Undergraduate Accounting
Survey of Accounting
A single-semester survey covering both financial and managerial accounting — giving students a conceptual understanding of the financial statements and the managerial topics most relevant to their careers, all in one course.
Course design
Financial and managerial accounting in one semester
This course opens with a conceptual grounding in the four core financial statements — with particular emphasis on the articulation between the balance sheet and the income statement. Once that foundation is in place, the course transitions into managerial accounting, covering the topics students are most likely to encounter after graduation. It’s designed for programs that need broad coverage in a single term.
Interactivity
Students are actively engaged through questions, tutorials, and exercises at virtually every stage — only the chapter audio and lecture are passive.
Redundancy
Each topic is covered in the audio, reading comprehension quiz, exercises, lecture, and practice quiz — structured repetition that solidifies understanding.
Full coverage, one term
Spans financial and managerial accounting in a single course — ideal for programs where students need breadth rather than depth in either discipline.
Proctored assessment
Modular tests draw from 300–400 question databases. Final exams are proctored and can cover the last four chapters or the entire course.
Course content
11 chapters spanning financial and managerial accounting
The first five chapters build a conceptual understanding of financial accounting and statement analysis. Chapters 6–11 cover the key managerial accounting topics students will encounter in the workplace.
Financial Accounting — Ch. 1–5
1The nature of accounting
2The basic financial statements
3The accounting cycle
4Cash flow analysis
5Analysis of financial statements
Managerial Accounting — Ch. 6–11
6Introduction to managerial accounting
6AStandards of ethical conduct
7Job order and process costing
8Cost-volume-profit analysis
9Budgeting
10Variances and activity-based costing
11Capital budgeting
11AThe time value of money
Pedagogy
How students learn with Ivy Software
Each chapter follows the same six-step process, combining passive intake with active engagement at every stage. Students encounter every key concept multiple times, in multiple formats, before assessment.
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Read or listen
Students read the chapter or listen to the author’s audio — one of only two passive moments in the entire experience.
02
Key concepts
Students review the distilled essence of each chapter before moving into active assessment.
03
Reading comprehension quiz
10–15 interactive questions with lengthy explanatory responses that reinforce the chapter’s key points.
04
Interactive exercises
Multiple exercises per chapter, often including tutorial screens that walk students through complex topics step by step.
05
Practice quiz
A second round of 10–15 interactive questions, further cementing comprehension before assessment.
06
Self-assessment & proctored exams
10-question self-assessment, then modular tests from a 300–400 question bank, and a proctored final exam.