian and Asian American diasporic literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 481L - SpecialTopics Japanese Studies
Credits: 4
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AAAS 481O - SpecialTopics Japanese Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Japanese literature, cinema, culture, relgiion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 481R - SpecialTopics Japanese Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Japanese literature, cinema, culture, relgiion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 482D - Special Topics Korean Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Korean literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 482P - Special Topics Korean Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of paraticular themes and problems in Korean literature, cinema, culture, relgion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 483A - Special Topics Chinese Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Chinese literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 483C - Special Topics Chinese Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Chinese literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 483D - Special Topics Chinese Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in Chinese literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 484E - Spec Topics SouthAsia Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in South Asian literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 484F - Spec Topics SouthAsia Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in South Asian literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 484G - Spec Topics SouthAsia Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in South Asian literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 484M - Spec Topics SouthAsia Studies
Credits: 4
Intensive study of particular themes and problems in South Asian literature, cinema, culture, religion and history. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.
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AAAS 491 - Practicum in Teaching
Credits: Variable
Language teaching experience supplemented with in-class guidance, visits in faculty-taught classes, pedagogical discussion with faculty and self-evaluation of teaching performance. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department.
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AAAS 495 - Internship in AAAS
Credits: Variable
Internship project under guidance of faculty member, in an institution, agency or program. Prerequisites: prior arrangement with and consent of chosen instructor.
Students who wish to participate in an internship and who have previously been convicted of a
felony are advised that they will be asked about their prior criminal history. This may impede
your ability to participate in certain internships. Students who have concerns about such matters,
or are looking for additional information, are advised to contact the dean’s office of their
intended academic program.
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AAAS 497 - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
Tutorial or seminar study of special problems that meets needs of advanced students.
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AAAS 498 - Honors Thesis I
Credits: Variable
Design of honors research project and preliminary research under the supervision of faculty.
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AAAS 499 - Honors Thesis II
Credits: Variable
Execution of research project developed in AAAS 498 and writing of honors thesis under supervision of faculty.
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AAAS 513 - Race & Citizenship in the U.S.
Credits: 4
This seminar examines racial inequities and contested meanings of citizenship in modern U.S. history. Students will comparatively and relationally analyze experiences of Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinx, Native Americans, and Pacific Islander Americans by exploring how interpretations of American citizenship and identity have changed over time. The class will discuss how the judicial and legislative systems have institutionally racialized American citizenship, how extralegal practices such as racial profiling have contributed to racial injustices, and how people of color and noncitizens (i.e. residents of American territories, undocumented persons, immigrants, and refugees) have struggled for full citizenship rights via political activity, community engagement, and protest. Offered once a year or every other year.
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AAAS 521 - Classical Chinese Reading
Credits: 4
This course is designed to give students an introduction to Classical Chinese, the written language of China from the sixth century B.C. through the second century A.D. Students must be able to read at least 500-800 Chinese characters (or Japanese kanji). Knowledge of Modern Chinese is not required. Course is offered every other Spring.
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AAAS 523 - Teach Chinese as Foreign Lang
Credits: 4
This course is designed to introduce the theories, methodologies, and skills in teaching Chinese as a second language, aimed at both conceptual understanding and practical performance. General SLA and language pedagogy theories and mythologies will be discussed with their relevance to Chinese language teaching in particular. Mock teaching opportunities will be provided.
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AAAS 530 - Trauma in JPN Lit & Film
Credits: 4
In this seminar, we study pivotal theoretical and clinical works on psychological trauma and its aftereffects developed by Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud, Robert Lifton, Judith Herman and Dominick LaCapra and apply these critical frameworks to analysis and interpretation of major novels by Natsume Soseki, Kawabata Yasunari, Nosaka Akiyuki and Okuizumi Hikaru, and important films by Imamura Sh-hei and Takahata Isao.
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AAAS 531 - Unresolved Issues:Wars in Asia
Credits: 4
This seminar undertakes a multidisciplinary investigation into the international conflicts, atrocities and legacies of modern warfare in Asia. Seminal theoretical works on the experience and after effects of traumatic experience, perpetrator/victim/survivor psychology and the politics of collective memory will be considered and applied to three representative “unresolved issues” from the Asia Pacific War (1931945): the Rape of Nanjing, the military exploitation of ‘comfort women’ and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Artistic representations of these controversial historical events will also be analyzed to determine what novel insights they afford into the psychodynamics, costs in human terms, and enduring consequences of ideological manipulation, the psychological shift from “sensory” to “mythic” reality, objectification/dehumanization of the enemy/other, and mass violence and victimization.
