ACCT 1021 Financial Accounting
This course develops an understanding of the basic elements of financial accounting and its role in commerce and capital markets. Accounting helps entities measure and communicate their performance to others. Accounting is primarily a language; the language of business. The understanding of this language allows users from different fields analyze financial transactions, evaluate companies and financial products, and understand financial and macroeconomic events. In this spirit, the course's primary objective is to help students get familiar with this language, and to provide them with a deeper understanding of capital markets and the economic transactions they will encounter both as students and professionals.
Course overview
- Department
- Accounting
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Carroll School Core: Financial Accounting (Classes of 2025–2029)
- Accounting for CPAs: Required 18 Credit Hours (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Accounting for Finance and Consulting: Required Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Finance: Required Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.18 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.42 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 13
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Amy La Combe | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 77 of 86 |
| Spring 2026 | Cecil Allgood | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 80 |
| Spring 2026 | John Driscoll | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 86 |
| Spring 2026 | Kin Lo | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 89 |
| Spring 2026 | Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 59 of 68 |
| Spring 2026 | Michael Cecere | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 79 |
| Spring 2026 | Sunghyo Kim | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 56 of 72 |
| Spring 2026 | Thomas Whalen | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 65 of 70 |
| Fall 2025 | Cecil Allgood | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 28 of 35 |
| Fall 2025 | Dianne Rossi-Feldman | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 66 of 67 |
| Fall 2025 | Douglas Stockbridge | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 97 of 118 |
| Fall 2025 | Edward Taylor | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 80 |
| Fall 2025 | Elizabeth Quinn | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 32 of 35 |
| Fall 2025 | Ki-Soon Choi | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 95 of 114 |
| Fall 2025 | Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 33 of 34 |
| Fall 2025 | Mark Bradshaw | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 97 of 118 |
| Fall 2025 | Michael Cecere | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 31 of 39 |
| Fall 2025 | Natalia Berfeld | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 100 of 117 |
| Fall 2025 | Thomas Whalen | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4–6 hrs/week | 63 of 68 |
| Summer 2025 | Edward Taylor | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 66 of 77 |
| Spring 2025 | Amy La Combe | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 75 of 88 |
| Spring 2025 | Benjamin Yost | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 81 of 92 |
| Spring 2025 | Doris Kelly | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 73 of 93 |
| Spring 2025 | Elizabeth Quinn | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 38 of 45 |
| Spring 2025 | Gil Manzon | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 36 of 40 |
| Spring 2025 | Kin Lo | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 45 of 47 |
| Spring 2025 | Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 87 of 92 |
| Spring 2025 | Miao Liu | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 43 of 48 |
| Fall 2024 | Carlo Maria Gallimberti | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 30 of 32 |
| Fall 2024 | Cecil Allgood | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 31 of 34 |
| Fall 2024 | Dianne Rossi-Feldman | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 56 of 63 |
| Fall 2024 | Edward Taylor | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 55 of 62 |
| Fall 2024 | Elizabeth Quinn | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 28 of 31 |
| Fall 2024 | Gil Manzon | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 25 of 27 |
| Fall 2024 | Ki-Soon Choi | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 82 of 99 |
| Fall 2024 | Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 31 of 35 |
| Fall 2024 | Michael Cecere | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | — | 24 of 30 |
| Fall 2024 | Natalia Berfeld | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 74 of 95 |
| Summer 2024 | Elizabeth Quinn | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 14 of 14 |
| Spring 2024 | Amy La Combe | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 63 of 75 |
Data freshness
Instructors
- Amy La Combe
- Benjamin Yost
- Brad Curley
- Carlo Maria Gallimberti
- Cecil Allgood
- Dianne Rossi-Feldman
- Divya Khaitan
- Doris Kelly
- Douglas Stockbridge
- Edward Taylor
- Elizabeth Quinn
- Frederick Husk
- Gil Manzon
- John Driscoll
- Ki-Soon Choi
- Kin Lo
- Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf
- Mark Bradshaw
- Mark Crowley
- Miao Liu
- Michael Brodsky
- Michael Cecere
- Natalia Berfeld
- Shannon Slevin
- Sunghyo Kim
- Thomas Whalen
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08
- Section 09
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08
- Section 09
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- Section 18
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03