This experience is designed for undergraduate-level learners with a strong foundation in accounting principles. Participants are equipped to apply their knowledge to real-world financial analysis, budgeting, and strategic decision-making projects. Learners will engage in projects that require them to analyze financial statements, assess financial health, and provide actionable insights to improve business performance. This experience bridges classroom learning with practical application, enabling learners to contribute effectively to industry projects.

This is a First-Year Seminar entitled "Sustainability: Is It Good for Business?" Students will complete their 8-hour Bloomberg Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) certificates and will cover diffferent sustainability topics in class. The learners are capable of doing research, writing social media posts, etc.

Students can analyze accounting transactions (via debits and credits), prepare income statements, statements of retained earnings, and balance sheets. They learn about the accounting cycle (analyzing business transactions, recording them in the general journal, posting to the general ledger, making adjustments to account balances, preparing financial statements, and closing some accounts). They can do this manually. Students also know about financial ratios and they can analyze financial statements. Students also study about the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) responsibility of business to society and the planet (via non-financial disclosures). The class studies US GAAP, but we are open to exploring IFRS accounting rules, as well.

The Business Policy and Strategy course integrates and applies all prior courses in the School of Business academic program. It is the capstone course and endeavors to address the perspectives, understanding and decisions required of general managers (e.g., CEO). At the end of this course, students will be able to formulate and recommend business level strategy based on: • the relationship of businesses and their domestic and international environments, • industry and competitor analysis, • organizational vision, mission and objectives; • company situation analysis, • the roles of organizational structure, systems and culture in formulating and implementing strategy, and • control mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of strategic decisions during implementation.