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May 5, 2026
Students will complete a series of SQL problems selected by their instructor. This assignment can be structured at an introductory, intermediate, or advanced level, depending on the depth of the assessment desired. Professors may elect to give this assignment as...
May 5, 2026
In this assignment, you will navigate through an accounting research process to resolve complex financial reporting questions. You will use critical judgment and apply ethics to analyze business cases and determine appropriate accounting treatments. You will do this through guided...
May 5, 2026
You will take on the role of a consultant at Summit Advisory supporting a client who is evaluating a technical accounting issue that could affect the business. You will review a technical accounting memo, create presentation notes, and present your...
May 5, 2026
You intern on the research team at Summit Advisory, a consulting firm. A client, Sunbeam Energy, has asked your team to investigate one of five financial reporting issues that could affect their business. Specifically, they are asking about the following...
May 5, 2026
This case is designed to give students an immediate, hands-on experience with what auditors actually do, before they learn audit vocabulary. Students work from documents that feel real world, using common sense and professional skepticism to decide whether the financial...
April 6, 2026
Research in cognitive science and education has shown that teaching others improves your ability to retain and understand information more effectively than passive studying. This assignment builds on that principle by asking you to mentor your own AI Apprentice well...
February 23, 2026
This assignment is all about practicing your SQL skills. You’ll work in an interactive environment where you can write queries, run them instantly, and see how your code shapes the results. Use the provided dataset focused on revenue as a...
February 23, 2026
This assignment is all about practicing your SQL skills. You’ll work in an interactive environment where you can write queries, run them instantly, and see how your code shapes the results. Use the provided dataset focused on the expenditure cycle...
February 23, 2026
In this assignment, you will be a cofounder of Golden Hour Co., a startup that offers hourly rentals of golden retriever puppies for special events and four-legged companionship. Your task is to prepare a pitch for the TV show Piranha...
February 23, 2026
This assignment introduces students to multi-agent systems (MAS), showing how multiple artificial intelligence (AI) agents can work together to solve problems. Students will explore different types of agents, understand their roles, and build hands-on workflows using the low-code tool MindStudio....
January 3, 2026
In this assignment, you will examine two mindsets for engaging with artificial intelligence (AI): the passive, transactional mindset, and the active, transformational mindset. The assignment provides a framework for understanding how to move beyond simply using AI as a shortcut...
November 18, 2025
In this assignment, you will explore a new way of coding called vibe coding — a method that uses generative AI (GenAI) powered tools to help you generate, test and deploy code based on natural language prompts. You don’t need...
November 18, 2025
This assignment covers how to prepare for a presentation, use effective body language and verbal delivery, and leave your audience with a memorable message.
November 18, 2025
Have you ever struggled with giving or receiving feedback in the workplace? This assignment draws on the professional EY standards for giving and receiving feedback, including guidance from the EY LEAD feedback framework. You’ll build practical skills to communicate feedback...
November 18, 2025
In this assignment, you’ll build on the foundations learned in the EYARC Experience Prompt engineering 1 assignment. You’ll learn advanced prompting techniques, explore how to prompt reasoning models, and create effective system prompts. You’ll also get hands-on practice evaluating generative...
November 18, 2025
In this assignment, you will learn about the role of walkthroughs in an audit. We will focus on walkthroughs of the purchasing cycle, although principles learned in this assignment are applicable to other business cycles. Through informative content and interactive...
This assignment introduces learners to essential computer literacy skills, focusing on file management and productivity concepts that form the foundation of digital literacy. Designed for both Windows and Mac users, the assignment helps learners build confidence to navigate file systems,...
September 3, 2025
This case helps students grasp the broader significance of accounting by exploring why accurate reporting and independent assurance matter — not just for financial data, but for sustainability disclosures as well. In Mini Case 1, students step into the role...
September 3, 2025
Throughout this assignment, you will learn how to depreciate business assets using the appropriate recovery period, convention, and method using MACRS depreciation. You will also learn how to calculate an asset’s adjusted basis. Upon completion, you’ll understand how to help...
September 3, 2025
This assignment allows students to apply their managerial accounting knowledge in an interactive story that focuses on activity-based costing (ABC). Students will identify how ABC impacts the gross margins of businesses compared with other costing methods, helping them practice making...
