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NORTH CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
Last Revision: October 2005
A. Course Number and Title: ACC 202 - Computer Applications in Accounting
B. Academic Division: Business
C. Department: Accounting
D. Lecture Hours: 2
E. Lab Hours: 2
F. Credit Hours: 3
G. Prerequisites: ACC 111
H. Course Description from Catalog: This course uses a computerized, integrated, accounting
software package, computerized spreadsheet applications, and several practice sets to provide
the student with a thorough review of all the major accounting systems commonly found in
computerized accounting environments. Students will work with software packages capable
of handling the processing for: businesses that are organized as sole proprietorships,
partnerships, and corporations; service and merchandising businesses; departmentalized and
non-departmentalized businesses; voucher and non-voucher systems; fixed assets, inventory,
and payroll.
I.
Textbook(s): Package includes the following:
1. Getting Started with Peachtree 2005 Complete Accounting
A. Author: Osterra
B. Edition: Latest
C. Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
2. Getting Started with Quick Book Pro 2003
A. Author: Horne
B. Edition: Latest
C. Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
3. Peachtree Software with Student Data (CD)
A. Author: Osterra
C. Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
J. Workbook(s) and/or Lab Manual(s): None
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K. Purpose of Course: The course is designed to acquaint students with two accounting
software packages used by many smaller businesses and to give them the experience of
working with those packages.
L. Supplies Needed: As indicated at first class session.
M. Course Outcomes: After attending classroom lectures, reading the course textbook, and
completion of chapter exercises and practice sets, each student will demonstrate skills and
understandings as following:
Outcomes
Assessments
1. Start the accounting application computer
1. Graded Workbook Assignments.
program.
2. Back up and restore company data.
2. Graded Workbook Assignments.
3. Operate the drop-down lists, lookup boxes, 3. Graded Workbook Assignments.
status bar and navigate aid.
4. Maintain vendors, customers, employees,
4. Graded Workbook Assignments.
inventory, and general ledger accounts.
5. Record purchases and sales invoices and
5. Graded Workbook Assignments.
make/apply payments.
6. Prepare payrolls.
6. Graded Workbook Assignments.
7. Make general journal entries.
7. Graded Workbook Assignments.
8. Print financial statements and other reports. 8. Graded Workbook Assignments.
9. Process business transactions for an entire
9. Graded Workbook Assignments.
accounting cycle.
N. Course Content: The chapters in the course textbooks will be covered. Required students to
perform the specified activities in the textbook along with the mini-practice sets will provide
the necessary experiences necessary to accomplish the course objectives.
O. Planned Activities:
Lecture - Concepts and principles of operation.
Lab - Hands-on use of computerized accounting software.
P. Grading and Testing Guidelines: (Subject to Change) Total
Required printouts from the two textbooks
Grading Scale
100 to 95
94 to 92
91 to 89
88 to 86
85 to 83
82 to 80
A
AB+
B
BC+
600 points
79 to 77
76 to 74
73 to 71
70 to 68
67 to 65
64 and Below
C
CD+
D
DF
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Q. Attendance Requirements: All students are required to attend all scheduled classes and
examinations. Each faculty member has the right to establish regulations regarding
attendance that he/she considers necessary for successful study.
Students who do not attend classes may be administratively withdrawn from those classes.
However, failure to attend classes does not constitute withdrawal, and students are expected
to process a formal withdrawal through the Student Records Office if unable to complete a
class.
R. Other Specific Guidelines or Requirements: As indicated at first class session.
S. Statement on Disabilities: Any student who requires reasonable accommodations related to a
disability should inform the course instructor and the Specialized Supportive Services (room
138 in Kee Hall; phone 419-755-4727).
T. Statement on Withdrawals: As a student, you are expected to attend class. If you are
unable or choose not to attend class; you need to officially drop the class. You may do
this up to the end of the eighth week during a regular eleven-week quarter, and up to the end
of the fifth week during an eight-week term (Classes not following an eight or eleven-week
schedule have different withdrawal and refund dates. Contact the Student Records
Office for applicable dates). The last day to officially drop an eight or eleven-week class is
listed in Newsbriefs, the weekly publication on campus, and is also available at the Student
Records Office. If you registered for classes in the Student Success Center, you should
return there to officially withdraw from any classes. All other students should go to the
Student Records Office to process their withdrawal from any class.
If you choose to walk away from your class without officially withdrawing from it, the
faculty member teaching the class must grade your classroom performance on the material
available to him or her. This normally results in an “F” grade. An “F” grade can lower our
grade point average considerably, depending on the total credits accumulated.
U. Statement of Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement: It is the position of
the College that the responsibility for academic honesty is that of the student. It is expected
that the student's work will be the product of his/her own efforts unless the student clearly
indicates otherwise. Academic honesty is an important element of mature, responsible
learning.
Dishonest scholarly practices include but are not limited to appropriating, in whatever form,
another's work and submitting it as one's own (known as Plagiarism), intentionally falsifying
information, or taking another's ideas with the intention of passing these ideas off as one’s
own (also known as Plagiarism).
In addition, cases of academic dishonesty may involve photocopied materials. Materials
used may fall under the copyright Act. Violations of said Act may subject the user and/or
the College to sanctions. If you have questions whether a particular use is in violation of the
Act, please contact the office of the Vice President for Learning.
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V. Classroom Conduct: All students are expected to demonstrate professional behavior and use
language appropriate for the classroom learning experience.
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