Spring, 2004
UACT 112 SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR: Joseph R. Danos,
Ph.D., CPA COURSE SECTION: 10
E-mail: jdanos@tulane.edu
Course Name: Elementary
Accounting II
Course Prefix & Number: UACT
112-10
Required Text: Needles, Powers, & Crosson, Principles
of Accounting, latest edition,
Houghton
Mifflin, ISBN: 0-618-12422-5
Course Description: This online course continues to
introduce the concepts and applications of
accounting. It imparts knowledge of the basic
accounting principles and procedures, i.e., the conventions of the language of
accounting. Since the end product of the accounting process is to produce
financial information, the course also focuses upon the use of this data for
making business decisions.
Course Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1.
Perform basic accounting procedures
(classifying, journalizing, etc.),
2.
Interpret the financial statements
of a corporation,
3.
Understand the accounting treatment
of partnerships, and
4.
Understand the basic elements of
managerial and cost accounting.
Course Objectives: To provide the student with the ability to perform basic accounting
procedures (in order to understand accounting)
and with an ability to interpret and use the financial information that is
prepared using the techniques and procedures of accounting. Specific objectives are indicated at the
beginning of each chapter and in the margins of your textbook. We will not
cover every topic in each chapter. You
should focus primarily on the objectives that are the subject of our homework
problems.
Assessment: Mid-term Exam - 30% GRADING SCALE: A = 90-100
Final Exam - 30% B = 80-89
Quizzes - 20% C
= 70-79
Homework
-
10% D
= 60-69
Class
Participation - 10% F
= 0-59
(Discussion
Board)
Quizzes: In order to assess your knowledge
of the chapter’s content, you will take
an online quiz associated with the
particular chapter. You will have
approximately one week during which you may take each quiz. Consult the homework assignment list for the
open and close dates for each quiz.
Homework: Working problems is
the best way to test your understanding of the
concepts and procedures that underlie the
actual practice of accounting. Thus, you should work every Review Problem at
the end of each chapter (you get instant feedback because the answer is
provided for you) and as many of the exercises and problems possible (solutions
are posted on the website as well).
Participation: You must make substantive contributions to a
minimum of 5
Discussion Board topics. Submissions of “yes,” “I agree,” etc., are
not sufficient.
On the following page,
you will find specific exercises and problems that you should work. Note,
however, that you will only submit the problems indicated.