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AAAS 533 - Women in PreMod JPN Lit/Cult
Credits: 4
This seminar explores the life and work of women in premodern Japan, from a literary and cultural perspective. Aristocratic women are the authors of important narratives and diaries from the Heian period, and much is known about their lives. However, recent work by historians and philologists has uncovered a wealth of information on women of different social classes and different eras of Japanese history. The seminar includes primary and secondary materials drawn from literature, history, visual and performing arts, and religion. Topics include: gender and class in premodern Japan, women and travel, family practices, divorce, women’s salvation, the sin of literature, nun culture.
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AAAS 536 - Advanced Korean Linguistics
Credits: 4
This course will provide an advanced level of study of the structure of the Korean language. Within Korean linguistics, the course provides an overview as well as the study of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguists and psycholinguistics, and language pedagogy. Based on the weekly reading of articles, we will discuss the adequacy of the analyses of a particular structure, including generalizations, and consider an expanded data set. In addition to weekly assigned reading, students are encouraged to read the related literature and to further investigate the relevant issues before class meetings, in order to reach their own conclusion concerning the adequacy of the analyses presented in the books. Prerequisite: AAAS 218 OR LING 283. Offered every other year.
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AAAS 580D - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to modern and contemporary Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580E - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to modern and contemporary Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580F - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580L - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580M - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580P - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580R - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 580S - Topics in Asian-Americ Studies
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Asian & Asian American and diaspora literature, culture, history, political movements, etc.
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AAAS 582B - Seminar in Translation;Japanes
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to Japanese pre-modern, modern and contemporary literature, film, culture, history, political economy, linguistics, etc.
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AAAS 582C - Gender, Sexuality&Jap. History
Credits: 4
This seminar examines the intersection of gender and sexuality with Japan’s key historical problems from the early modern era to the present. To help students build upon and reconsider assumptions regarding gender and sexuality in Japan, the seminar focuses on such issues as status, prostitution, household, colonial encounters, continuity and discontinuity in modernization, state- and nation-building, consumer culture, wartime mobilization, interracial marriage, and internationalization. The seminar begins by identifying the impact of gender and sexuality on politics and society in early-modern Japan and then turns to examine these issues in the age of Western and late Japanese imperialism, as well as that of the social transformations that followed this period. This seminar also pays attention to the voices negotiating gender and sexual norms throughout the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By engaging with a rich body of scholarly and theoretical work, as well as contemporary men’s and women’s writings, the course aims to facilitate understanding of how gender and sexuality have shaped Japanese history in local, regional, and international contexts. All readings are in English.
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AAAS 582D - Topics in Japanese Studies
Credits: 4
Topics in Japanese Studies, topics course
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AAAS 583C - Special Topics in Korean Studi
Credits: 4
Seminars taught under this rubric will focus on various issues related to pre-modern, modern and contemporary Korean literature, film, culture, history, political economy, linguistics, etc.
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AAAS 595 - Internship
Credits: Variable
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AAAS 596 - Proseminar
Credits: 4
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AAAS 597 - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
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AAAS 597A - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
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AAAS 599 - Thesis
Credits: Variable
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AAAS 700 - Continuous Registration
Credits: Variable
Required for maintenance of matriculated status in graduate program. No credit toward graduate degree requirements.
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ACCT 211 - Financial Accounting
Credits: 4
Basic concepts and methodology of financial accounting, including an introduction into the rules and tools used by financial accountants, with an analysis of major accounts within the chart of accounts. Includes an examination of the accounting environment, ethical issues and practice problems for the financial accountant. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. and spring semesters. Occasionally offered in the winter or summer terms.
Prerequisites Sophomore standing.
