Spring 2027

Accounting Principles

Examines financial and managerial accounting for business decisions, emphasizing financial statement preparation and interpretation, cost determination, and planning/control.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Brett Killion3.8/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · John Wild

The course involved significant weekly homework and several quizzes. Students noted that reading the textbook word for word was necessary, and success required staying on top of assignments to pass fair exams.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply accounting concepts to economic transactions to capture relevant and reliable data for business decisions

  • Prepare financial statements of a business based on economic transactions and events

  • Apply financial statements to draw inferences about the performance and financial condition of businesses

  • Compute costs of products and services for different costing systems

  • Prepare strategic budgets for a business along with analysis of budgeting results

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A. Not open to students with credit forACCT I S 100.

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Professors

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Raw average: 4.40/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 71.2% A/AB (n=299 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 71.5% A/AB (n=390 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.49 GPA, 69.8% A/AB (n=368 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRETT KILLION is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PROF JOHN WILD is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 3000
LEC 002Online (some classroom)0 / 470
LEC 003Online (some classroom)0 / 470
LEC 004Online (some classroom)0 / 460

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · John Wild

Students described the course as well-organized with clear expectations and grading. Many found it manageable, particularly for non-accounting majors, with supportive instructional teams providing timely responses.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 71.2% A/AB (n=299 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 71.5% A/AB (n=390 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.49 GPA, 69.8% A/AB (n=368 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · John Wild

The course involved significant weekly homework and several quizzes. Students noted that reading the textbook word for word was necessary, and success required staying on top of assignments to pass fair exams.

Past student reviews · John Wild

Past students mentioned the online format was independent with TA-led lectures and no recorded sessions. Some found the material somewhat boring but appreciated the clear structure and support available when needed.

Topics

  • Financial and managerial accounting
  • Preparation and interpretation of financial statements
  • Cost determination for products and services
  • Planning and control of business operations

Skills

  • Preparing financial statements from economic transactions
  • Interpreting financial statements to assess business performance
  • Computing product and service costs using various costing systems
  • Preparing strategic budgets and analyzing budgeting results

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.06 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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ACCTIS 300 · Spring 2027

Accounting Principles

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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