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SYNTHESIS

Synthesis
Course Title: Synthesis
Credit: One (1) unit
Prerequisite: Completion of at least 80% of courses in the entire
curriculum
Course Description
Accounting Synthesis is a one unit course that provides an integrating
framework and experiences for understanding the roles of accountants,
their functions, and how they fit within the context of business and the
larger environment. Students will acquire knowledge and develop the
skills necessary to be effective in organizations
Course Description
and to learn general principles associated with their profession as
accountants. A paper integrating the concepts taught in all courses is
required. Students exhibit knowledge of these concepts by making an
informed decision on a current accounting/financial issue.
Course Description
The course is designed to cultivate students' ability to make strategic
decisions logically based on multidimensional analyses of corporate
structure, strategy, finance, and so forth.
Guidelines
1. In the course, the students discuss emerging accounting concerns,
current professional topics, environmental issues, corporate
governance matters, contemporary business and societal themes,
and international business developments.
Guidelines
2. Course methodology includes simulation of real-world decision-
making contexts by using local and global cases, situation analysis,
guest speakers, role-play, teamwork, and computerized simulation
games.
Guidelines
3. Outputs may take a combination of the following:
a. Position papers on timely and/or controversial issues such as
reporting on an enterprise's contributions to environmental problems
b. Cases with inherent ethical challenges
Guidelines
c. Position papers on a current business or accounting issue
d. Exercises that require students to forecast uncertain environmental,
social and ethical events and interpret feedback on their impact and
accuracy
Guidelines
e. Incorporating the financial impact of environmental issues in
financing, investing and/or operating decisions (e.g. waste disposal
and depletion of natural resources and the impact on cost and
profit calculations in the short and long terms)
Guidelines
f. Applied research on tax avoidance and tax evasion issues
g. Role playing on situations that focus on regulatory matters such as
legislative hearings on utility rates especially on the role of
accounting in regulations
Guidelines
h. Corporate governance problems and financial reporting problems
issues taken from local, national and international case studies.
Requirement
Seven (7) article reviews and a film review to be submitted during the
Midterms and Finals – to be compiled at the end of the semester
One essay summarizing your whole five years of stay in the university.
Requirement
Topic Deadline
Financial Accounting and Reporting or Advanced Midterms
Financial Accounting and Reporting

Management Advisory Services Midterms


Auditing Midterms
Taxation Midterms
Regulatory Framework for Business Transactions Finals
Use of Technology in Audit and Accounting Finals
Revision of Accounting or Auditing Standard Finals
Film Review Finals
Culminating Essay Finals

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