Spring 2021
ACCT 5102: Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 5102 is designed to deepen your understanding of accounting, with a focus on issues related to various debt and equity instruments. Topics include short and long term debt, leases, pensions, deferred taxes, and equity issuances and distributions. We will discuss economic nature of these transactions, how to account for them, and how to prepare and analyze financial statements for these topics. Prerequisite: ACCT 5101.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
ACCT 5102: Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 5102 is designed to deepen your understanding of accounting, with a focus on issues related to various debt and equity instruments. Topics include short and long term debt, leases, pensions, deferred taxes, and equity issuances and distributions. We will discuss economic nature of these transactions, how to account for them, and how to prepare and analyze financial statements for these topics. Prerequisite: ACCT 5101.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
FINA 6125: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Their Business Applications
This course introduces cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin, Ether, and prominent altcoins) and blockchain. The course first explains the history of cryptocurrency and the fundamentals of blockchain including cryptography and consensus mechanism. Although technical, this part is essential to establish a foundation to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After learning the basics, we will then discuss the practical details of cryptocurrencies (e.g., how to buy, mine, store, and use them), altcoin investments, enterprise applications of blockchain, smart contracts, and new developments in the crypto markets, e.g., non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi). Finally, we will discuss the regulatory risk and political environment for the crypto markets in the United States. If we still have time left, we will also discuss trends in token offerings and valuation approaches for crypto assets. We will sometimes have industry experts to give guest lectures on the real-world blockchain applications and interact with students. The goal of the course is to provide students with a basic set of skills to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain and how businesses can use them.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
More materials on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
This course introduces cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin, Ether, and prominent altcoins) and blockchain. The course first explains the history of cryptocurrency and the fundamentals of blockchain including cryptography and consensus mechanism. Although technical, this part is essential to establish a foundation to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After learning the basics, we will then discuss the practical details of cryptocurrencies (e.g., how to buy, mine, store, and use them), altcoin investments, enterprise applications of blockchain, smart contracts, and new developments in the crypto markets, e.g., non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi). Finally, we will discuss the regulatory risk and political environment for the crypto markets in the United States. If we still have time left, we will also discuss trends in token offerings and valuation approaches for crypto assets. We will sometimes have industry experts to give guest lectures on the real-world blockchain applications and interact with students. The goal of the course is to provide students with a basic set of skills to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain and how businesses can use them.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
More materials on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
ACCT 8823 – Capital Markets Research
This is a Ph.D. level class, and will presume knowledge of Ph.D. level microeconomic theory and an understanding of how capital markets work. The main focus of the course is on academic articles. I have divided the course into six modules – see the canvas site. For each module, I have assigned a reading list. To earn full credit for the participation grade, it is important to download and read the research papers and think about them prior to each session. The course is taught through zoom; attendance is required.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
This is a Ph.D. level class, and will presume knowledge of Ph.D. level microeconomic theory and an understanding of how capital markets work. The main focus of the course is on academic articles. I have divided the course into six modules – see the canvas site. For each module, I have assigned a reading list. To earn full credit for the participation grade, it is important to download and read the research papers and think about them prior to each session. The course is taught through zoom; attendance is required.
Course Material: UMN Canvas
