Center of Excellence - Business
Department Chair - Dr. Marina Grau
SYLLABUS – ACNT 1313
Computerized Accounting With QuickBooks
(CRN 93135) M (5:30p-9:30pm)
3 credit hour course
First 8 weeks/ January 19- March 13, 2016
Prerequisite:
ACNT 1303 (Introduction to Accounting)
ITSC 1309
Course Description:
ACNT 1313 is a study of utilizing the computer to develop and maintain accounting
record keeping systems, make management decisions, and process common business
applications with emphasis on utilizing a spreadsheet and/or data base package/program.
This course teaches an industry-specific accounting software package. The course will
also use a hands-on experience using a micro accounting package to demonstrate the
capabilities and limitations of accounting software. (Formerly ACCT 2340)
Note: This class DOES NOT fulfill the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy's
education requirements to sit for the CPA Exam.
Course Goals:
The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive course in
financial accounting using QuickBooks software application. The course is designed to
meet the needs of those students who are preparing for a career in accounting and for
those other academic disciplines who recognize the essential need in today’s business
world to process information in a computer environment.
Instructor Information:
Instructor:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Phone #:
Email:
Vickie Smith
West Loop
By appointment
713-718-5218 ( after 5pm)
vickie.smith@hccs.edu
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Quick Mail
This class will use Quick Mail through Eagle on Line which will go to your HCCS email
address. You also may email me direct at the email provided above.
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Any modifications to any schedule will be posted in an “Announcement”, email or a
revision in the syllabus. To communicate with your instructor you must use either Quick
Mail through Eagle on Line or use your official HCCS email account. HCCS prefers that
students utilize Quick mail and only our official HCCS email account. If a student emails
me at my HCCS email account from their personal, I will respond back to their personal
but once again HCCS prefer students to use Quick mail.
Textbook and Related Material (Required):
See page 8.
Students with Disabilities:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision,
hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
Disabilities Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester.
Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability
Support Services Office.
Students Rights: Anti-Discrimination:
http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/anti-discrimination/
http://www.hccs.edu/district/departments/institutionalequity/title-ix-know-your-rights/
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires that institutions have policies
and procedures that protect students’rights with regard to sex/gender discrimination.
Information regarding these rights are on the HCC website under Students-AntiDiscrimination. Students who are pregnant and require accommodation s should contact
any of the ADA Counselors for assistance.
It is important that every student understands and conforms to respectful behavior while
at HCC.
Sexual misconduct is not condoned and will be addressed promptly. Know your rights
and how to avoid these difficult situations.
Log in to www.edurisksolutions.org Sign in using your HCC student email account, then
go to the button at the top right that says Login and enter your student number.
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Academic Honesty:
Scholastic dishonesty is treated with the upmost seriousness by the instructor and the
college. Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in
fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated
against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. “Academic dishonesty” includes, but
is not limited to the willful attempt to misrepresent one’s work, cheating, plagiarism, and
collusion.
Cell Phone:
All cell phones must be in silent mode during class. Cell phone activity during class is
considered disruptive to the learning environment and will not be tolerated. If you need
to make or receive an Emergency call, please excuse yourself from the classroom.
Class Attendance:
Students are expected to attend class regularly, and to be on time for every class period.
Students are responsible for materials covered during their absences, and it is the
student’s responsibility to consult with the instructor or classmates for any make-up
assignments. Although it is the responsibility of the student for non-attendance, the
instructor has full authority to drop a student for excessive absences. A student may be
dropped from any course for excessive absences after the student has accumulated
absences of 12.5% of the hours of instruction. For example, in a 3 credit hour lecture
class meeting 3 hours per week, a student may be dropped after 6 hours of absence.
Drops and Withdrawals:
It is the responsibility of each student to officially drop or withdraw from a course.
Failure to officially withdraw may result in the student receiving a grade of F in the
course. Procedures for withdrawing from a class are found in the Student Handbook. A
student may officially withdraw by:
1.) Completing a withdrawal from at any campus
2.) Drop via the internet (www.hccs.edu).
