Accounting 308 Accounting Information Systems

1 Accounting 308 Accounting Information Systems Course: Accounting Information Systems, Accounting 308 Meeting: Sec 1: 3:00-5:15 PM MW ACD 203; Sec 2: 6:00-8:15 MW UNIV 272 Instructor: Carol Bruton, PhD, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM, CGFM, CFE Office: Markstein E-mail: cbruton@csusm.edu Telephone: 1-760-750-4251 (Faculty Secretary) Office Hours: Before and after class and by appointment Text: Accounting Information Systems, Fourth Edition; by James Hall Building Accounting Systems Using Access 2003, by James Perry & Gary Schneider Systems Aid for Auditing; Arens & Ward Course Objectives & Description: Basic principles underlying the accounting process and concepts necessary for the preparation of financial statements, both manually and electronically. Includes the design, integrity, and effectiveness of accounting information systems emphasizing the integration of financial information, internal control, and computer technology in decision making and operational support. Students will be exposed to a variety of accounting software applications. Prerequisites: Acct 305, All lower division pre-business core, and University computer competency requirement. The pre-requisites for this course are listed in the course catalogue. The instructor reserves the right to administratively drop, at any point, any student who has not met the prerequisites. Students choosing to withdraw from this course are responsible for doing so according to university procedures and deadlines. Mode of Instruction: This course will be conducted on a lecture-discussion-problem-solving basis. Chapter Lectures: Please read the chapter in the book and the chapter lecture notes prior to the start of the discussion of each chapter. Absolutely no make up exams will be given so it is imperative you sit for the exams as scheduled. Exams will be based upon the homework, outlines, and lectures. Calculators with alpha capabilities are not allowed for exams. Cases and backs must be removed from your calculator and placed in your pack during exams. Cheating: Absolutely any cheating of any kind will result in failure of the course. No exceptions. The CSU Academic Honesty Policy will be followed. Tentative Exam #1 254 points Grading: Exam #2 200 points Final 200 points SUA 150 points Writing project 50 points Attendance (26 x 8 points) 208 points Homework 200 points Total 1,262 points

2 Additional Grading Information: To pass the course with a C or better, a 55% must be achieved on each of all exams and each of all computer homework assignments, and a 60% or better on the SUA project. If the writing assignment is not completed in its entirety, 200 points will be deducted from your total points. Grades may be curved down, for example, 90% is not an A, something more than 90% would be required for an A. Exam scores will be emphasized in that process. Attendance: Eight points will be awarded for each class period attended in its entirety (excluding exam days). Ten minutes late 5 points will be awarded for the class period. Thirty minutes late 3 points will be awarded for the class period. Leaving 10 minutes or less early 5 points will be awarded for the class period. Leaving greater than 10 minutes early 3 points will be awarded for the class period. If a class does not meet 8 points will be deducted from the total points. If you arrive late or leave early and don t write late or left early by your name on the sign in sheet you will receive a 16 point deduction for that class. If you don t actively work on your assignment during a class period you will receive a16 point deduction for that class. In class time will be used for you to work on your assignments. Even though you may have a computer at home and the appropriate software, for time management issues and the maximum learning for all students, it is necessary for you to work on your projects during class and remain in the computer lab for the entire class period. However, if you have completed the assignment, with the instructor s permission, you may leave early. If you want to maximize your work at home and minimize your lab time, simply finish the assignment ahead of schedule. Homework: The written assignments from the back of the chapters will be gone over in class and then collected. Please note that there will be assignment changes announced in class that you will be responsible for. Please be honest about your homework and complete your assignments prior to class. If you are being honest your homework will mirror your test grades. For example, it is very rare for a student to do well on their homework and then not receive an A grade on the related exam. I consider it cheating to complete your homework while we are going over it in class and then turn it in as though you completed it prior to class. Cheating of any kind will result in failure of the course. To summarize, in case you were not aware, it is fairly obvious when you are abusing the honor system of correcting the homework, and it is a reflection on you. I am aware of it, whether I mention it to you are not. Homework will be converted to 200 points through a percentage.

