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Accounting Information Systems
Learning Goals
Describe the nature of business information systems.
Describe the nature of accounting information systems.
Describe and illustrate the basic elements of transaction
processing systems.
Describe and illustrate the basic elements of a financial
reporting system.
Describe the accounting cycle for the double-entry
accounting system.
Describe and illustrate the computation and use of
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and
amortization (EBITDA).