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Outline goals, objectives, and class expectations |\n| Week 2 | Financial Statements |\n| Week 3 | Income Statement Items |\n| Week 4 | SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) Reporting and Other Accounting Topics |\n| Week 5 | Cash and Investments |\n| Week 6 | Receivables |\n| Week 7 | Inventories |\n| Week 8 | Property, Plant, Equipment, and Depletable Resources |\n| Week 9 | Finite-Lived Intangible Assets and Other issues |\n| Week 10 Payables and Taxes |  |\n| Week 11 Noncurrent Liabilities |  |\n| Week 12 Lessee Accounting, Contingencies, and Warranties |  |\n| Week 13 Equity |  |\n| Week 14 Consolidated Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Statement of Cash Flows |  |\n| Week 15 Governmental Accounting Basics and Not-For-Profit Accounting |  |\n| Week 16 Final assessment and evaluation |  |\n| The Course Schedule is subject to change due to pedagogical needs, instructor discretion, parts of term, and unexpected events.\u003Cbr>Required/Recommended Readings\u003Cbr>Readings will be from one of the below recommended textbooks, as selected by the individual instructors.\u003Cbr>• Gleim Exam Prep. Gleim is a leading publisher of study and reference materials for the CPA Exam. Authors are Irvin N. Gleim and many others (including Dale L. Flesher, James R. Hasselback, William A. Hillison, Garrett W. Gleim, and Michael Kustanovich) .\u003Cbr>Resources for the Instructor\u003Cbr>Gleim. Gleim Exam Prep. 2025. Gleim Publications; Gainesville, FLA, 2025. 2025. |  |\n\n\n| Reck, Jacqueline L., Suzanne Lowensohn, and Daniel G. Neely. Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities. 19th Edition. McGrawHill Education, 2022. |\n| --- |\n| Spiceland, J. David, Mark W. Nelson, and Wayne B. Thomas. Intermediate Accounting. 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2023. |\n| Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) . Accounting Standards Codification. 2024. 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