2 or 3 credits
Spring 2024 LectureThis course is an experiential learning experience that is part of the Experiential Learning Initiative in the Krannert School of Management. The main goal of the course is to provide various accounting services to STEM start-up companies which are based on Purdue's innovations (www.purduefoundry.com) and to established companies in the bigger corporate world. At the same time, we also would like to give our students the opportunity to apply their acquired classroom knowledge and have them exposed to some real-world accounting problems that start-up or established companies typically experience. Our students are expected to provide various accounting support services that are related to financial accounting & reporting, managerial accounting, business planning, and/or tax issues. The format of the course is very open. The first four weeks will be spent in a classroom setting, with presentations on how to professionally manage a client relationship and how to successfully tackle projects in a challenging STEM start-up and/or established corporate environment. Each project will be completed by teams of 3-5 students, which will be formed at the beginning of the semester. After the initial classroom sessions, the project teams will be on their own, with faculty guidance, running the engagement. The teams will meet with the clients to determine their needs and expectations. The students will do the work and deliver the output including a final presentation to the client.
Course MGMT 63550 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.