{"id":10003,"date":"2019-02-15T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news-new\/?p=10003"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:58:12","slug":"data-analytics-integrated-into-mac-program-coursework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/15\/data-analytics-integrated-into-mac-program-coursework\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Analytics Integrated into MAC Program Coursework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span >Students entering the NC State Jenkins Master of Accounting program this fall will start the semester with an immersion in data analytics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cTo increase the data analytics skills of our MAC students, the MAC Curriculum Committee decided to dedicate the first two weeks in our four required MAC courses to teaching from the first four chapters of the textbook \u2018Data Analytics for Accounting\u2019,\u201d said Scott Showalter, professor of practice and NC State Jenkins MAC Program director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cThe skills learned in these chapters will provide a foundation needed for the faculty to add data analytics cases and exercises into additional MAC courses, such as Advanced Taxes and Advanced Auditing\u201d, he said. \u201cSix Poole College accounting professors are developing the modules, with the goal of assuring all MAC graduates develop a solid foundation in data analytics and how to apply the skills in the accounting profession.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >Showalter, who led the college\u2019s development of an undergraduate data analytics honors program at Poole College prior to being named director of the MAC program, is one of the professors who has developed a module. The others are Kathy Krawczyk, Robin Pennington, Don Pagach, Bonnie Hancock and Jennifer Dirienzo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cWe are teaching the tools and then using real world applications in each of our areas of expertise \u2013 audit, tax, systems, financial, enterprise risk management,\u201d Pennington said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cWith all the movement within the accounting profession to leverage data analytics, the MAC Curriculum Committee concluded we could no longer wait to ensure our students possessed these skills as they entered into the accounting profession,\u201d added Showalter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cEach professor teaching in the fall has reviewed and updated their course content to accommodate the new modules,\u201d Showalter said, \u201cassuring that students\u2019 time is focused on developing skills and knowledge essential for today\u2019s accounting profession and successful completion of the CPA exam.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >The new modules will provide students with understanding and experience in the role and application of data analytics, as it relates to all aspects of the accounting profession. They will be able to apply this new knowledge in their courses and as they begin their careers, he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span >\u201cIn providing students with these skills currently being demanded by the marketplace, we believe the employers who hire our students will be pleased with the enhanced skills and the students\u2019 careers will accelerate as a result,\u201d Showalter said. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<span >Students entering the NC State Jenkins Master of Accounting program this fall will start the semester with an immersion in data analytics. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cTo increase the data analytics skills of our MAC students, the MAC Curriculum Committee decided to dedicate the first two weeks in our four required MAC courses to teaching from the first four chapters of the textbook \u2018Data Analytics for Accounting\u2019,\u201d said Scott Showalter, professor of practice and NC State Jenkins MAC Program director.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cThe skills learned in these chapters will provide a foundation needed for the faculty to add data analytics cases and exercises into additional MAC courses, such as Advanced Taxes and Advanced Auditing\u201d, he said. \u201cSix Poole College accounting professors are developing the modules, with the goal of assuring all MAC graduates develop a solid foundation in data analytics and how to apply the skills in the accounting profession.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >Showalter, who led the college\u2019s development of an undergraduate data analytics honors program at Poole College prior to being named director of the MAC program, is one of the professors who has developed a module. The others are Kathy Krawczyk, Robin Pennington, Don Pagach, Bonnie Hancock and Jennifer Dirienzo.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cWe are teaching the tools and then using real world applications in each of our areas of expertise \u2013 audit, tax, systems, financial, enterprise risk management,\u201d Pennington said.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cWith all the movement within the accounting profession to leverage data analytics, the MAC Curriculum Committee concluded we could no longer wait to ensure our students possessed these skills as they entered into the accounting profession,\u201d added Showalter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cEach professor teaching in the fall has reviewed and updated their course content to accommodate the new modules,\u201d Showalter said, \u201cassuring that students\u2019 time is focused on developing skills and knowledge essential for today\u2019s accounting profession and successful completion of the CPA exam.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >The new modules will provide students with understanding and experience in the role and application of data analytics, as it relates to all aspects of the accounting profession. They will be able to apply this new knowledge in their courses and as they begin their careers, he said. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >\u201cIn providing students with these skills currently being demanded by the marketplace, we believe the employers who hire our students will be pleased with the enhanced skills and the students\u2019 careers will accelerate as a result,\u201d Showalter said. <\/span>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New MAC course modules will provide students with understanding and experience in the role and application of data analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19,137,398,286,9],"tags":[1481,1483,1482],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-10003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accounting","category-giving","category-industry","category-mac-program","category-newswire","category-students","tag-data-anallytics","tag-data-analytics-in-accounting","tag-mac-curriculum"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10003"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10013,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003\/revisions\/10013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10003"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=10003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}