SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS ACCT 2 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I (3 credits) Spring, 2013 Instructor: Darin Wipf, MPA Office: 121 Scobey Hall Office Hours: MW a.m. noon. T 3 p.m. 5 p.m. (other times by appointment) Phone: Office: 688-4145 Econ Dept: 688-4141 Email: darin.wipf@sdstate.edu Class meets: Section 8D: Online Required Materials: 1. Text: Accounting Volume I, Warren, Reeve, Duchac, 24 th edition. 2. CNOW Access Code for online homework. Instructional Methods: This is an ONLINE course The course material will be presented through reading assignments in the required textbook, PowerPoint presentations, homework assignments, and exams. In order to successfully complete this course in an online environment, students must possess basic computer skills, the ability to follow written instructions, and be able to read for comprehension. NOTE: When contacting me by e-mail, please use the email address above. I prefer this to my D2L email. I will check my email daily, Monday through Friday, and reply to student e-mails within 24 hours of receipt. If you need a more rapid response from me, feel free to contact me on my office phone. I am available and eager to help students. Please do not leave a voice mail message at that number, however, as the voice mailbox is for people who need to contact me but do not have access to me through e-mail. I will not respond to voicemail messages left by students. In the case of an extreme emergency, you can leave a message for me with the Econ department secretary. Catalog Description: A study of fundamental accounting principles and procedures such as journalizing, posting, preparation of financial statements, and other selected topics. Accounting is emphasized as a service activity designed to provide the information about economic entities that is necessary for making sound decisions. Course Description: This course is designed to give the beginning business student a general understanding of the purpose of accounting, the ability to perform basic accounting functions, and a working knowledge in financial statement preparation. Major areas covered include: the accounting cycle, financial statements, control of cash, inventories, PP&E (property, plant, and equipment), current liabilities, and payroll. Student Learning Outcomes (with Assessment methodologies): Upon satisfactory completion of this course the student will: 1. Define the basic terminology, principles, theories and Assessed via exams and homework procedures used in double-entry accounting. 2. Analyze transactions and determine how the transactions Assessed via exams #1 & #5 plus affect the accounting equation. homework from chapters 1 & 2 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the ten steps in the Assessed via exams #2 & #5 plus accounting cycle. homework from chapters 3 & 4 4. Explain the purpose of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Owner s Equity and be able to prepare each Assessed vial exam #3 plus one of these statements in good form. homework from chapters 6 & 7 5. Apply the different accounting methods allowed by GAAP to properly account for inventory. 6. Recognize internal controls and how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) impacts the accounting profession. Assessed via exam #4 plus 7. Record credit sales, the collection of cash, and losses from homework from chapters 8 & 9 customers who do not pay their bills. 8. Allocate the cost of long-term assets over the asset s service life using various depreciation methods. 9. Account for current liabilities including payroll and other short-term payables. Assessed via exam #5 plus homework from chapters & 11 ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 1 of 7
Course Grading: the total number of points you earn during the course will determine your course grade. (Since this is an online course, all homework assignments will be graded immediately and you will be provided with feedback at the time you submit your assignment. Exam scores will be posted within 48 hours of the due date) Syllabus Quiz points Intro to CNOW Quiz points Homework (online in CNOW) 0 points 4 Exams at 80 points each 320 points Comprehensive Final Exam 120 points Total 560 points Points Earned More than 503 Student Responsibilities: Purchase required textbook and access code for online homework Read assigned material on schedule Course Grade Complete all homework assignments on time using CNOW Prepare diligently for all exams, and take exams as scheduled Check the course homepage in D2L daily for announcements and course updates from the instructor. A 448-503 B 392-502 C 336-391 D Less than 336 F Important Dates: January 24: January 25: April 01: Last day to add this course. Last day to drop this course and receive a full tuition refund. W grade begins. Dropping the course after this date will result in receiving a grade of W Last day to withdraw from this course and receive a grade of W NO REFUND. Courses dropped after this date will receive a letter grade of A, B, C, D or F. Holidays / NO Class will be held, and the university is officially closed, on the following days: January 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday February 18: President s Day Holiday March 4 8: Spring Break March 29: April 1: Good Friday Easter Recess ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 2 of 7
