Mrs. Dodd’s
Accounting Class Syllabus
Course Title:
Accounting
Course Length:
Full Year
My Email Address: nl_cdodd@seovec.org
Web Site Address: http://hspanthers.nlcs.k12.oh.us Go to Academics, then click on my
name.
Introduction: Glencoe Accounting, First-Year Course is a comprehensive, twosemester, one-year course designed to bring the real world of accounting into the
classroom. Students will have the opportunity to use real-world accounting software,
real-world source documents, real-world financial statements, and real-world multimedia.
Course Objectives: The prime objective of this course is to introduce students to the
double-entry system of accounting for sole proprietorship, corporate, and partnership
forms of business enterprises by using real-world applications and connections. Other
important objectives include the following:
• To help students develop personal and professional skills for school and work.
• To help students understand the relationship between the manual system of
accounting and a computerized system.
• To help students find success in accounting.
Course Description: Accounting is the language of business, which is the process of
recording, classifying, and summarizing financial information. Financial understanding
of assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, revenues, and expenses are covered for a service
business and a merchandising business. Financial papers (journals, ledgers, balance
sheets, income statements, worksheets, and trial balances) are covered for both types of
businesses.
The ability to work on a continuous flow with the intentions of relating one area of
concentration to another is needed.
Required Curriculum Materials: The curriculum materials to be used in this course
include the following:
• Glencoe Accounting, First-Year Course textbook
• Glencoe Accounting, First-Year Course Chapter Reviews and Working Papers
• Pencil, pen, ruler, and hand-held calculator
 3 Ring Binder
Course Schedule:
1st Nine Weeks
Unit 1 – Introduction to Accounting
Chapter 2 -The World of Business and Accounting
Unit 2 – The Basic Accounting Equation
Chapter 3 -Business Transactions and the Accounting
Equation
Chapter 4 -Transactions that Affect Assets, Liabilities, and
Owner’s Equity
2nd Nine Weeks
Chapter 5 –Transactions that Affect Revenue, Expenses,
and Withdrawals
Chapter 6 –Recording Transactions in a General Journal
Chapter 7 –Posting Journal Entries to General Ledger
Accounts
Mini Practice Set
Mid-Term Exam
3rd Nine Weeks
4th Nine Weeks
Chapter 8 –The Six-Column Worksheet
Chapter 9 –Financial Statements for a Sole Proprietorship
Chapter 10 –Completing the Accounting Cycle for a Sole
Proprietorship
Chapter 11 – Cash Control and Banking Activities
Mini Practice Set
Unit 3 – Accounting for a Payroll System
Chapter 12 –Payroll Accounting
Chapter 13 –Payroll Liabilities and Tax Records
Mini Practice Set
Final Exam
Testing:
Students will be tested at the end of each chapter and unit. Chapter tests consist of
problems and matching vocabulary, true/false, and multiple-choice questions. The time
required to complete a chapter test is usually 30–40 minutes. Unit tests are designed like
chapter tests and are administered after completing four to five chapters. Unit tests
usually require about 40–50 minutes to complete.
Missed Tests:
If a student misses a test, it is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the
instructor to make up the test immediately upon return to school. A fair and reasonable
amount of time will be made to accommodate students with lengthy absences.
Classroom Policies and Procedures:
Attendance: Attendance is highly recommended for all of your classes. If you are
absent you are responsible for getting missed assignments from me upon your return to
school if you have an excused absence slip.
Late/Missing Assignments: Late assignments will only be accepted if you have been
absent from class and have an excused absence slip or if special arrangements have been
made with me. If you are absent on a test day and do not return with an excused absent
slip, you will not be allowed to make up that test.
Academic Dishonesty:
If you are caught cheating you will receive no credit for the
assignment for which you have been caught cheating.
Grading: I will use the grade scale that is in your student handbook.
You will be graded on the following:
 Homework assignments
 Quizzes
 Chapter Tests
 Unit Tests
 Projects