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Can you provide me the MBA (Master in Business Administration) course description offered by College of Industrial Management of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals?

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The MBA (Master in Business Administration) course description offered by College of Industrial Management of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is as follows:

MBA COURSE DESCRIPTION

ACCOUNTING
ACCT 502 Introductions to Accounting and Finance (3-0-3)
Introduces the basics principles, concepts and tools of financial accounting and corporate finance
Topics covered include income statement and statement of financial position, purposes and limitations; statement of cash flows; analysis of financial statements; the introduction to corporate finance, introduction to financial markets and institutions, time value of money, interest rates, and risk and return. Covers ethics in accounting and financial management
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

ACCT 509 Financial Reporting and Analysis (3-0-3)
Gives an overview of the objectives and framework of financial reporting for prospective corporate consumers of financial information, such as managers, stockholders, investors, creditors and financial analysts Emphasis will be on the analysis and interpretations of corporate financial reports and publically available financial information for risk assessment, forecasting, and decision‐making. The course will emphasize cross boarder financial reporting analysis (e.g. IFRS and role of IASB) in global capital market. Ethical dimensions of corporate financial reporting will be considered. Topics include income measurement, receivables, inventory, long-lived assets, investments, liabilities, equity and affiliates, off-balance sheet items, and cash flow analysis.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

ACCT 510 Managerial Accounting (3-0-3)
Provides the accounting concepts and techniques related to planning and cost control It also provide the framework to assess the behavioral dimensions of control systems. Topics include development and uses of accounting data for management decision-making; cost concepts, behavior, and systems; activity-based costing and activity-based management; budgeting, planning and control; pricing decisions, strategy and balanced scorecards, performance measurement and compensation schemes, ethics and management accounting practices.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

ACCT 512 Cost Management Systems (3-0-3)
Emphasizes the methods and techniques available to measure and evaluate costs for decision-making, planning and control, and strategic-based performance management. Facilitates to understand major contemporary issues in cost accounting and operational control systems in modern firms Reviews a number of cost management issues relating to the design and implementation of strategic, operational, marketing, value analysis, and other management models in modern firms; and identifies major contemporary issues in managerial accounting and financial decision-making.
Prerequisite: ACCT 510.

ACCT 526 Internal Auditing (3-0-3)
Introduces to the internal audit profession Topics include concepts and principles of internal auditing, professional standards, internal auditing process; risk, governance, and control issues; conducting internal audit engagements, audit reporting, and impact of information technology; fraud audit, emerging issues in internal auditing, ethics and internal audit practices; administration of internal audit department.
Prerequisite: ACCT 509 and ACCT510.

ACCT 532 Auditing and Assurance (3-0-3)
Examines the principles and practices of external auditing Topics include role of the auditor,
organization of the audit profession, and the audit environment; generally accepted auditing standards, assurance services, auditor's independence, professional ethics, fraud auditing, forensic accounting techniques, auditor's responsibilities, and legal liability; illustration of audit applications based on discussion of the theory of auditing combined with practical examples of auditing techniques and assurance procedures; discussion and analysis in light of auditor's reporting standards, audit process and case studies and readings.
Prerequisite: ACCT 509.

ACCT 533 International Accounting (3-0-3)
Examines the accounting concepts and techniques for multinational operations and transactions Topics covered include, International accounting standards and organizations, transnational financial reporting and disclosure problems, accounting information systems and control, financial planning, accounting for foreign currency translation and inflation, cross-border taxation and transfer pricing, consolidated financial statements, comparative international auditing and corporate governance, and international corporate social reporting.
Prerequisite: ACCT 509.

ACCT 535 Zakat and Business Tax Accounting (3-0-3)
Gives an overview of the rules, and objectives of taxation zakat regulations Participants become familiar with the business income tax and zakat rates. Determination of taxable income and tax liability of corporations and their implications on various corporate decisions such as capital structure, distribution, business formation, cash repatriation, etc. Computing, assessing, and analyzing income tax and zakat base for business entities. Major emphasis will be on local tax and zakat laws.
Prerequisite: ACCT 509.