3.) Send a letter in writing to :
Registrar, Houston Community College System
PO Box 667517
Houston, TX 77266-7517
International Students: Receiving a W in a course may affect the status of your student
visa. Once a W is given for the course, it will not be changed to an F because of visa
considerations.
Course Repeater Policy:
Students who repeat a course three or more times will face significant tuition/fee
increases at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities. Please ask your
instructor and/or counselor about opportunities for tutoring or other assistance prior to
considering course withdrawal or if you are not receiving passing grades.
Evaluation Requirements:
3
Activity
2 Exams
Homework
Comprehensive Problems
Total
Points
200 points
200 points
100 points
500 points
Percent
40%
40%
20%
100%
Grading Scale:
Percentage
90 - 100%
80 - 89%
70 - 79%
60 - 69%
BELOW 60%
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=
=
=
=
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
Points
500-450
449-400
399-350
349 -300
299 - 0
Students are expected to read all assigned chapters, complete and submit all assignments
on due dates, and attend all classes. The nature of the course is such that perfect
attendance is essential for mastery of the course content. A missed class can never be
duplicated.
Your final grade for this course will be based on how well you do in meeting the
evaluation requirements listed on your assignment schedule and applying the grading
scale which is listed below.
Examinations:
There will be a total of two examinations (there will be no make-up examinations). The
grades received on these exams will be used to compute the student’s final grade for the
course. No cell phones will be used on exam. Bring a calculator.
Homework:
This course requires that the student complete homework . It is the student’s
responsibility to complete homework assignments each week. Homework will be due
prior to each exam and will not be extended for any reason. Accounting is best learned
through doing. This will require a considerable commitment of time and effort from the
student. Typically, the successful student in college can count on 3 hours of independent
study for every hour in the classroom.
Extra Credit:
The amount that, and manner in which, if any, extra credit contributes to your grade is at
the sole discretion of the instructor. If the student is absent from class when extra credit
assignments are given the student will not be entitled to the extra credit.
Incompletes:
The grade of “I” (incomplete) is conditional and at the discretion of each instructor. If
you receive an “I,” you must arrange with your instructor to complete the course work by
the end of the following term (excluding Summer). After the deadline, the “I” becomes
an “F.”
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Instructor Website:
From the HCCS homepage, choose Southwest College, choose “The Learning Web,”
choose Faculty, type in your instructor’s name. Your instructor will have a copy of the
syllabus and other pertinent information for you.
Tutoring/Lab Hours:
This will be posted in The Learning Web during the second week of the semester.
Learning objectives:
1. Students will be able to:
2. Explain the functions and roles of integrated accounting software packages in
business.
3. Describe the differences between manual and computerized accounting methods.
4. Use QuickBooks to set up and use an integrated accounting package on a
microcomputer with general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable,
inventory, payroll, and job cost modules.
5. Build and maintain a chart of accounts using QuickBooks
6. Key-enter sales, cash receipts, cash payments and purchases on accounts using
QuickBooks.
7. Key-Enter payroll records for individuals and companies using QuickBooks.
SCANS – Secretary’s Commission for Achieving Necessary Skills:
The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) from the U.S.
Department of Labor was asked to examine the demands of the workplace and whether our
students are capable of meeting those demands. Specifically, the Commission was directed to
advise the Secretary on the level of skills required to enter employment. In carrying out this
charge, the Commission was asked to do the following:
 Define the skills needed for employment
 Propose acceptable levels of proficiency
 Suggest effective ways to assess proficiency, and
 Develop a dissemination strategy for the nation’s schools, businesses, and homes
SCANS research verifies that what we call workplace know –how defines effective job
performance today. This know-how has two elements: competencies and a foundation.