3 Extra Credit: I encourage you to help other students in the lab during class as they get stuck or need extra assistance. If the instructor is the only one assisting students it can take much more time to complete the same amount of material and the students will not have the opportunity to learn as much. It is very helpful if you look around and assist other students as they need help. Extra credit will be granted to students assisting other students. Ethics, International, and Computer Usage: Ethics, International, and computer usage will be covered in the discussions and lectures.

4 Tentative Schedule: Week Session Chapter Topic Homework 1 1/16 1 Holiday 1/18 2 Syllabus H Ch 1 Introduction 2 1/23 1 SUA SUA (20) Intro lecture Journalize transactions 1/25 2 SUA SUA Journalize transactions, all three 12/24 entries completed 3 1/30 1 SUA SUA Finish journal entries (excluding adjusting entries for payroll, depreciation, interest, bad debts, inventory), finish bank reconciliation, Journals posted to ledgers through #1 on page 12 2/1 2 SUA SUA Enter accounts titles, 12/31/9W balances, and unadjusted trail balance balances on spread sheet, make sure unadjusted trail balance balances page 13 completed 4 2/6 1 SUA SUA Finish adjusting journal entries, adjusted Trail Balance completed, Income Statement column and Balance Sheet column completed worksheet completed 2/8 2 SUA SUA due Complete formal statements: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement; closing entries; Post-Closing Trail Balance; AR & AP schedule, Fixed asset schedule First Article Due Note: When your SUA is completed, complete the Peachtree (1.5) and Quickbooks (1.5), Excel Macros & VLOOKUP, and Excel Pivot Tables handouts 5 2/13 1 SUA Review SUA Handout on SUA and special journals 2/15 2 Review SUA & Ch 1

5 Week Session Chapter Topic Homework 6 2/20 1 Exam # 1 SUA and Hall Ch 1 2/22 2 P Ch 1 Windows (.75) P Ch 2 Intro to Access (3.5) 7 2/27 1 P Ch 2 Intro to Access P Ch 2: MC: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10; DQ: 2, 4; Practice Ex: 1,2,3,4,5 Problems: 1, 2, 3 3/1 2 P Ch 3 General Info (1.0) P Ch 3: MC: 1,3,4,7,8 DQ: 1,2,3,4,5 P Ch 4 Tables, Queries (2.5) 8 3/6 1 P Ch 3 General Info P Ch 3: MC: 1,3,5,6,7 DQ: 1,2,3,4,5 P Ch 4 Tables, Queries P Ch 4: MC: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 DQ: 1,2,3 PE: 1,3,4,5 (1.5) Problems: 1,3,4,5 P Ch 5 Forms, Reports (1.5,2.0 invoice) 3/8 2 P Ch 5 Forms, Reports P Ch 5: MC: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 DQ: 1,2,3,4,5 9 3/13 1 P Ch 6 Revenue Cycle (7.5) 3/15 2 P Ch 6 Revenue Cycle 10 3/20 1 P Ch 6 Revenue Cycle P Ch 6: MC: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 3/22 2 Review 3/27 1 Spring Break 3/29 2 Spring Break 11 4/3 1 Exam #2 Perry Ch 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, Peachtree, Quickbooks, Excel Macros, Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP 4/5 2 MAS 200 12 4/10 1 MAS 200 4/12 2 Projects

6 Week Session Chapter Topic Homework 13 4/17 1 H Ch 2 Transactions Processing (1.0) Summary of summaries due H Ch 3 Ethics, Fraud, IC (2.5) 4/19 2 H Ch 4 Revenue Cycle (2.0) H Ch 2: Review Questions: 1, 32, 33 H Ch 2: Discussion Questions: 4, 7, 10 H Ch 3: Review Questions: 24, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37,38 H Ch 3: Discussion Questions: 2,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18,19, 22, 24 14 4/24 1 H Ch 5 Expenditure Cycle (.75) H Ch 4: Discussion Questions: 5,6,15 H Ch 6 Expenditure Cycle (.75) H Ch 7 Conversion Cycle (1.0) 4/26 2 Finish Hall H Ch 5: no homework Overview of course H Ch 6: Review Questions 3,4,6 H Ch 7: no homework 15 5/1 1 Speaker 5/3 2 Review (1.25) 16 5/7,5/11 Comprehensive Final & Hall Ch 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, MAS 200 Monday May 8 16:00-18:00 Sec 1, Saturday May 6 16:00-18:00 Sec 2

