Learning Objectives & Matches
Heighten your awareness of the differences (and similarities) of accounting in the governmental and nonprofit sectors as opposed to private
Perform accounting duties, such as bookkeeping, billing customers for services, or maintaining inventories.
Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities.
Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
Conduct or coordinate audits of company accounts and financial transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements and statutes.
Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards.
Perform accounting duties, such as recording daily cash flow, preparing bank deposits, or generating financial statements.
Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
Monitor and evaluate the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing personnel actions, such as promotions and dismissals.
Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
1. Critical Thinking
Prepare written opinions and decisions.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate class discussions.
Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
Assign lessons and correct homework.
Identify issues for research and analysis.
Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
Prepare written opinions or decisions regarding cases.
Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents.
Respond to critical incidents, such as catastrophic events, violent weather, or civil disorders.
Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging.
2. Ethical & Global
Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students and the community on topics such as ethics, logic, and contemporary religious thought.
Monitor and ensure a sound, ethical environment.
Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Coordinate, prepare, or review regulatory submissions for domestic or international projects.
Identify environmental mitigation alternatives, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, laws, or regulations.
Provide advice on proper standards and regulations or the development of policies, strategies, or codes of practice for environmental management.
Identify issues for research and analysis.
Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions.
4. Quantitative Reasoning
Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.
Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.
Assemble sets of assumptions, and explore the consequences of each set.
Address the relationships of quantities, magnitudes, and forms through the use of numbers and symbols.
Examine theories, such as those of probability and inference, to discover mathematical bases for new or improved methods of obtaining and evaluating numerical data.
Assign lessons and correct homework.
Apply mathematical theories and techniques to the solution of practical problems in business, engineering, the sciences, or other fields.
Prepare graphs, charts, diagrams, or other aids to illustrate observations or conclusions.
Observe machine operations to detect any problems, making necessary adjustments to correct problems.
Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
1. Mathematical Reasoning
Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.
Develop new principles and new relationships between existing mathematical principles to advance mathematical science.
Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.
Assemble sets of assumptions, and explore the consequences of each set.
Address the relationships of quantities, magnitudes, and forms through the use of numbers and symbols.
Apply mathematical theories and techniques to the solution of practical problems in business, engineering, the sciences, or other fields.
Conduct research to extend mathematical knowledge in traditional areas, such as algebra, geometry, probability, and logic.
Educate staff in the use of mathematical models.
Examine theories, such as those of probability and inference, to discover mathematical bases for new or improved methods of obtaining and evaluating numerical data.
Assign lessons and correct homework.