Course Requirements and Assessment: In order to successfully complete this course in an online environment, students must possess basic computer skills, the ability to follow written instructions, and be able to read for comprehension. In addition, your mastery of the student learning outcomes listed in the table at the bottom of page 1 of this syllabus will be assessed using the following methods: Syllabus Quiz This is the first required assignment. After carefully reading all of the course syllabus, please complete the syllabus quiz found under Quizzes in D2L. The syllabus quiz requires Respondus Lockdown Browser (see page 5 of this syllabus for instructions on how to install this browser). One of the purposes of the syllabus quiz is to make certain you have installed Respondus Lockdown Browser on your computer and you are familiar with how it works. Each of the exams in this course must be completed using Respondus Lockdown Browser. When taking the quiz, you should notice that you are not allowed to move backwards in the quiz (ie: you must answer each question as it is presented to you). This will also be true of all exam questions. Please also note that the syllabus quiz, like the exams, has a time limit. However, since this is very likely your first experience with using Respondus Lockdown Browser, the time limit for this quiz will be much longer than the time limit for the exams. You can earn up to points if you complete the syllabus quiz prior to 11:55 pm on January 11, 2013. Intro to CNOW Assignment On CNOW, you will find an assignment called, Intro to CNOW. This has been created and assigned to ensure that you have course access on CNOW to view and complete all homework assignments. This assignment gives you an overview to how the CNOW program works, and will not require you to know accounting-specific content. Please watch the video and answer the questions related to the use of CNOW. You can earn up to points toward your course grade if you complete this assignment prior to 11:55 pm on January 15, 2013. Homework Each chapter will have a graded homework assignment that must be completed using CNOW (see login instructions below). Each assignment will be worth points. The submission deadline for all assignments will be 11:55 pm on the day they are due. Late homework will not be accepted for any reason. I have provided a tentative course outline on page 6 of this syllabus to help you know when each assignment is due. Also, the due date for each assignment is clearly specified in CNOW. You may submit your answers for each graded assignment up to two times prior to the due date (each submission allows you to check your work three times). If you submit an assignment multiple times only the best grade will be recorded in the gradebook. Each chapter will also have an optional practice homework assignment. The practice assignment will contain identical questions, exercises and problems as the graded assignment. The purpose of the practice assignment is to allow you to check your work and receive feedback an unlimited number of times. I recommend that you complete each practice set and fully understand both the concepts and procedures before attempting the graded sets. Students who utilize the practice assignments as a riskfree environment, in which learning, rather than point gathering is the focus, typically perform much better on the exams. The website for homework assignments is: http://login.cengage.com To access the homework you will need the following to set up your account: a. CengageNOW access code that you purchased with the text. b. Course code this will be used to register for this course once your account is set up. The code is : E-TWQNSAWJ66RB2 c. See page 6 of this syllabus for more instructions regarding CNOW If you experience problems with the CengageNOW program during the semester, you should contact Tech Support for CengageNOW: http://poweron.cengage.com/magellan/techsupport/producthelp.aspx?prodrowid=1-sr537v ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 3 of 7
Exams Five exams have been scheduled for this course. The respective date for each exam is listed on the tentative course outline on page 6 of this syllabus. The exams are located in the Quizzes section of D2L. On the day of each exam, you will have access to the exam between 12 NOON and 11:55 PM. You must access and complete the exam during this period using Respondus Lockdown Browser. Each exam will have a time limit, so be sure you take note of this limit before beginning each exam. There are no acceptable reasons for missing exams; the only exceptions are those approved by the university with documentation and prior approval by the instructor at least one week in advance of the scheduled exam date. If a student misses an exam, a score of zero will be recorded in the gradebook for that exam. Optional Study Tools (NO points are assigned to any of these items) The Study Tools Section in CengageNOW contains self-assessment tools (ie: electures, flashcards, games, practice quizzes, and videos) that you can use to enhance your progress toward mastering the course objectives. These tools can greatly increase your understanding of the course material and prepare you for the exams. At the end of each chapter in the text, there are additional homework problems, similar to the online assignments. You should work additional relevant problems at the end of each chapter until you have mastered the course material. I have made available in CNOW all of the Practice Exercises and Exercises for each chapter. You can work these problems as many times as you wish and receive immediate feedback. Practice Quizzes are located in the quizzes section of D2L. These quizzes contain multiple choice, true/false, and matching questions. You may take these quizzes multiple times, as they are not graded or timed. Past students have commented that they have used these quizzes to prepare for the exams and found them to be helpful. A discussion forum has been created in D2L for each of the chapters we will cover. The purpose of these discussion forums is to be a place where you can ask questions and receive feedback from other students in the class. Often student-to-student feedback and collaboration produces both the quickest response as well as the deepest learning. I will monitor these forums from time-to-time and provide appropriate feedback. ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 4 of 7
