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Course details
Covers basic accounting procedures; closing the books; adjustments; working papers; merchandise operations; statement and ledger organization; special journals; forms of business organization; accounting principles; accounting for cash, accounts receivable, inventory and capital assets; and analysis of financial data and financial statements.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the nature and purpose of accounting information including its limitations and basic concepts.
- Apply generally accepted accounting principles in the analysis and recording of business transactions.
- Prepare a trial balance.
- Analyze and record adjusting journal entries.
- Prepare financial statements (Income Statement, Statement of Owner's Equity and the Balance Sheet) for a service business and merchandising business.
- Determine the value of ending inventories under alternative generally accepted accounting methods.
- Explain the purpose and need for internal controls and prepare bank reconciliations.
- Describe the nature and management of accounts and notes receivable and the aging of accounts receivables.
- Explain the purpose and demonstrate the calculation of amortization on various types of property, plant and equipment using generally accepted accounting practices.
- Describe and differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of a corporation, a partnership and a sole proprietorship as forms of business organization.
- Demonstrate the accounting required for the shareholders' equity of a corporation including the issuance of shares, the declaration/payment of dividends, and the related effect on Retained Earnings.
- Demonstrate the nature of accounting for a partnership including allocation of earnings.
- Prepare a statement of cash flows.
- Analyze financial statements using financial ratios and other common tools.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2015
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