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The Stukent® Financial Accounting Simternship® gives students hands-on practice with the mechanics of accounting and the reasoning behind it. The Financial Statement Analysis scenario has students work with financial statements to evaluate company health and connect the numbers to real business decisions. The Accounting Cycle scenario has students record transactions from realistic business documents and experience the full, end-to-end accounting cycle from first entry to final report. Instructors can run either scenario on its own or pair both for a complete picture of how accounting works.The Stukent Financial Accounting Simternships integrate seamlessly with any financial accounting course, regardless of which textbook, edition, or publisher you rely on.
Skills that help students understand how accounting informs business decisions
Every round of the Simternship connects transactions, statements, and ratios to the real decisions a business makes — so students leave with an understanding of accounting they'll use no matter where their career takes them.
The Simternship gave me exceptional firsthand experience in understanding journal entries through virtual software and tools, which I was able to leverage at work to improve the quality of the reports I send to management.
Arshiyan K., Student
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What’s in a Simternship round?
Each round asks students to apply what they’ve learned to real-world accounting scenarios. Curious to see how the Simternship works? Take a guided tour of a round!
A clear path through every stage of the accounting cycle
The "Introduction to Financial Accounting" courseware acquaints students with the mechanics of accounting, including internal controls, receivables, inventory and cost of sales, investments, liabilities, equity, cash flow, and financial statements. With turnkey activities, real-world examples, and annual updates, your course stays current while your students stay engaged.
My students enjoyed the simulation; it made them feel like they were running a small company. […] It really helped them bring the accounting cycle into practice.
Heather Jackson, Instructor
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Every essential accounting concept, organized so students don't get lost
Fourteen chapters take students from the purpose of accounting itself through the mechanics of the accounting cycle, internal controls, and core balance sheet items, all the way to analyzing financial statements. Built so each concept lays the foundation for the next, the same way the accounting cycle itself builds toward a final report.
Chapter 1: Purpose and Users of Accounting
Chapter 2: Overview of the Financial Statements
Chapter 3: The Accounting Cycle: The Mechanics of Accounting
Chapter 4: Completing the Accounting Cycle
Chapter 5: Internal Controls: Ensuring the Integrity of Financial Information
Chapter 6: Receivables: Selling a Product or Service
Chapter 7: Inventory and the Cost of Sales
Chapter 8: Employee Compensation
Chapter 9: Investments: Property, Plant, and Equipment and Intangible Assets
Chapter 10: Financing: Long-Term Liabilities
Chapter 11: Financing: Equity
Chapter 12: Investments: Debt and Equity Securities
Chapter 13: Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 14: Analyzing Financial Statements
Last year, … I had a 50% dropout rate between three sections [of our survey of accounting course]. … And then they did the [Stukent Financial Accounting Simternship], and all the students said, ‘I still hate this course, but now I get it — the simulation made me understand what the point was. I lost two students.
Anonymous Professor
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About the authors
Dr. Kay Stice
Kay Stice is an emeritus professor of accounting at Brigham Young University. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He’s taught at top universities around the world and won numerous awards, including the Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award at BYU, which is the university’s highest teaching honor. In his 30 years of teaching, Kay has taught thousands of students in person and millions online.
Dr. Jim Stice
Jim Stice is an emeritus professor of accounting at Brigham Young University, where he spent his career teaching, conducting research, and serving in administrative roles. He’s won numerous teaching awards, served as a visiting professor at INSEAD, and worked in executive education for companies such as IBM and Ernst & Young. Over his 30-year career, Jim has educated thousands of accounting students and professionals in person and has reached millions of learners online.
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Always have the latest edition
The “Introduction to Financial Accounting” courseware contains robust instructional resources for educators and students. Best of all, the Stukent team updates the courseware annually, which means your curriculum will always be on the cutting edge of your industry.