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ACCT 212 - Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4
Introduction to managerial accounting. Accounting as an informational system to provide managers with the basis for decision making. Includes basic CVP analysis, job and process costing, standard costing and variance analysis, as well as specific situational decision-making matrices. Not open to accounting students. Prerequisite: ACCT 211. and spring semesters
Prerequisites ACCT 211
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ACCT 305 - Cost Accounting
Credits: 3
Introduction to cost accounting. Emphasis on the interface between financial accounting informational needs and internal accounting information needs for internal decision-making purposes. Major topics (emphasis on accounting for): job and process costing, CVP analysis, standard costing and variance analysis, cost behavior as well as CIM, just-in-time manufacturing and transfer pricing.Prerequisites: ACCT 211 and junior standing. and spring semesters
Prerequisites ACCT 211 and junior standing
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ACCT 311 - Intermediate Accounting Theory I
Credits: 3
This course builds on ACCT 211 and covers concepts, standards, principals, procedures and assumptions underlying U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) in greater detail, as well as different concepts. Financial transactions are analyzed both from the perspective of a financial statement preparer and user. This course is an in-depth study of financial accounting topics involved in preparing financial statements including financial accounting standards, the accounting process, balance sheet, income statement, revenue recognition, time value of money, cash, receivables, inventory methods, property plant and equipment, intangibles, and investments. Offered fall and spring semesters. Occasionally offered in the summer semester.
Prerequisites ACCT 211 and junior standing.
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ACCT 312 - Intermediate Accounting Theory II
Credits: 3
This course builds on ACCT 311 and covers concepts, standards, principals, procedures and assumptions underlying U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) in greater detail, as well as different concepts. Financial transactions are analyzed both from the perspective of a financial statement preparer and user. This course is an in-depth study of financial accounting topics involved in preparing financial statements including accounting for liabilities, bonds, leases, pension benefits, income taxes, shareholders’ equity and stock compensation. Traditionally fall and spring semesters. Occasionally offered in suumer term.
Prerequisites ACCT 311 and junior standing.
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ACCT 460 - Auditing
Credits: 4
A study of the theory and practice of auditing in the verification of financial statements by independent public accounting firms. The nature and economic purpose of auditing; auditing standards; professional ethics and conduct; legal liability; internal control systems and EDP auditing; working paper preparation; audit sampling; audit evidence; audit techniques related to financial accounts; auditors’ reports; and compilation and reviews of financial statements. Prerequisites: ACCT 312 and senior standing. and spring semesters
Prerequisites ACCT 312 and senior standing.
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ACCT 476 - Entity Taxation
Credits: 4
Application of federal income tax law to partnership, corporations and fiduciaries. Topics include transactions between partners and partnership for retirement, death, transfer or partial liquidation of an interest; tax shelters, special deductions for corporations; Subchapter S; corporate distributions and reorganizations; tax on accumulated earnings; personal holding companies; taxation on trusts and estates (introductory); tax appeal and conference procedures. This is the recommended Tax course for all Accounting majors. Prerequisites: ACCT 312 and Senior standing. , spring and winter semesters.
Prerequisites ACCT 312 and senior standing.
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ACCT 495 - Internship
Credits: Variable
Opportunity to obtain academic credit for well-structured, work-related experiences in the field of accounting. Strong academic content, degree relevancy must be demonstrated. Pass/Fail option only. Prerequisites: junior standing and consent of instructor. Available winter, summer, fall and spring semesters.
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ACCT 497 - Readings And Research
Credits: Variable
Tutorial reading, research or participation in a seminar, depending on interests, needs and capabilities. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and senior standing. Offered as needed
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ACCT 540 - Financial Accounting Theory
Credits: 4
This course studies the interaction between accounting information and the capital market, covering the following topics in accounting theory: the effects of accounting information on decisions and behavior of investors and managers; the role of accounting and auditing in the financial markets (including standard-setting, international harmonization, corporate governance, and regulation and enforcement); accounting ethics and professional responsibility; and financial accounting theory issues such as measurement and disclosure. The course emphasizes the development of oral and written communication skills; the ability to locate and use financial accounting standards; and an understanding of the results and implications of accounting research. Traditionally and spring semesters.
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ACCT 541 - Audit & Managerial Accounting Theory
Credits: 4
This is the second accounting theory class for masters of accounting students. The course will cover topics in management accounting and auditing (including the financial regulatory environment). The course will be divided evenly into two modules. The first module involves managerial accounting from an agency perspective. The second module focuses on the role of auditors and financial regulators in the economy. The goal of this course is to be topical. Therefore the issues chosen to be the focal points in the two modules are currently being debated in the media and academia. Offered fall and spring semesters.