September 3, 2025
In this assignment, students will explore the concept of AI agents. They will learn that while AI agents are not a new concept, they have attracted renewed attention with the emergence of large language models (LLMs). Students will then be...
September 2, 2025
Tax effects on budgets is the second case in our financial literacy personal budget series. The nine-part case aims to help students understand how taxes influence personal financial decisions, employment choices, and retirement planning. Each part is designed to deepen...
September 2, 2025
In this assignment, students will learn about deepfake technology and take on the role of an investment portfolio manager at Verifactum, Inc., a large hedge fund based in Washington, D.C. They will be tasked with assessing various market-moving events through...
September 2, 2025
This assignment introduces some of the fundamentals of management accounting, focusing on how data analytics can improve sales in the dining establishments of a resort, Serenity Now. While the resort is fictious, the sales data is from a real organization...
September 2, 2025
This assignment introduces some of the fundamentals of management accounting, focusing on how data analytics can enhance profitability in the dining establishments of a resort, Serenity Now. While the resort and the cost data are fictitious, the sales data is...
September 2, 2025
Cash-based budgeting is the first case in our financial literacy personal budget series. The case aims to help students understand personal financial decisions and retirement savings. This case consists of 11 parts, each designed to build foundational concepts and Excel...
June 19, 2025
Description: In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, generative AI (GenAI) stands out as a transformative force with the potential to reshape professions, including accounting. In light of these rapid technological advancements, considering how best to train talent for the future...
June 19, 2025
Description: All cases are designed to help students develop their analytics mindset; however, some of these cases have differing levels of coverage for each component of the analytics mindset. Additionally, because of different subject matter, some cases would integrate well...
June 19, 2025
Description: This framework defines the analytics mindset and corresponding competencies. This framework serves as the basis for EYARC case development on this topic. See the associated case studies page which includes a master case guide, which indicates how the content...
May 7, 2025
Description: Analytics is changing the role of the business professional by placing analytics at the heart of all business decisions. Therefore, students need to prepare for this changing role by developing an analytics mindset. What is this? An analytics mindset...
May 7, 2025
Description: Data visualization can be described as blending the art of design with the science of data. It’s about communicating data primarily through imagery to reveal the best insights in the most compelling way to varied users.
May 7, 2025
SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a powerful and widely used programming language designed for managing, querying, and interacting with relational databases. It serves as the backbone of countless applications, enabling users to retrieve specific information, manipulate data, define database...
May 7, 2025
SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a powerful and widely used programming language designed to manage, query, and interact with relational databases. It serves as the backbone of countless applications, enabling users to retrieve specific information, manipulate data, define database...
May 7, 2025
Welcome to the Intermediate regular expression (regex) techniques assignment! The purpose of this assignment is to continue learning regex and its practical applications in accounting and finance. As a continuation of the “Foundations of regex” assignment, this assignment will teach...
May 7, 2025
In this assignment, you will explore the risks associated with the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) and how to address these risks using the GenAI Governance Framework and Maturity Model available at genai.global. This framework outlines procedures in five domains...
May 7, 2025
Welcome to the Foundations of regex assignment! This assignment aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of regular expressions (regex) and their practical applications in accounting and finance. Students will learn essential regex concepts, including matching literal characters, using metacharacters...
May 7, 2025
This assignment explores Data Modeling and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). You`ll understand how data modeling structures databases, learn to identify components in ERDs, and apply this knowledge to real-world database scenarios.
May 7, 2025
This assignment provides an in-depth look at AI ethics, focusing on key principles and the ethical challenges professionals encounter as AI reshapes industries and society. As students explore these principles, they’ll have the opportunity to apply them to real-world scenarios,...
May 7, 2025
The purpose of this assignment is to continue building regex skills and understand its practical applications in accounting and finance domains. As a continuation of the “Intermediate Regex Techniques” assignment, this assignment teaches more advanced regex concepts including lazy quantifiers,...
May 7, 2025
Welcome to the Advanced GenAI topics assignment! In this module, we will dive deep into some of the advanced techniques of generative AI (GenAI), exploring how these innovative models go beyond simple content generation to tackle complex, specialized tasks. You...
May 7, 2025
Description: All cases are designed to help students develop their analytics mindset; however, some of these cases have differing levels of coverage for each component of the analytics mindset. This guide provides a listing of all cases with mapping to...
