Chuck Bush
Professor of the Practice
- cbush@middlebury.edu
- Office Hours
- TBD
Chuck Bush currently lectures at Champlain College and at the University of Vermont School of Business. He is a financial executive with over 30 years of experience across higher education, private sector finance, and nonprofit leadership. He teaches undergraduate and graduate accounting courses including financial accounting, managerial accounting, nonprofit accounting, and data analytics. He has extensive experience managing and enhancing accounting systems, with practical applications in cost tracking and decision support for both private enterprise and mission-driven organizations. He currently serves as a Board Member at various nonprofits and for-profit organizations.
He holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Courses Taught
FYSE 1585
HowMoney MakesWorld Go Round
Course Description
How Money Makes the World Go Round
Our society is structured around money – how to get it, how to spend it, how to amass it. Power comes easily to those with more than their fair share of it, and powerlessness plagues those without it. In this seminar we will study key aspects of the financial system, while examining the inherent biases, inequity, and unfairness within the institutions we rely on. We will explore ideas about how to address those impediments through readings devoted to current events, personal memoirs, and essays. Our discussions will illuminate the problematic way that money makes the world go round, while we also learn to navigate our own personal financial journey. 3 hrs. sem.
Terms Taught
Requirements
INTD 0116
Current
Accounting/Budgeting/Lib Arts
Course Description
Accounting, Budgeting, and the Liberal Arts
Accounting is the lingua franca of commercial and financial activity, and applies equally to corporations, non-profits, and governments. In this course we will learn the basic concepts and standards underlying the accounting language including: revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived assets, present value, long-term liabilities, and financial statements. We then turn to the application and use of accounting information in forecasting, operating, and measuring an enterprise. These managerial accounting concepts are used to develop budgets and evaluate results. Our understanding of accounting and financial statements is needed to understand how business interrelates with society. The major course project will be developing an Excel financial model; no prior Excel experience required. 3 hrs. lect., 3 hr. lab (not open to students who have taken INTD 0316).
Terms Taught