BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Bachelor’s
degree in accounting
SYLLABUS
COURSE TITTLE
: Accounting Internship
COURSE CODIFICATION : CONT. 4026
PREREQUISITES : 24 credit hours in accounting
including
Cont. 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 4039 and
3025. The auditing (Cont. 4017) course
will be requisite for some work centers.
Students should have 25 hours average available
per week or two months for
the summer session.
CREDIT HOURS
: Four (4) credit hours
MEETING HOURS : 350 hours in a work
center
COURSE DESCRIPTION : Practical internship in a work
center where
the student will have the opportunity to
apply
the theoretical concepts acquired in the
classroom. It is intended that the student be
exposed to situations that can be
experienced
in such a center and which will provide
the self
assurance and emotional maturity needed
to
obtain a well developed professional
life. The
course will also permit students to gain
the
insight needed to on a particular area
of
accounting in which to develop their
professional practice. The course will have a
duration of 350 hours and will be
offered three
times a year.
EVALUATION METHODS :
·
Evaluation
by the immediate supervisor. Will
be presented to the course’s coordinator after being discussed with the
student.
·
Sheets
summarizing the time worked by the student will be completed monthly until 350
hours are achieved.
·
Reflective
journals – the student will answer specific questions at the beginning
and end of the course in order to evaluate the experience and attitude
improvements.
·
Paper
written by the student presenting the experience of internship including any
evidence of the training process.
·
At
the end of the period, the professor will submit final evaluation to the Registrar:
approved (P) or not-approved (NP).
·
Note: Students
will include the time sheets and reflective journal in appendixes of the paper
presented at the end of the period.
Coordinator will visit the company to pick and discuss the evaluation.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
: After concluding this experience
the student
Should be able to:
1. Recognize the appropriate
preparation for the job interview process.
2. Apply knowledge and skills that
they have been exposed to in class guidance.
3. Develop team-work skills and
recognize the appropriate ethical behavior as a professional.
4. Improve the written and oral
communication’s skills.
5. Recognize the importance of
professional improvement through the continuous learning process.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES : After completing the required
period hours,
students should be able to:
1. Understand the application of the
theoretical concepts learned in the accounting courses
2. Be more secure in the professional
performance.
3. Understands how the accounting
department works.
4. Be able to use with greater
confidence the computerized system used to reflect the accounting information.
5. Make decisions related to
accounting problems.
6. Work effectively in group
situations.
7. Develop appropriate written and
oral communication skills with superiors and other people in work environment.
Prepared by: Prof. Sonia Feliciano
August, 2005
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 in order to
design reasonable accommodations to those effects. Confidentiality will be maintained.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arens, Alvin A., Auditing: An Integrated
Approach, 9th edition, Prentice-Hall,
2003.
Horngren, Charles T., George
Foster, and Srikant M. Datar, Cost Accounting:
A Managerial
Emphasis, 12th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2006.
Kieso, Donald E., Jerry J.
Weygandt and Terry D. Warfield, Intermediate
Accounting, 11th
edition, Wiley 2004.
Moscove, Simkin, and Bagranoff, Core
Concepts of Accounting Information
System, 8th edition, Wiley, 2003
Weygant, Kieso and Kimmel, Accounting
Principles, 7th edition, Wiley, 2005