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ACCT 550 - Accounting Information Systems
Credits: 4
This course provides an overview of the importance of accounting systems as a means to record and store transactional data and ultimately transform data into relevant information that is needed by decision makers. Topics will include audit and control, AIS applications, AIS databases, the systems development process, and the impact of key pieces of legislation such Sarbanes-Oxley and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Windows PC is strongly preferred for this course. MAC users might have additional costs or may need to use BU computer labs. Prerequisite: MGMT 500 or MIS 311.
Prerequisites MGMT 500
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ACCT 555 - Advanced Accounting Theory
Credits: 4
Extension of financial accounting to the study of additional accounting entities such as partnerships, consolidated firms, multinational firms, state and local governmental units, and nonprofit organizations. Introduction to the study of ethics related to business combinations and to appreciation of international accounting diversity. semester
Prerequisites ACCT 312
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ACCT 573 - Individual Tax
Credits: 4
Application of federal income tax law to individuals. Concept of gross and taxable income with an analysis of the Internal Revenue Code, regulations and court decisions. Includes research sources used to solve problems in preparation of personal income tax returns, including foreign taxpayers and non-U.S. source income, ethics of tax practice. This course is usually taken as an elective or as part of the MS in Accounting program. semester.
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ACCT 576 - Entity Taxation
Credits: 4
Application of federal income tax law to partnership, corporations and fiduciaries. Topics include transactions between partners and partnership for retirement, death, transfer, or partial liquidation of an interest; tax shelters, special deductions for corporations; Subchapter S; corporate distributions and reorganizations; tax on accumulated earnings; personal holding companies; taxations on trusts and estates (introductory); tax appear and conference procedures. , winter and spring semesters.
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ACCT 581A - CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH
Credits: 4
This is an advanced, research based, seminar course targeted at students majoring in Accounting and/or Finance. It teaches students to apply the latest research techniques used in research. The skills taught in this course are used in research related jobs in auditing, consulting, corporate finance, forensic accounting, hedge funds, investment banking, quantitative financial analysis, securities litigation consulting, etc. The course builds upon accounting and finance concepts covered in the introductory classes. semesters
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ACCT 581B - Forensic Accounting: Audit Analytics
Credits: 4
This course will concentrate on the fraud examination and investigative aspects of forensic accounting. The goal is to develop an understanding of the process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting and communicating the potential for fraud within an organization. By the end of the course, students should be familiar with the technical skills for detecting potential fraud issues. As accountants and managers, you should be able to identify relevant information, determine the appropriate methods for analyzing information, working together in a team and addressing global, ethical issues. A Windows PC is strongly preferred for this course. MAC users might have additional costs or may need to use the BU computer labs.
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ACCT 581F - Accounting Analytics
Credits: 4
This course teaches the tool-based Alteryx software. Students are taught the commonly-used tools and then two case studies are explored with accounting and finance datasets. Here students are taught how to apply their knowledge of the tools they learned to answer key data analytic questions. Windows PC is strongly preferred as the Alteryx software is not compatible with a MAC. MAC users might have additional costs or may need to use BU computer labs.
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ACCT 583A - Asset Management Tax
Credits: 2
This course will provide a basic understanding of common issues related to alternative investment funds, including fund structure, fund investment strategy and investor base. This course will also provide detailed insight into various financial derivatives (including option contracts, notional principal contracts, forward contracts, etc) and how they are commonly used in various investment strategies. Once students understand how the products work, we will analyze the tax consequences of investments in stocks, debt instruments and derivatives. Finally, the students will understand the various tax reporting issues and how taxes will impact the financial statements for investment funds.
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ACCT 583D - International Tax
Credits: 2
Provides a basic understanding of principles related to U.S. taxation of foreign income and foreign taxpayers. Students will study U.S. cross-border tax rules by analyzing primary source materials (e.g., U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, IRS Publications, U.S. Income Tax Treaties etc.) and editorial analysis (e.g., tax practitioner commentary). Topics to be discussed may include U.S. taxation of outbound foreign investment (U.S. taxation of US taxpayers’ foreign income) and inbound investment (U.S. taxation of foreign taxpayers’ U.S. income). Concepts include sourcing of income, foreign tax credits and limitations, withholding tax, effectively connected income, and the role of income tax treaties.