This report identifies five competencies and a three - part foundation of skills and
personal qualities that lie at the heart of job performance. These eight requirements are
essential preparation for all students, whether they go directly to work or plan further
education. Thus, the competencies and the foundation should be taught and understood
in an integrated fashion that reflects the workplace contexts in which they are applied.
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Workplace Competencies
Foundation Skills
Resources: allocating time, money,
materials, space, staff
Basic Skills: reading, writing, arithmetic
and mathematics, speaking and listening
Interpersonal Skills: working on teams,
teaching others, serving customers,
leading, negotiating, and working well with
people from culturally diverse
backgrounds
Thinking Skills: thinking creatively,
making
decisions, solving problems, seeing things
in the mind’s
Information: acquiring and evaluating
data, organizing and maintaining files,
interpreting and communicating, and using
computers to process information
Personal Qualities: individual
responsibility,
self-esteem, sociability, self-management
and integrity
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Systems: understanding social,
organizational, and technological systems,
monitoring and correcting performances,
and designing
or improving systems
Technology: selecting equipment and
tools, applying technology to specific tasks,
and maintaining and troubleshooting
technologies
SCANS workplace competencies and foundation skills have been integrated into
Computerized Accounting Applications and are exhibited in the SCANS schedule.
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Assignment Schedule:
An assignment schedule is attached to this syllabus. This schedule will be followed
throughout this course. The syllabus is subject to change. When changes occur the
instructor will advise the students during class time. It is the student’s responsibility to, if
absent, to ascertain from other students what was missed.
Assignment Schedule ACNT 1313 – Computerized Accounting Applications
Week
1
Date
1/25
Chapter
Topic
Class Introduction
1
2
QuickBooks Pro 2015 Introduction
Vendors
1/26
Assignments
Case Problem 2-1, Due 2/1
Homework 1 and 2 Due 2/1
2
2/1
3
4
Official Date of Record - Must have
attended class or have logged into Eagle
Online by 7:00am - Failure to do so
you will be subject to withdrawal
Customers
Period-End-Procedures
3
2/8
5
6
Inventory
New Company Set
4
2/15
5
2/22
8
9
Payroll Set-up
Payroll Processing
Case Problem 8-1, Due 2/29
Case Problem 9-1, Due 2/29
Homework 8 and 9 Due 2/29
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2/29
10
11
12
Banking
Jobs and Time Tracking
Case Problem 10-1, Due 3/7
Case Problem 11-1, Due 3/7
Case Problem 12-1, Due 3/7
Homework 8 and 9 Due 3/7
Exam 1 Chapters 1 – 5
Customizing Your Company Files
Review Final Exam 6, 8-12
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3/7
Case Problem 3-1, Due 2/8
Case Problem 4-1, Due 2/8
Homework 3 and 4 Due 2/8
Case Problem 5-1, Due 2/22
Case Problem 6-1, Due 2/22
Homework 5 and 6 Due 2/22
Final Exam – Chapters 6, 8-12
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Textbook and Related Material (Required):
Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks Pro 2015, by Kathleen Villani and
James B Rosa; EMC Paradigm Publisher, ISBN#9780763865177; Ebook ISBN:
9780763865252
***** You will also need a USB drive for saving the Student Data Files*****
*****Do not attempt this course without this exact book*****
https://paradigm.bookshelf.emcp.com/
Textbook Pricing Options:
Option 1** $159.53
Print Edition
ISBN: 978-0-6386517-7
Text with Student eResources and 140-day Trial
Only Available Online at: Standard 4-7 day shipping applies
http://paradigm.emcp.com/accounting/computerizedaccounting-with-quickbooks-2015.html
Option 2** Digital Option $111.65
Multiplatform eBook
180-day online access and 140 day trial (code via mail)
Purchase Online
Option 3: $111.65
Multiplatform eBook
180-day online access and 140 day trial (code via email)
Purchase Online
Available at Bookstores-on Campus or Off
Campus
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Option 4: $128.50-171.35
Buy used or new
Available at Bookstores-on Campus or Off
Campus
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