January 17, 2025
The EYARC periodically provides webinars, EYARC Access webinars, to provide you greater access to information about EYARC curriculum and its usage; insights into the current and anticipated future state of the profession; and updates on new processes and trends in...
January 17, 2025
This project is designed for a course focused on the application of emerging technologies — specifically generative AI (GenAI) — within the accounting domain. The primary goal is for students to conceive, design and prototype a GenAI-enhanced solution that addresses...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will act as a tax professional helping a client complete their 20X1 tax returns, focusing on child and dependent tax credits. You will review the client’s financial details and learn about the relevant tax code sections...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will help a client complete their 20XX tax returns, focusing on the Child Tax Credit (CTC), Other Dependent Credit (ODC), American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), and Lifetime Learning Credit (LLC). After reviewing the client’s financial details...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will learn about the emerging field of prompt engineering within the accounting discipline, focusing on how advanced AI tools such as large language models can be harnessed to automate and enhance accounting processes. You will learn...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will act as part of the financial reporting team for Where’s da Beef (WDB) Cattle Feeders, an agricultural company that manages a large cattle feed yard. You will explore the implementation of drone technology and automated...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will take on the role of a co-founder of TechWear, a startup specializing in high-tech sportswear. You will assess the company’s accounts receivable collectability risk using various financial reports prepared by your accounting team. By analyzing...
In this assignment, you will conduct a DuPont analysis for Modern Dovetail Inc., a midsize private furniture company, and compare its financial performance with the broader market and specific industry peers. By decomposing return on equity (ROE) into its components—net...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will take on the role of a regulatory analyst for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investigating potential manipulation of earnings per share (EPS) by public companies. By analyzing financial data and using dashboard visualizations, you...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will take on the role of the Vice President of Finance and Accounting at BW Fishing Inc. (BWF), a company that sells fishing supplies primarily to businesses. The focus will be on using process mining techniques...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will assume the role of an analyst for Big Deals (BD), a global big-box retailer experiencing a decline in global sales. You will use dashboard visualizations to analyze sales trends and market share across various product...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will analyze the investment portfolios of banks in response to regulatory changes implemented by the Federal Reserve following the financial crisis of 2007-2008. By examining how banks classified their investments as either available-for-sale (AFS) or held-to-maturity...
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you will explore the application of alternative data, such as satellite imagery, to forecast and analyze financial statements. As a financial analyst at Apollo Investments Research, you will evaluate the effectiveness of nanosatellite data in predicting same-store...
January 2, 2025
Welcome to the Physical Inventory Counts assignment. In this assignment, you’ll get an overview of physical inventory counts, practice with mini assignments, and explore real-world examples of how these counts impact audits.
January 2, 2025
Understanding generative AI (GenAI) is crucial for modern accounting practices. AI technologies are rapidly transforming the processing, analysis, and reporting of financial data. According to the Big 4 accounting firm EY, “75% of wealth and asset managers are already building...
January 2, 2025
Learn about different types of anomalies in this assignment. This is a temporary overview that is being pulled directly from the database. We need to have the content teams replace it with a description of their choice.
January 2, 2025
In this assignment, you’ll get an overview of tax interviewing and learn how to effectively prepare for tax interviews. Preparing includes gathering needed documents, understanding the client’s situation, studying relevant tax laws, then reviewing interpersonal skills and effective inquiry skills....
January 2, 2025
Welcome! In this assignment, we provide an overview of audit inquiry. You’ll practice with mini cases and explore real-world examples of the impact of audit inquiry. For future reference and study, at the end of the assignment there will be...
Welcome to the Auditing Inventory: A Virtual Audit Experience Version 2 assignment. In this interactive simulation, you will assume the role of a staff auditor observing and participating in the physical inventory count at Lazer Laptop Corporation. Through real-world scenarios...
Welcome to the Auditing Inventory: A Virtual Audit Experience Version 1 assignment. In this interactive simulation, you will assume the role of a staff auditor observing and participating in the physical inventory count at Lazer Laptop Corporation. Through real-world scenarios...
January 2, 2025
In this case, you will perform audit procedures for Heart’s Guitars. You will be auditing a portion of the purchase-to-pay (P2P) process by examining documentation, documenting your findings, and then conducting an interview with the accounts payable manager. Based on...
October 30, 2024
In this two-part case, students are asked to assume the role of a consultant for Where’s da Beef (WDB), a large cattle feedlot in southern Kansas that owns approximately 30,000 head of cattle at any given time. In completing this...
