Three hours of lecture a week. This course covers material that will prepare the student to select, install, set up, and operate commercial accounting software packages. The hands-on approach is used. Students will team to identify inputs, reports, periodic table updates, and data flow for accounting applications. The class will physically install, set up, and run a commercial accounting software package.
Emphasis is on accounting using the microcomputer.
Two hours of lecture and one hour lab a week. A comprehensive view of the role of information technology in satisfying organizations' information requirements. Problems and technique concerning the management of responsive information systems with special attention to managers use of systems outputs. Cases and hands-on exercises emphasizing the use of information systems in decision making, information gathering and organizing, use of modeling techniques, and presentation of information. This course introduces the student to the rules of common law under which the business world operates as well as the basic understanding of the legal rights and duties arising from common business transactions.