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Same course, different course code depending on your school.
The accounting equation, debits and credits, journal entries and T-accounts, the four main financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, statement of retained earnings), accrual vs. cash accounting, and basic ratio analysis.
No — it's commonly a required foundational course for business, accounting, finance, and economics majors, and is sometimes taken as an elective by others as well.
It varies by school, but many sections curve exams since the problem-set format (journal entries, T-accounts, statement preparation) can produce a wide spread of raw scores.
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Financial accounting focuses on producing standardized statements for external users like investors and creditors, following GAAP. Managerial accounting focuses on internal reporting to help managers make decisions, and doesn't have to follow the same standardized rules.
Typically 3 credit hours, most often required in the first or second year of a business or accounting program.