7 Writing Requirement Reading and summarizing Wall Street Journal and Other News Articles: Cut out Wall Street Journal and other news articles that relate to accounting/auditing/fraud and write an article summary, such that your articles summaries total 2,500 words. Mount the original article (not a photocopy) on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of unlined white paper with the date and page number of the article listed. Please mount the article correctly. Do not staple the article to the page, use tape or glue. I keep a file of these articles for student research projects and the date and page number are necessary to reference the articles. Staple to the mounted article a typed double spaced summary of the article. On your article summary include: (1) your name - Mary Student (2) course - Acct 308, Section 1 (3) article number: 3 (4) date article was turned in - Wed, February 8, 2006 (5) source of the article (WSJ, San Diego Union Tribune, etc) (6) Page number of article: A1 (7) date of article - Monday, February 6, 2006 (8) word count this article: 48 (9) word count to date: 1,210 On occasion you may find an article relating to accounting/auditing/fraud where you cannot cut out the original. To turn in a photocopy of the article and receive points please clear it with me first. Your articles need to be turned in evenly throughout the semester. Credit will only be given to six articles per week. I encourage you to read and cut out accounting/auditing/fraud articles in the Wall Street Journal as well as the San Diego Union, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Diego Business Journal, San Diego Daily Transcript, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, etc. Articles from Accounting Today, Practical Accountant, The CPA Journal, Journal of Accountancy, Accounting Technology, Management Accounting, Internal Auditor, and the Tax Report column in Wednesday s Wall Street Journal and other journals that are strictly accounting are not acceptable. Please keep your own count of the number of articles you turn in and the number of words. I will not have a count available until the day grades are due. You will need this for your summary of the summaries. All articles must be turned in by Monday, April 17, 2006. Your first article must be turned in on or before Wednesday, February 8, 2006 or you will receive a 10 point deduction for each class meeting that it is late. All articles and the Summary of Summaries must be turned in during the regularly scheduled class period. No articles or the Summary of Summaries will be accepted outside of class (for example, in the instructor s box, handed in to CSUSM support staff, emailed, etc.). It is too difficult to keep track of each student s articles and Summary of Summaries when they are turned in at different times in several locations. (It is too much for me to handle! I have my limits. Please do not ask for an exception.)

8 Summary of the summaries to be turned in on Monday, April 17, 2006: Please provide me with a typed summary of the article summaries. Your summary of the article summaries should include: (1) your name (2) a count of the articles (1, 2, 3, etc.) (3) the date the article was turned in (4) source of article (Wall Street Journal, San Diego Union Tribune, etc.) (5) the date of the article (6) the title of the article (7) count of words in the summary (8) total count Your summary of the summaries could look like this: Mary Student Count Date Source (1) Feb 8, 2006 WSJ 2/6/06 How to be a Good Accounting Student 150 150 (2) Mar 8, 2065 WSJ 3/7/06 I Love Accounting So Much 125 275 (3) Mar 15, 2006 SDUT 3/14/06 Accounting is Great 175 450 If your summary is late, you will receive a 10 point deduction for every class period that it is late.

9 (example article summary) Mary Student Acct 308, Section 1 Article number: 3 Date turned in: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Journal: Wall Street Journal Date of Article: Monday, February 6, 2006 Word count this article: 48 Word count to date: 1,210 SEC Challenges an Accounting Method Motorola Used to Defer Gain From Sale The article discussed how the SEC is challenging the way Motorola accounted for 59.5 million shares of Nextel stock that Motorola received in exchange for mobile radio systems and licenses sold to Nextel. Taking the stock allowed Motorola to postpone recording any gain on the appreciation of the value of the radio properties. Remember: If you use more than 4 words from the article together you must put quotation marks around them. Remember: Do not include the heading or the title in your word count. Highlight only the text and then use Tools Word Count. Please double space text.