UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT BAYAMóN

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

 

SYLLABUS

 

Course Title               :         Computerized Accounting                 

Code                           :           CONT 3115

Credits                  :         Four (4)

 

Previous

Requirements           :           CONT 3006 Introduction to the Fundamentals of

Financial Accounting II

SICI 4008 Principles of Data Processing in Business

 

Meeting hours        :         Four (4) hours a week; 60 hours per semester

 

Description                :           This course provides students basic knowledge of

                                           how computerized accounting systems functions

                                         through a hand on approach.

 

Textbooks                  :           Computer Accounting with Peachtree Complete

                                         2005 Release 12.0, 9th Edition, Carol Yacht, 2005

                                      McGraw-Hill

 

                                                                Computer Accounting with QuickBooks 2005,

                                         7th Edition, Donna Ulmer

                                      McGraw-Hill

 

Evaluation

Criteria                 :

 

GRADING POLICY:

 

The tables below illustrate points, grading scale, and grading instruments.

 

 

GRADING INSTRUMENTS

 

POINTS

 

Projects*

Quizzes **

Classes attendance ***

 

200

200

100

 

TOTAL

 

500

 

.

*Projects due date will be announce.

** May be announce or unannounced.

*** Class attendances rule:

                        0 to 2 absences-100 points

                        3 to 4 absences- 40 points

                         5 absences- 0 points

 

 

 

 

 

GRADING SCALE

 

500 to 450:  A

449 to 400:  B

399 to 350:  C

349 to 300:  D

299 to 0:  F

 

 

Makes-up will not be given under any circumstances.

 

General

Objectives:                                                     

  1. Understand how to use Peachtree and QuickBooks two of the most popular accounting software packages used by small and medium sized businesses.

 

  1. Familiarize with the accounting cycle using computerized systems.

 

  1. Develop accounting processes that include the analysis of business transactions using debits and credits, record the transactions in the journals, transfer information to the ledger and subsidiaries, identify and explain adjustments, prepare closing entries and financial statements using Peachtree and QuickBooks software.

 

  1. Increase the ability to work with a computerized accounting system in a service and merchandising businesses.

 

  1. Gain a basic understanding of ethics dilemmas.

 

Specific objectives:

1.      Operate Peachtree’s and QuickBooks.

2.      Use electronic spreadsheet programs in solving accounting problems.

3.      Manage accounts payable information: vendor defaults and vendor records.

4.      Record accounts payable transactions: merchandise purchases, purchase order, cash purchases, and purchases returns.

5.      Manage accounts receivable: Set up customer default information. Set up sales tax information. Set up customer maintenance information. Record credit sales, cash sales, and sales returns. Record customer receipts, partial payments, and edit invoices.

6.      Journalize and post Payroll Journal entries.

7.      Customizing Forms and Import/Export information to a word processing and spreadsheet program.

Educational strategies:

                                               

*Conferences  *Team work * Simulations *Hands on approach and require the learner apply software skills and problem- solving skills.

 

Course Outline

Meeting

Hours

Meeting

Hours

1

Introduction

2

2

PCA Chapter 1

2

3

PCA Chapter 9

2

4

PCA Chapter 10

2

5

PCA Chapter 10

2

6

PCA Chapter 11

2

7

PCA Chapter 12

2

8

PCA Chapter 13

2

9

PCA Chapter 14

2

10

PCA Chapter 14

2

11

PCA Chapter 15

2

12

PCA Chapter 16

2

13

PCA Chapter 17

2

14

PCA Chapter 18

2

15

PCA Chapter 18

2

16

QB Chapter 1

2

17

QB Chapter 2

2

18

QB Chapter 3

2

19

QB Chapter 4

2

20

QB Chapter 5

2

21

QB Chapter 6

2

22

QB Chapter 7

2

23

QB Chapter 8

2

24

QB Chapter 9

2

25

QB Chapter 10

2

26

QB Chapter 11

2

27

QB Chapter 12

2

28

QB Project I

2

29

QB  Project II

2

30

 QB ProjectIII

 2

 

Total

30

 

Total

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:  The above schedule is subject to change.

 

 

*Quizzes will be programmed according to class needs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

     Horngren, Harrison and Bamber, Accounting,    6th edition,

         Prentice-Hall, 2005.

 

     Needles, Powers & Crosson, Financial and Managerial Accounting, 7th

         Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

 

     Needless & Powers, Principles of Financial Accounting, 9th edition,

         Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

 

    

     Needless Powers & Crosson, Principles of Accounting, 9th edition,

         Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

 

     Weygandt, Kieso & Kimmel,  Accounting Principles, 6th edition, John Wiley

         & Sons, 2003.

 

 

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/

 

http://www.aicpa.org

 

http://www.biz.yahoo.com/i

 

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/index.html

 

http://www.mhhe.com/ulmer2005

 

http://www.mhhe.com/yacht2005

 

http://www.peachtree.com

 

http://www.quickbooks.com

 

http://www.uprb.edu/profesor/dgonzalez

 

 

 

UPR at Bayamón complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Law 51 on Integrated Educational Services for People with Impediments.  Students with impediments should report to the professor for reasonable accommodations to those effects and visit the Office of Services for University Students with Handicap (SASEIPI).  Confidentiality will be maintained.

 

Prepared by:

Prof. David González López

August, 2005