October 30, 2024
The Pepsi and Coke reporting challenge is a series of four exercises designed to expose students to sustainability matters and various types of reports where companies disclose these matters using PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Company as a basis for a...
October 30, 2024
EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for...
October 23, 2024
Tailored for a financial, sustainability or audit course, this case has students explore the SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure rule, which provides companies guidance around how to disclose climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on a company’s...
October 23, 2024
Generative AI is reshaping every facet of business, causing great need for ethical leadership. This case helps equip students with the critical thinking skills and ethical frameworks necessary to navigate the ethical business complexities introduced by generative AI. This four-part...
October 23, 2024
In this two-part case, students are asked to assume the role of a consultant for Bryan’s Amazing Animals (BAA), a sheep farm that owns approximately 3,000 sheep. In completing this case, students will learn more about the inventory process in...
August 26, 2024
TechHub.training is an online resource built by BYU students and faculty. Its mission is to inspire learning in an online forum where students, teachers, and data experts develop, hone, and share expertise in important business technologies. The website is built...
July 15, 2024
This two-part case guides students through the exploration of generative AI technology while emphasizing the importance of using it ethically. The case has students complete a critical analysis of generative AI’s potential uses in various accounting domains and consider strategies...
July 1, 2024
In order to analyze a business process through process mining, it is important first to understand how the business process is designed. This case presents a narrative of an order-to-cash business process for a hypothetical company, BW Fishing Inc., and...
July 1, 2024
This case provides students with an overview of the database provided to them (data tables and their corresponding data fields). It requires students to query this database to create the data set needed for the process mining software to effectively...
July 1, 2024
This case helps students learn the process of building process mining dashboards in a walkthrough format using Celonis software (freely available). This case is an introductory case and as such, does not require significant student judgment or experience. Rather, this...
July 1, 2024
This case has students use the process mining dashboards provided to analyze the credit approval process within the order-to-cash cycle for BW Fishing Inc. Students must assume the role of the external auditor piloting the use of process mining in...
July 1, 2024
This case has students use the process mining dashboards provided to analyze the order-to-cash cycle for BWF Fishing Inc. The case requires students to use the dashboards to analyze this process based on the perspectives of different departments within the...
July 1, 2024
The case provides a comprehensive and practical examination of the US federal government’s financial practices, challenges and reporting standards. By exploring the sustainability of the current fiscal path, students will engage in critical thinking about the US national debt, spending...
April 6, 2024
This curriculum offers an opportunity for students to learn and think critically about the purpose of auditor independence, the regulatory bodies who oversee independence and their personal professional and ethical responsibilities related to independence. This curriculum materials includes slides, lecture...
March 18, 2024
The development and validation of an automated grading tool using robotic process automation (RPA) for SQL queries saves faculty time and allows for more accurate grading. This enhances the accuracy of grading but also allows faculty to reallocate their time...
March 13, 2024
Tailored for sustainability, business or accounting courses, this three-part case delves into the sustainability aspects of solar energy manufacturing. Students employ large language model (LLM) AI tools, research, critical thinking and professional skepticism throughout the case. Part 1: Sustainability Exploration....
March 13, 2024
In this case, students gather data to perform an internal audit of travel expenses for Fairfield Inc. Employees have submitted trips for reimbursement that include the address from which the employee left, the address to where they traveled and the...
March 13, 2024
In this case, the students help automate the preparation of tax Form 8805 for each foreign partner from the RiverBend Technologies whose earnings derive from the US and abroad. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first....
March 13, 2024
In this case, the students help automate the creation of sales reports for Pure Guitar Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this, although the case can be completed without this requirement....
March 13, 2024
An overview slide presentation provides students initial exposure to RPA and is recommended to cover before asking students to complete any cases. The presentation coverage includes: innovation mindset (definition and importance); RPA foundational concepts (definition, primary uses, evolution, typical process...
March 13, 2024
This case can be completed without covering the overview presentation, although it is not ideal to do so. Select elements of the overview presentation are repeated at a high level and can be reinforced if the presentation has already been...
March 13, 2024
In this case, students will identify a process in business or in their personal life that can be automated using RPA and develop the bot to automate this process. Students can develop a bot that has different levels of sophistication...
March 13, 2024
In this case, the students help automate an existing manual process to bill customers for wood products sold by Wood’s Amazing Woods Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this although the...
