A Data Analytics Elective Course for a Master of Science in Accountancy Program

Abstract The American Accounting Association and the International to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, responding calls from business accounting profession, have encouraged teaching data analytics in courses. To help educators integrate this new topic into their curricula, we report on how developed a elective course for our Master Science Accountancy program. This introduces an perspective. It includes four parts: Data its Significance as Organizational Asset, Analytics Concepts, Introduction R, Individual Labs, Group Case Work. We contribute information systems education by providing starting point faculty members developing accounting-related or integrating material existing curricula.