COURSE SYLLABUS. Recommended Supplementary Material(s): ACCOUNTING, Warren, Reeve, and Duchac, 24 th jump drive

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1 Date Approved: Date Revised: 08/12 COURSE SYLLABUS Syllabus for: Former Quarter Course(s): Course Description: This course is designed to prepare the student to set up an accounting system using commercial software on a microcomputer. It introduces the recording of transactions, adjustments, and other accounting data to produce a set of financial statements. Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Prerequisite(s): ACCT 1010 and BIT 1150 Required Text(s): Computer Accounting with Peachtree, Carol Yacht, 16 th ed., 2012, McGraw- Hill Irwin Required Supplies/Material(s): Recommended Supplementary Material(s): ACCOUNTING, Warren, Reeve, and Duchac, 24 th jump drive edition; Student Group for Whom Course is Required/Intended: Students seeking a Business Technology major with a concentration in Accounting, Business Computer Applications, or Business Management, or for any student with an interest in learning popular accounting software packages.

2 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES These should be specifically stated, measurable learner outcomes to be met throughout the course; use additional sheet(s) if necessary. Chapter 1 Introduction to Bellwether Garden Supply 1. Describe how computer technology can be used to automate an accounting system. 2. Describe the major components of the accounting software. 3. Describe the software operational rules. 4. Describe the process for backing up and restoring the data files. 5. Become familiar with the software by experimenting with a sample company. Chapter 2 Vendors 6. Learn to work with vendor transactions. 7. Enter a purchase order. 8. Apply receipt of inventory to existing purchase order. 9. Enter and post a vendor invoice in the Purchases\Receive Inventory window. 10. Go to the Payments window to pay a vendor. 11. Print a check in payment of the vendor invoice. 12. Add a Terms column to the Vendor Ledgers report. 13. Analyze payments and vendor credit memos. Chapter 3 Customers 14. Learn to work with customer transactions. 15. Go to the Customers & Sales Navigation Center to enter quotes and sales orders. 16. Enter a sales order. 17. Ship items from a sales order. 18. Enter customer terms. 19. Record a sales invoice on the Sales/Invoicing window. 20. Print a sales invoice. 21. Analyze receipts and customer credit memos. 22. Post a receipt for previously invoiced amounts. Chapter 4 Employees 23. Learn to record employee-related transactions. 24. Enter and store information using the Maintain Employees/Sales Rep window. 25. Set up default information for payroll. 26. Store constant information about payroll payment methods. 27. Transfer funds from the regular checking account to the payroll checking account. 28. Enter paychecks in the Payroll Entry window. 29. Print employee paychecks. Chapter 5 General Ledger, Inventory, and Internal Control 30. Become familiar with Peachtree's general ledger module. 31. Learn to work with inventory items 32. Enter a new account in the Chart of Accounts. 33. Look at Peachtree s budget feature. 34. Record and post a General Journal entry to transfer funds. 35. Display the General Ledger Trial Balance. 36. Set up an Inventory Item. 37. Record an inventory adjustment.

3 Chapter 6 Job Cost 38. Learn to work with job costing. 39. Set up a job. 40. Coordinate job costs with purchases, sales, and payroll. Chapter 7 Financial Statements 41. Explore Peachtree s Help feature. 42. Print the financial statements. 43. Use drill down to go from the income statement to the general ledger, then to the original entry window. Chapter 8 Time & Billing 44. Explore Peachtree s time and billing feature. 45. Use the time and billing feature to complete a time ticket, sales invoice, and payroll entry. Chapter 9 New Company Setup and Beginning Balances 46. Learn to maintain accounting records for service businesses. 47. Set up a new company. 48. Edit the chart of accounts. 49. Enter beginning balances. Chapter 10 Maintaining Accounting Records for Service Businesses 50. Record entries in the cash receipts and cash disbursements journals. 51. Learn to edit and correct journal entries. 52. Complete account reconciliation. 53. Display the Account Register. 54. Display the Cash Receipts Journal, Cash Disbursements Journal, and General Journal. 55. Display the general ledger trial balance. Chapter 11 Completing Quarterly Activities and Closing the Fiscal Year 56. Complete quarterly activities and close the fiscal year. 57. Change accounting periods. 58. Record and post deposits, checks, and ATM transactions for November and December. 59. Complete account reconciliation. 60. Print a General Ledger Trial Balance (unadjusted). 61. Journalize and post end-of-quarter adjusting entries in the General Journal. 62. Print the Adjusted Trial Balance and financial statements. 63. Close the fiscal year. 64. Print a Postclosing Trial Balance. Chapter 12 Vendors & Purchases 65. Learn to enter vendor information. 66. Record accounts payable transactions. 67. Purchase inventory items. 68. Prepare vendor credit memos. 69. Set up company information for a merchandising business. 70. Enter the following general ledger information: chart of accounts and beginning balances. 71. Enter the following accounts payable information: vendor defaults and vendor records. 72. Enter the following inventory information: inventory defaults, inventory items, and inventory beginning balances.

4 Chapter 13 Customers & Sales 73. Setup customer default information. 74. Setup sales tax information. 75. Setup customer maintenance information. 76. Record credit sales, cash sales, and sales returns. 77. Record customer receipts, partial payments, and edit invoices. Chapter 14 Inventory & Services 78. Enter inventory maintenance and default information. 79. Enter inventory item information. 80. Enter item codes when recording purchases & sales. 81. Enter inventory adjustments. Chapter 15 Employees, Payroll, and Account Reconciliation 82. Use the payroll wizard. 83. Enter employee & employer default information. 84. Journalize and post payroll journal entries. 85. Print paychecks. 86. Reconcile regular checking and payroll checking accounts. 87. Print financial statements. Chapter 16 Customizing Forms 88. Define Peachtree forms. 89. Learn to customize forms using the data, text, command, group, picture, and line objects. 90. Print a practice form. 91. Use design tools. 92. Use the Financial Statement Wizard. Chapter 17 Import/Export 93. Export information from Peachtree to a word processing program. 94. Select the customer list from Bellwether Garden Supply to export. 95. Import Bellwether Garden Supply's chart of accounts into a new company. Chapter 18 Microsoft Word and Templates 96. Copy Peachtree report data to Microsoft Word. 97. Use the write letters feature. 98. Edit and save letter templates.

5 SUGGESTED EVALUATION PLAN Task Weight Objectives Mid-term Exam 25% 1 through 64 Final Exam 25% 65 through 98 Homework 10% 1 through 98 Quizzes 10% 1through 98 Comprehensive Projects 30% 1through 98 FINAL GRADING PLAN Based Upon Percentages A = B = C = D = F = Below 60 Additional Comments: Students must complete four comprehensive projects during the semester, thereby demonstrating their proficiency in the material covered.

6 INSTRUCTIONAL SCHEDULE Week Objective Content to be Covered Student Assignments/ Supplementary Material(s) 1 Introduction Practice Submitting Homework & quiz over introductory material 2 1 through 13 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Read Chapters 1& through 37 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Read Chapters through 45 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Read Chapters through 49 Chapter 9 Read Chapter through 64 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Read Chapters 10 & through 64 Project 1 Mid-term Exam 8 65 through 72 Chapter 12 Read Chapter through 77 Chapter 13 Read Chapter through 87 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Read Chapters 14 & through 87 Project 2

7 INSTRUCTIONAL SCHEDULE (con't) through 98 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Read Chapter through 98 Project through 98 Project through 98 Final exam