March 13, 2024
In this case, students are expected to automate the selection of a sample of expenses for testing for audit purposes based on: (1) a systematic selection of key transactions above or below a specified threshold and (2) a random selection...
March 13, 2024
Many businesses today are now moving from a financially driven strategy to one that is guided by purpose and focused on a broader definition of value creation for a broader array of stakeholders for the long term. This curriculum can...
February 6, 2024
This case can focus on generative AI and Alteryx as technologies, but the primary focus is the critical thinking involved in thinking about fraudulent data. In Part 1, students take on the role of the client and generate a fake...
The PATT tool supports educators in their record-keeping of both in-class participation and attendance. Using this tool will help to make end-of-term grading simpler and more fact-driven. The tool may also help teachers recall students’ names better and help in...
December 26, 2023
The Process Mining Event Log Generator (PMELG) tool is a macro-enabled Excel workbook that generates data for the order-to-cash process for use in process mining applications. Process mining uses event logs from an organization’s database systems to deeply analyze a...
December 26, 2023
The AlteryxEval tool automates the grading process of your students’ Alteryx workflows. The tool uses macros to grade the Alteryx workflows quickly, allowing you to provide instant feedback to your students and helping them learn from their mistakes and make...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
Case specifically designed for introductory accounting course. We recommended reviewing the user guide visual as a first step to understand the purpose and design of eight mini cases. The Overview takes a traditional introductory accounting course and outlines when to...
December 26, 2023
This case is Part 2 of a case series that provides an opportunity for students to explore XBRL data from the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. This case provides an opportunity for...
December 26, 2023
Students are asked to perform a cutoff analysis of Needles, Inc. using the DataSnipper technology. Cutoff tests are used in an audit to test management’s assertion that recorded transactions occurred during that period and provides evidence of the accuracy and...
December 26, 2023
In this case, students will use the DataSnipper technology to help them review expense reimbursement receipts for an IT Consulting firm. Students are asked to review the legitimacy of each expense and to review compliance with established company policies and...
December 26, 2023
This case has students practice and experiment with different ways to use an LLM to answer relevant tax questions by delving into four different tax scenarios. Students will deepen their understanding of when these LLM tools are useful, but also...
December 26, 2023
Knowing how to work with AI Large Langauge Models( LLMs), called prompt engineering, has become an important emerging technological skill. At its core, prompt engineering is about harnessing the power of language models to perform specific tasks by providing them...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of an audit senior of the client engagement team for RimStar Music Company and must make a judgment about the reasonableness of the client’s judgment for the useful life of a new...
November 14, 2023
This case has students focus on envisioning their future career as a business professional and related professional goals. Students are then asked to create two short stories that consider the consequences of making ethical (story 1) and unethical (story 2)...
November 14, 2023
This case asks students to identify and share good and bad uses of social media that could influence their ethical reputation and professional career. Students are also asked to think about how the ethics mindset can help them use social...
November 14, 2023
This case has students read about a situation that involves a professional who shares data and information and then determine whether this behavior is unethical. Students are provided with the EY Global Code of Conduct to review and apply as...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of a junior accountant for Toyda, a car manufacturer, and must make a judgment about the need to impair its production facilities.
November 14, 2023
For this case, the students will perform tests related to employee authentication logins. Students are asked to analyze data to determine the average number of employee logins, if logins are missing from the authentication log, if terminated employees are still...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the controller for JK, a technology company, and must make a judgment about the carrying value of its LIFO inventory considering the lower of cost of market.
November 14, 2023
This case is broken into two parts: Part 2 asks students to inspire others about the importance of having an ethics mindset by identifying, writing about and sharing their appreciation with an ethical mentor they have had in their life,...
November 14, 2023
This case is broken into two parts: Part 1 is to inspire themselves about the about the importance of having an ethics mindset and asks students to create an inspirational poster (physical or digital) and write a brief paragraph about...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the controller for AKS, a consumer electronics company, and must make a judgment to determine possible goodwill impairment using a qualitative assessment over a multi-year period.
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the controller for AKS, a consumer electronics company, and must make a judgment to determine possible goodwill impairment using a qualitative assessment over a multi-year period.
November 14, 2023
This application scenario asks students to assume the role of an auditor and use their professional judgment to perform a fraud risk assessment as part of the audit planning process for Jameson Family Farms, a family-owned business that grows and...