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ACCT 583E - Taxation of Entities & Owners
Credits: 4
This course focuses on the more difficult topics of minimizing taxation legally between entities and their owners. We will learn both business and individual investment rules for these topics so as to prepare you for your career in accounting as well as the CPA exam. Much of Reg is covered in this course.
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ACCT 583F - Taxation Capstone Project
Credits: 2
In-depth examination of problems or issues of current concern in Taxation. Recent contributions to theory, research and methodology.
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ACCT 583H - Financial Accounting Aspects of Income Tax
Credits: 2
This course covers the accounting and reporting of income taxes in the financial statements of a business. The course will cover the key aspects of accounting for income taxes under US GAAP as codified in ASC 740 including current and deferred taxation, deferred tax asset realization, intra-period allocation, inter-company transactions, outside basis differences, uncertain tax positions, interim reporting and disclosure requirements. The course will also cover some of the key differences between US GAAP and IFRS.
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ACCT 583I - State and Local Tax
Credits: 2
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ACCT 591 - Practicum in College Teaching
Credits: Variable
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ACCT 595 - Internship
Credits: Variable
Students may gain academic credit for meaningful educational internships. Academic validity of each opportunity must be verified by a faculty supervisor. Provides significant experience related to the student’s career goals.
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ACCT 597 - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
In-depth study in particular area of interest, under direction of appropriate faculty. Open to Masters-level students only.
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ACCT 700 - Continuous Registration
Credits: Variable
Required for maintenance of matriculated status in graduate program. No credit toward graduate degree requirements.
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AFST 101 - Intro to Africana Studies
Credits: 4
A broad survey of some of the major themes in African, African American and other African diasporic experiences over a period of several hundred years. It centers on systems, movements and ideas that have transcended national, continental and oceanic boundaries - including slavery and emancipation, politics and religion, culture and identity, colonialism and nationalism. Overall, the course is an introduction to the making of the modern world, from the standpoint of black experiences globally. This course is offered in the fall.
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AFST 171 - Intro to African Religion
Credits: 4
E. A. Wallis Budge defined African religion as the worship of the souls of the dead, commonly called Ancestor Worship. Also, Diodorus, a Greek historian, wrote over 2,000 years ago that blacks were ‘the first to be taught to honor the gods and to hold sacrifices and processions and festivals and other rites by which men honor the deity; and sacrifices practiced among the Ethiopians [black people] … are those which are the most pleasing to heaven. Thus, the course reviews the history of religion as a discipline, nature and phenomenon of African religion, conception of God and gods and goddesses, ancestors and elders, witchcraft, and rituals and symbols that offer meaning to the lives of believers. Course offering varies.
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AFST 175 - Introduction to African Art
Credits: 4
A survey of some of the key concepts in art and aesthetics in the African and African Diaspora, focusing on certain art works and art forms. It attends to three basic questions: How was art conceived of historically? How was it conceived of in different African cultures and in the diaspora? And what are the critical aesthetic concepts and responses that are relevant in art appreciation in these regions of the world. It also examines the dispersal and deployment of African symbols and ideas in the works of artists around the world. This course is offered in the fall.
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AFST 180A - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 180C - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 180D - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 180E - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 180L - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 180R - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 188B - Topics In Africana Studies
Credits: 2
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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AFST 202 - The Modern Caribbean
Credits: 4
A broad, interdisciplinary and socio-historical introduction to the Caribbean, beginning with the Haitian Revolution at the end of the 18th Century and ending with recent trends and changes. Several themes are covered, including empire and the making of the Caribbean; slavery and emancipation; labor formation and race; nationalist movements, colonialism and neo-colonialism; revolution and resistance; gender oppression and women; and cultural expressions. Offered every Spring.
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AFST 203 - Afro-Braz & Carib Religions
Credits: 4
In a journey more than geographic, Africans in the New World lost all symbolic means of their religious expressions. Still, African religions and cultures survived to play critical roles in forging new religions. How? For answers, students explore the hermeneutical ways in which African descended groups contextualized their environment and created syncretistic religions like Candombl, Voodoo, Obeah and formation of black churches. Course offering varies.
