Course Description
Principles of Accounting, MGMT 30A
Enrollment and waitlists for Winter Quarter 2021 will CLOSE - January 8th, 2020 at 5:00PM
First in a two course introductory series. Emphasis on financial accounting concepts and practices essential to the administration of business enterprises; including recording and valuation of financial transactions, and preparation, analysis, and interpretation of financial statements.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Irvine, Management
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Course Equivalence: UCD MGT 011A
General Education: SS.
UC Irvine:
Major Requirement: Lower-Division Requirement: Business Administration Major, Business Information Management, Accounting Minor
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Sixth - 1 course towards Social Analysis GE; TMC - 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major, Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Quantitative Reasoning
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Major Preparation: Likely applicable to Econ 3A and 3B major preparation requirement by petition
UC Santa Cruz:
Course Equivalence: UCSC ECON 10A
Prerequisites
None.
Course Creator
Max Chao
Machiavelli "Max" W. Chao received his Bachelors of Arts degree, cum laude, in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting in 1990 from California State University, Fullerton. He later received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1996.
Upon graduation from Cal State Fullerton, he worked for three years at KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, rising to the level of supervising senior auditor while serving clients in the banking and real estate industries. After entering law school, he interned with the City Attorney of Huntington Beach, and the Orange County District Attorney, and externed for two years with the Honorable Thomas F. Crosby, Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District.
Upon graduation from the University of Southern California, Mr. Chao worked for Ernst & Young, LLP, as a senior tax consultant, where he assisted clients with income and estate tax planning and evaluation. Later, as an associate with Graham & James, LLP, he specialized in corporate and real estate transactions, income tax planning and appeals, and estate planning.
In 1999, he established his own law practice in Orange County which serves a wide range of clients, from high-wealth individuals to partnerships, multi-national corporations to non-profit organizations, and local businesses to overseas clients. Mr. Chao’s firm specializes in counseling clients in business and real estate transactions, including the formation of business entities, the negotiation and implementation of business contracts and the purchase, sale and lease of real estate. Additionally, he focuses on planning clients’ estates to minimize the effect of estate and gift taxes through the implementation of advanced estate planning strategies. Mr. Chao also guides clients through probate proceedings and litigation, if necessary. Further, because of his background as an accountant, he advises and represents clients before governmental taxing authorities, and he assists clients with the formation of non-profit entities and the application for, and maintenance of, tax-exempt status.
Because of his unique experience and knowledge in both the legal and financial arenas, Mr. Chao has served on the Board of Directors of various non-profit entities, including the Orange County Chinese American Chamber of Commerce, and the Serrano Park Community Association. He has also served on advisory boards for several high-tech companies and charitable organizations, including the South Coast Chinese Cultural Association, and the CrossLink Foundation. Additionally, because of his background, he is often asked to speak in-house before various real estate and financial groups regarding estate planning, income tax planning, and real estate transactions.
Machiavelli "Max" W. Chao received his Bachelors of Arts degree, cum laude, in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting in 1990 from California State University, Fullerton. He later received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1996. Upon graduation from Cal State Fullerton, he worked for three years at KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, rising to ...Machiavelli "Max" W. Chao received his Bachelors of Arts degree, cum laude, in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting in 1990 from California State University, Fullerton. He later received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1996.
Upon graduation from Cal State Fullerton, he worked for three years at KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, rising to the level of supervising senior auditor while serving clients in the banking and real estate industries. After entering law school, he interned with the City Attorney of Huntington Beach, and the Orange County District Attorney, and externed for two years with the Honorable Thomas F. Crosby, Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District.
Upon graduation from the University of Southern California, Mr. Chao worked for Ernst & Young, LLP, as a senior tax consultant, where he assisted clients with income and estate tax planning and evaluation. Later, as an associate with Graham & James, LLP, he specialized in corporate and real estate transactions, income tax planning and appeals, and estate planning.
In 1999, he established his own law practice in Orange County which serves a wide range of clients, from high-wealth individuals to partnerships, multi-national corporations to non-profit organizations, and local businesses to overseas clients. Mr. Chao’s firm specializes in counseling clients in business and real estate transactions, including the formation of business entities, the negotiation and implementation of business contracts and the purchase, sale and lease of real estate. Additionally, he focuses on planning clients’ estates to minimize the effect of estate and gift taxes through the implementation of advanced estate planning strategies. Mr. Chao also guides clients through probate proceedings and litigation, if necessary. Further, because of his background as an accountant, he advises and represents clients before governmental taxing authorities, and he assists clients with the formation of non-profit entities and the application for, and maintenance of, tax-exempt status.
Because of his unique experience and knowledge in both the legal and financial arenas, Mr. Chao has served on the Board of Directors of various non-profit entities, including the Orange County Chinese American Chamber of Commerce, and the Serrano Park Community Association. He has also served on advisory boards for several high-tech companies and charitable organizations, including the South Coast Chinese Cultural Association, and the CrossLink Foundation. Additionally, because of his background, he is often asked to speak in-house before various real estate and financial groups regarding estate planning, income tax planning, and real estate transactions.
