Course Requirements:
- Class attendance is highly recommended.
- Read assigned chapter prior to class.
- There will be lectures and demonstrations at the beginning of each chapter dealing with both text and non-text material (see course guide for dates). PLEASE DON’T PRINT DURING LECTURES . Most class time will focus on students doing the hands-on activities in the book so bring your textbook and disk to each class.
- If you forget your disk, work you do on a new disk will have to be re-entered on the original disk (or the work already entered on the original disk will have to be re-entered on the new disk).
- It may be necessary for you to work on the assignments in open labs or at home to keep on schedule. Three (3) hours per week outside of class may be needed to complete assignments.
- Open lab hours will be posted outside the computer labs after the first week of classes.
- Assignments to Submit (see Course Guide for schedule):
- REQUIRED : All in-class projects must be satisfactorily completed to pass the course. Maximum grade of B can be earned from these assignments
(see OPTIONAL section below for how to earn a grade of A ).
- Complete the activities in the order presented in the assigned chapters during class and lab hours or at home as necessary for timely submission (see Course Guide for schedule). Use the Transmittal page handout as a checklist and for check figures only. Follow instructions in textbook.
- It is not necessary to print all documents and reports. Submit Trial Balances and Journal Reports only for Chapters 5,6, 7, and 8.
- OPTIONAL : To be eligible to earn a grade of A in the course, all transactions for Sports for Chapters 5, 6, & 7 must be satisfactorily completed.
- Complete Sports assignments during class and lab hours or at home as necessary for timely submission (see Course Guide for schedule). Use the Transmittal page handout as a checklist and for check figures only. Follow transactions in textbook.
- PRINT and submit all documents and reports as indicated within the Sports transactions and on the Transmittals handout.
WITHDRAWALS: This is a letter-graded course. It is the student’s responsibility to officially drop the class through CSM Admissions and Records if unable to complete the course; otherwise a failing grade will be recorded.
Required Materials:
TEXTBOOK: QuickBooks Pro 2006, A Complete Course , Horne (Prentice Hall), ISBN 0-13-178982-1
NOTE: Students who have already taken either ACTG 144 or ACTG 145 may continue to use their 2004 textbook instead of purchasing the new textbook, but should then also continue to use the 2004 version of QuickBooks. Class lectures and demonstrations, however, will use the 2006 version of QuickBooks and the new textbook.
SUPPLIES: 1 USB memory stick (128 MB or larger) or 1 Zip disk (100 MB IBM format – 250 MB zip disks will not work in all our computer labs, 750 MB zip disks will not work in any of our computer labs). Floppy disks are not large enough to work with QuickBooks 2006 data files, not even for backing up your work.
NOTE: Students who have already taken either ACTG 144 or ACTG 145 may continue using the same type of disks as they did in the previous course, if desired.
Some online sources
for books: www.ecampus.com; www.half.com;
www.amazon.com; www.bn.com;
www.bestbookbuys.com; www.safarix.com;
www.fetchbook.info
Other Resources:
Student
Writing Tips
Web Ready
Please visit collegeofsanmateo.edu/accounting and read about the Accounting Assistant program, the Tax Preparer program, and how to become a CPA, an Enrolled Agent, or a CTEC registered tax preparer. The website also has helpful information on how to get a job, how to write a resume, and how to earn continuing education credit.
To receive the latest information about the CSM Accounting program subscribe to our email group by sending a message to csmaccounting-subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Intuit/QuickBooks Website
Sources of Accounting
and Financial Information
EDGAR
The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system. All publicly
traded domestic companies use EDGAR to make the majority of their filings.
Form 10-K or 10-KSB, which include the annual report, is required to
be filed on EDGAR. The SEC makes this information available on the Internet.(
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar )
FreeEDGAR
FreeEDGAR is an online service offering free access to EDGAR files with
the additional ability find and extract specific financial news and
information. You also can pull data directly into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.(
http://www.freeedgar.com/ )
EdgarScan
EdgarScan from PricewaterhouseCoopers pulls filings from the SEC's servers
and parses them automatically to find key financial tables and normalize
financials to a common format that is comparable across companies. Go
directly to specific sections of the filing, including the financial
statements, footnotes, extracted financial data and computed ratios.
A "Benchmarking Assistant" performs company comparisons. (http://edgarscan.tc.pw.com
)
Research Tools
Wall Street Research Net
( http://wsrn.com/home/companyResearch.html
)
MSN
Stock Research
( http://investor.msn.com/research/welcome.asp?Symbol=GPS
)
Hoovers Online
( http://www.hoovers.com/ )
Bloomberg Business
( http://www.bloomberg.com/
)
Financial
Terms Glossary
(http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
)
Bond Information:
http://bonds.yahoo.com/
All the sites below are
on a menu on the site above
http://screen.yahoo.com/bonds.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/rates.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/bond_ed.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/glossary1.html
ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS
Accounting Resources
on the Internet
comprehensive, well-organized set of links to a variety of accounting
resources( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/
)
News for CPAs
( http://www.aicpa.org/ )
(http://www.cpa-exam.org/ )
American Accounting Association
( http://raw.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/
)
FASB
( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/fasb/index.html
)
AICPA
Special Committee on Financial Reporting
( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aicpa/index.htm
)
California
Board of Accountancy
California
Society of CPA's
TAX FORMS
IRS
Tax Forms
All the tax forms can be dowloaded, printed, and used.( http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html
)
THE MARKETS
Stock Price Indexes
( http://www.pathfinder.com/money/all/
)
E*TRADE
( http://www.etrade.com/ )
StockMaster
( http://www.stockmaster.com/sm/mf/F/FEMKX.html
)
Quicken.com
( http://www.quicken.com/ )
PC Quote
( http://www.pcquote.com/ )
U.S. Treasury
Bill Futures
( http://www.cme.com/market/quote/.Small/tb.html
)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
( http://www.cme.com/ )
HOW TO FIND A JOB
The Career Center has
resume writing workshops, individual counseling, and job listings.
To earn a certificate you must complete CRER 133 through the Career
Center: CSM Career Center
CSM
Student Employment: Get job listings by e-mail.
Get individual help in your job search.
Many CSM students have gotten jobs through Accountemps.
The San Mateo office is near CSM campus at 2755 Campus Drive (near
Hillsdale Blvd. and HWY 92) Phone 574-8200
A popular job search web
site: Craigs List
Job listings from San Francisco
Chronicle: SF Gate
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