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AFST 205 - African & Western Religions
Credits: 4
The course introduces students to African religion, Christianity and Islam in Africa, and the resultant religious and cultural transformation of Africa. Students explore African cosmological and theological concepts, ancestor worship, the supernatural, and eldership; Christian and Islamic beliefs, and the interfacing of Western and African religions and dynamic transformation of Christianity and Islam on Africans. Course offering varies.
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AFST 210 - Latin@s in the U.S.
Credits: 4
This course familiarizes students with issues pertaining to: Latinos (including Chicanos) and Latin American immigrants in the U.S.; the impact of Western European and U.S. expansion on Latinos and Latin American peoples; the ways in which Latinos in the U.S. are affected by events in Latin America and the Caribbean; the manner in which race, ethnicity, nationality, color, class, gender, and sexual orientation have been perceived within Latino communities; others’ perceptions of Latinos; and various types of individual and group identifications and socio-political movements.
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AFST 212 - African Intellectual Traditns
Credits: 4
Introduction to key ideas in African intellectual and philosophical traditions, centered on conceptions of person, society, community, knowledge, art, gender relations and spirituality. Readings will vary from year to year at the discretion of instructor and are determined in advance. This course is offered in the fall.
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AFST 225 - Africans in the Indian Ocean
Credits: 4
Africans have been traveling (both forced and voluntary migration) in the Indian Ocean world long before the brutal passages of the modern Atlantic slave trade. This course examines the history of the African diaspora from East Africa in the Indian Ocean. We will explore the global dynamics of Africans in the Indian Ocean world, including African descended communities in such places as India, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt and Yemen. Students in the course will 1) discuss the various definitions of diaspora and their usefulness to understanding African migration in the Indian Ocean 2) identify some of the cultural practices-including food, music and religion associated with Africa and African culture in the Indian Ocean world 3) Read and interpret primary sources from Africans themselves, to understand their worldview and the contexts that shaped their choices.
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AFST 229 - Beginning African Dance
Credits: 4
Dance is one of the oldest art forms in Africa. It reflects the culture of people in many contexts. This course introduces students to authentic African dance traditions from Ghana. It explores the meaning, values and various contexts in which dance is performed among Ghanaian societies. Beginning with basic timeline and dance steps, students will understand various movements, gestures and expressions as a significant means of communicating ideas and enforcing social bonds. Students will also learn songs that accompany the dances to deepen their understanding and interrelatedness of holistic African and Ghanaian music and dance cultures.
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AFST 235 - African History Since 1800
Credits: 4
This course is an overview of modern African history since 1800, covering a chronological range of two centuries of African history. It incorporates classic works in the field as well as drawing on the latest research in economic history, sociology, and political science. We will read on the following topics: the abolition of the slave trade from Africa, the scramble for Africa, colonial rule, decolonization, pan-Africanism, post-independence politics, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
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AFST 250 - Youth Pop Culture in No.Africa
Credits: 4
Youth in the MENA region are producers and users (consumers) of culture both their own and foreign (western). The course will provide a critical study of the culture of modern MENA youth. Students will examine the various changing cultural expressions within young people’s groups in the region. Students will analyze the collective responses to the postcolonial nation state and globalization. Students will investigate the shared cultural characteristics as manifested in new identities, social character, artistic and creative expression. As well students will explore the aspirations, interests, and attitudes through the various media: print, music, t.v., and film. Offered regularly.
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AFST 251 - Islamic Cultures in Africa
Credits: 4
Introduction to Islamic cultural productions in North, West, East and South Africa from the advent of Islam to modern times. Focuses on literature, music, architecture and films in studying the syncretism of Islam and indigenous African religions and/or cultures and in highlighting the unifying cultural influences of the religion. Attends also to factors and issues of artistic production.
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AFST 273 - Intro To African Literature
Credits: 4
Introduction to the major forms of literary activity on the African continent. Begins with an examination of the oral literature, then moves to a study of modern African creative writing through readings of some published fiction, drama and poetry, paying close attention to the ways in which the writers relate to the oral traditions.
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AFST 280A - Special Topics
Credits: 4
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
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