Be warned that lectures will be aimed at students who have done the reading and thus may be of little benefit to those who have not. The background readings are indicated in the Daily Activity Schedule at the end of this document. If you are unable to complete any assignment because of its difficulty or lack of clarity, bring your questions to class. While neatness is not separately assigned a grade in this class, neat, accurate and reliable work are traits of a successful professional. Assignments will be collected and graded.
Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period, unless otherwise announced.
This means I will not accept work put under my office door, in my mailbox, etc. The Systems Understanding Aid is a manual accounting system that takes you from creation of source documents through completion of financial statements. Detailed assignments and an illustrative grading form are found in a separate handout. As a follow up to the manual system, and a first exposure to computerized systems, we use the same case study materials as in the manual systems, but learn to use a mid-level Accounting computerized system, Great Plains Dynamics. You will receive a series of accounting transactions based on the SAP software.