November 14, 2023
This application scenario asks students to assume the role of an auditor and use their professional judgment to perform a fraud risk assessment as part of the audit planning process for Jameson Family Farms, a family-owned business that grows and...
November 14, 2023
This case focuses on applying ethics in a learning environment in a professional setting (Part 2). In each part, students are asked to evaluate whether various behavior scenarios are ethical or unethical and provide support for their assessment based on...
November 14, 2023
This case focuses on applying ethics in a learning environment in a college setting (Part 1). In each part, students are asked to evaluate whether various behavior scenarios are ethical or unethical and provide support for their assessment based on...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the new controller of United Super Steel, a steel producer, and must make a judgment about recording an environmental obligation due to contamination of a production site over a multi-year period....
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the new controller of United Super Steel, a steel producer, and must make a judgment about recording an environmental obligation due to contamination of a production site over a multi-year period....
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the new controller of the Prescott Company, a commercial real estate developer, and must make a judgment about the potential refinancing of its mortgage loan.
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the new controller of the Prescott Company, a commercial real estate developer, and must make a judgment about the potential refinancing of its mortgage loan.
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the new controller of the Prescott Company, a commercial real estate developer, and must make a judgment about the potential refinancing of its mortgage loan.
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of a junior accountant at Transcontinental Energy Company, an independently owned explorer and producer of oil and natural gas, and must make a judgment about recording a loss contingency regarding possible asset...
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of the controller for Wildcat Sporting Goods and must make a judgment about the allowance for doubtful accounts
November 14, 2023
A scenario where the student assumes the role of a junior accountant at Asbat, a leading pharmaceutical company, and must make a judgment about recording a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset created by a net operating loss carryforward....
November 11, 2023
This is a comprehensive introductory curriculum on blockchain that includes 24 modules (class sessions). You can review them here. Students will gain an understanding of the terms and definitions of blockchain and related technology, uses of blockchains, security benefits and...
November 11, 2023
Advances in database systems, data visualization and the understanding of business processes have come together to create an exciting and powerful way for organizations to gain a deep understanding of their data with a technique called process mining. Process mining...
November 11, 2023
EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for...
November 11, 2023
EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for...
November 11, 2023
EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for...
November 11, 2023
This case asks students to assume the role of an internal auditor and perform various audit procedures on purchasing card (P-card) transactions for Oklahoma State University. This case covers each aspect of the analytics mindset but has a greater emphasis...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on data normalization and writing SQL queries of a relational database to answer accounting questions. The real-world data represents travel expenses of Canadian government workers. These cases can each be assigned independently, or they can be...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on data normalization and writing SQL queries of a relational database to answer accounting questions. The real-world data represents travel expenses of Canadian government workers. These cases can each be assigned independently, or they can be...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on data normalization and writing SQL queries of a relational database to answer accounting questions. The real-world data represents travel expenses of Canadian government workers. These cases can each be assigned independently, or they can be...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on data normalization and writing SQL queries of a relational database to answer accounting questions. The real-world data represents travel expenses of Canadian government workers. These cases can each be assigned independently, or they can be...
November 11, 2023
This case asks students to assume the role of a data analyst for IntegrateCo, a company that installs and services integrated building management systems. The task is to perform various analyses on payroll data. The real-world data for this case...
November 11, 2023
This case asks students to assume the role of a chief technology officer and decide whether the information technology compliance training for their organization should be changed to a gamified training model from a non-gamified training model. The real-world data...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on a fictitious company, Fairview Inc., a software-as-a-service company, that utilizes a travel expense reimbursement process for its sales and information technology employees who travel to customer locations. The Audit Committee would like to change its...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on a fictitious company, Fairview Inc., a software-as-a-service company, that utilizes a travel expense reimbursement process for its sales and information technology employees who travel to customer locations. The Audit Committee would like to change its...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on a fictitious company, Fairview Inc., a software-as-a-service company, that utilizes a travel expense reimbursement process for its sales and information technology employees who travel to customer locations. The Audit Committee would like to change its...
November 11, 2023
This case series focuses on a fictitious company, Fairview Inc., a software-as-a-service company, that utilizes a travel expense reimbursement process for its sales and information technology employees who travel to customer locations. The Audit Committee would like to change its...
