BUS 4570 - Accounting Information Systems

• Assess the primary information flows within a business organization
• Describe the documentation techniques used for representing manual and computer-based accounting information systems
• Demonstrate an understanding of the related concepts of transactions cycles
• Demonstrate familiarity with the various types of electronic systems used for transaction processing
• Identify the functional departments involved in the revenue, expenditure, and conversion cycles
• Assess the risks associated with the various transaction cycles and recognize the controls and security measures that reduce risks
• Construct a secure general ledger system using production software

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• Introduction to accounting information systems
• Systems documentation
• Business and ecommerce
• Transaction processing
• Auditing IT and business processes management
• Security - cyber security. Internal system security (hardware and software), policies, data integrity, data security, encryption systems
• Computerized internal control systems and process management and financial reporting
• Risk management compliance and controls; continued process management
• Warehouse management
• Electronic reporting systems
• Big data and data mining
• Emerging technologies
• Install a GL program and test it