While I would love to see more general discussion and community, we as an interest group can do more to advance PACE's mission by identifying gaps in current curriculum resources and organizing current curriculum resources around the PACE framework (see picture). So, let's make this discussion box something of a project. Where do current primary topics taught in accounting/finance (I'm thinking: job costing, ABC/ABM, process costing, budgeting, CVP, differential analysis, discounted cash flow analysis, ratio analysis, DuPont, theory of constraints, etc) fit in the PACE model? Do you see any topics which ought to be in the curriculum, but are not typically taught?
Ultimately, would like to see this discussion develop into several projects to fill out a model curriculum and curriculum support materials. Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts.
Thanks Julie, By 3-6 courses I basically mean what we might call here in the States a concentration. Here at EKU we have an Accounting major with concentrations in Public Accounting and Managerial Accounting. So, there is a core set of classes for all business majors, then a "major core" that all Accounting majors must take. From there, the students in the Public Accounting concentration have a set of courses they take and the Managerial Accounting concentration have a different sequence. I was trying to envision what a PA Framework based concentration might look like. How is it different from most accounting programs? Thank you for all you are doing to support advancing the PACE Framework.