November 11, 2023
This case is designed to have students use regular expressions (RegEx) to answer some basic questions about a small set of messy, unstructured customer data and then transform the data into a structured layout so it can be loaded into...
November 8, 2023
The Overview case covers fundamental considerations in the ETL process and requires students to confirm their understanding. This case can be used as an assessment tool.
November 8, 2023
This case is designed to have students perform ETL procedures in R on a random selection of over a million, real-world customer transactions spanning a three-year period for Swift Arrow convenience stores (Swift). Swift operates in over 160 cities in...
November 8, 2023
Case 5: Using VBA to transform data
November 8, 2023
Case 4: Joining data
November 8, 2023
Case 3: Advanced text extractions and unique identifiers
November 8, 2023
Case 2: Basic text extractions and unique identifiers
November 8, 2023
Case 1: Identifying data problems
November 8, 2023
This case provides an opportunity for students to explore Inline XBRL data from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. Tesla is used as the example company for exploration.
November 8, 2023
This case provides students a background on the DuPont Method and then requires students to analyze financial statement data for various companies across industries using this method to form investment recommendations. This case is offered in Tableau and R and...
This is a five-part case in which students are asked to assume the role of an auditor for Digital Assets Inc., a company that allows its customers to pay invoices in bitcoin, a common cryptocurrency that makes up approximately 50%...
November 8, 2023
This case asks students to consider cybersecurity risks and their potential impact on the financial statements and to learn more about best practices for password policies to help mitigate cybersecurity threats. Students are asked to perform manual audit procedures on...
November 8, 2023
This case asks students perform select cybersecurity audit procedures on actual Enron Corporation emails (approximately 27,000), preserved by federal investigators, to look for employee violations of hypothetical company policies. The case is offered in Alteryx, which is a powerful tool...
November 8, 2023
This case is designed to have students perform a cybersecurity penetration test of password strengths at Blue Yarrow Unicorns. Students are provided with over 5,100 usernames, hashed passwords and job unit descriptors of Blue Yarrow’s employees. Using a dictionary of...
November 8, 2023
This case asks students to perform descriptive and text analyses on purchasing card data for BioPhirma, an innovative, global health care leader, to assess compliance with policies and to help investigate a whistle-blower tip about possible fraud being committed through...
November 8, 2023
In this case, students will learn more about the classification, measurement and recognition of debt investments; the economics and valuation of debt investments; and consider the influence of banking regulations (Basel III in the US) and reporting incentives on accounting...
November 8, 2023
The Overview case is designed to give students exposure to the various types of alternative data and to learn about the growing importance of alternative data and its use by professionals in decision-making. Students will also learn about and consider...
November 8, 2023
The Apollo Investments Research case is designed to provide students a hands-on opportunity to develop their analytics mindset by working directly with alternative data, which is satellite imagery of parking lots for four major companies (Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target and...
October 5, 2023
This case is designed for a class focused on data visualization techniques and skills and may be used in a stand-alone data analytics class or as part of an accounting information systems course. A key feature of this case is...
October 5, 2023
This case is designed for a class focused on data visualization techniques and skills and may be used in a stand-alone data analytics class or as part of an accounting information systems course. A key feature of this case is...
October 5, 2023
This case asks students to assume the role of an analyst within Timp Health, a company that specializes in pharmacy benefit management. The task is to analyze drivers of gross drug costs and, ultimately, to develop a regression model that...
October 5, 2023
MC Foods, Inc. (MCF) uses an annual 360° performance evaluation for its employees (the 360) to obtain employee ratings. The company uses these ratings to force rank employees into nine performance and potential categories to support promotion, raise and employee...
October 5, 2023
Students will work with a structured data set of several thousand cash, sales, accounts receivable and cost of goods sold subledger transactions for the first two years of operations of TechWear, a start-up company that manufactures and sells upper-end, high-tech...
October 5, 2023
This case asks students to research emerging data and technology topics to gain understanding of the topics and to determine any potential impact on the accounting profession. Students document and present their research and are graded by their peers using...
October 5, 2023
This case asks students to assume the role of a tax professional and demonstrate their technology savvy. Students are asked to work with various client tax fixed asset information schedules and IRS MACRS tax depreciation rate tables to calculate tax...
October 5, 2023
For the purposes of this case, an organization has been hacked and received an email containing a riddle that needs to be solved within the hour. If the organization fails to solve the riddle, the hacker is threatening to release...