Class Policies: Academic Honesty: The following actions will not be tolerated. Cheating - an act of deception by which a student misrepresents that he or she has mastered information on an academic enterprise which in fact, she or he has not mastered. Plagiarism -- Taking ownership of one s work even though the words, ideas or arguments are from another person. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty -- Those who intentionally or knowingly help or attempt to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty. Any evidence found of the above actions will be reported to the appropriate authorities for disposition as directed by the Student Code: www.sdstate.edu/campus/upload/student-code.pdf ADA Statement: Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks, Coordinator of Disability Services (605-688- 4504 or Fax, 605-688-4987) to privately discuss your specific needs. The Office of Disability Services is located in room 065, the Student Union. Freedom in learning. Students are responsible for learning the content of any course of study in which they are enrolled. Under Board of Regents and University policy, student academic performance shall be evaluated solely on an academic basis and students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any courses of study. Students who believe that an academic evaluation is unrelated to academic standards but is related instead to judgment of their personal opinion or conduct should first contact the instructor of the course. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may contact the department head and/or dean of the college which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation. Copyright - All materials used in this course may be protected by copyright. SDSU Resources For all institutional academic and student support services, refer to the SDSU Resources on your course Home Page in D2L Distance Education Support http://distance.sdstate.edu Technical Support: D2L Problems Helpdesk 605-688-6776 or SDSU.supportdesk@sdstate.edu http://www.sdstate.edu/technology/support-desk.cfm Respondus LockDown Browser (I have placed instructions in the Content section of D2L to walk you through the process of installing Respondus LockDown Broswer on your computer.) LockDown Browser is required for the syllabus quiz and all exams. Lockdown Browser can be installed from the link on the course homepage, on the left side under SDSU Resources. When you click on LockDown browser link, you will be guided through the installation process. Once you have installed LockDown Broswer, there will be a LockDown browser icon on your desktop. You will open the lockdown browser from the desktop icon and log into D2L from this location to take the exams. The syllabus quiz and all of the exams will not be accessible if you do not log into D2L through the LockDown Browser. ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 5 of 7
Spring 2013: COURSE OUTLINE FOR ACCT 2 ONLINE Module 1: Accounting Basics and Transaction Analysis chapters 1 & 2 1 01/09 Course begins Syllabus quiz 01/11 @ 11:55 pm 2 01/14 01/18 Intro to Accounting & Business (Ch. 1) CNOW quiz 01/15 @ 11:55 pm Ch. 1 PRACTICE h/w 3 01/21 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday 3 01/22 01/25 Intro to Accounting & Business (Ch. 1) Ch. 1 GRADED h/w 01/23 @ 11:55 pm Analyzing Transactions (Ch. 2) Ch. 2 PRACTICE h/w 4 01/28 02/01 Analyzing Transactions (Ch. 2) Ch. 2 GRADED h/w 01/31 @ 11:55 pm 01/31 EXAM #1 (Ch s 1 & 2) Available in D2L 12 NOON 11:55 PM 80 Module 2: The Adjusting Process and Accounting Cycle chapters 3 & 4 5 02/04 02/8 The Adjusting Process (Ch. 3) Ch. 3 PRACTICE h/w 6 02/11 02/15 The Adjusting Process (Ch. 3) Completing the Accounting Cycle (Ch.4) Ch. 3 GRADED h/w Ch. 4 PRACTICE h/w 02/12 @ 11:55 pm 7 02/18 President s Day holiday 7 02/19 02/22 Completing the Accounting Cycle (Ch.4) Ch. 4 GRADED h/w 02/21 @ 11:55 pm 02/19 EXAM #2 (Ch s 3 & 4) Available in D2L 12 NOON 11:55 PM 80 Module 3: Merchandising Businesses and Inventory chapters 6 & 7 8 02/25 03/01 Acctg for Merchandising Businesses Ch. 6 PRACTICE h/w (Ch.6) 03/04 03/08 Spring Break 9 03/11 03/15 Acctg for Merchandising Businesses (Ch.6) Inventories (Ch. 7) Ch. 6 GRADED h/w Ch. 7 PRACTICE h/w 03/12 @ 11:55 pm 03/18 03/22 Inventories (Ch.7) Ch. 7 GRADED h/w 03/21 @ 11:55 pm 03/19 EXAM #3 (Ch s 3 & 4) Available in D2L 12 NOON 11:55 PM 80 Module 4: Internal Controls, Cash, and Receivables chapters 8 & 9 11 03/25 03/28 Internal Control, Cash (Ch.8) Ch. 8 PRACTICE h/w 03/29 04/01 Easter Recess 12 04/02 04/05 Internal Control, Cash (Ch.8) Receivables (Ch. 9) Ch. 8 GRADED h/w Ch. 9 PRACTICE h/w 04/02 @ 11:55 pm 13 04/18 04/12 Receivables (Ch.9) Ch. 9 GRADED h/w 04/11 @ 11:55 pm 04/09 EXAM #4 (Ch s 8 & 9) Available in D2L 12 NOON 11:55 PM 80 Module 5: Long-term Assets and Current Liabilities chapters & 11 14 04/15 04/19 Fixed Assets & Intangible Assets (Ch.) Ch. PRACTICE h/w 15 04/22 04/26 Fixed Assets & Intangible Assets (Ch.) Current Liabilities & Payroll (Ch. 11) Ch. GRADED h/w Ch. 11 GRADED h/w 04/22 @ 11:55 pm 04/29 @ 11:55 pm 16 04/29 05/03 EXAM #5 (Ch s & 11 = 80 points) (comprehensive over Ch s 1-4 = 40 points) Available in D2L 12 NOON 11:55 PM 120 ACCT 2 (Spring 2013) Instructor: Darin Wipf Page 6 of 7
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