COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
ACCOUNTING FINANCE AND COMPUTER OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
COURSE SYLLABUS
ACC 202
Spring 2008
Professor: Jeffrey Jones, MBA
Office: Henderson Campus, Building C, Room 101C (Arranged)
Phone: 651-3106
E-Mail: Jeffrey.jones@csn.edu
Office Hours: Online Email
COURSE NO: ACC - 202
COURSE TITLE: Managerial Accounting
CLASSROOM: WebCT
REQUIRED TEXT: Accounting, 7th Edition Horngren, Harrison & Bamber
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Accounting methods and techniques utilized by corporations, cost systems, budgeting, decision making, and statement analysis.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: GENERAL
- Provide a strong foundation for subsequent courses in business and finance
- 2. Initiate course work leading to a career in accounting
COURSE OBJECTIVES: - Specific
1. Develop a general understanding of financial report analysis.
2. Familiarization of managerial decision processes and use of accounting information by managers of a business.
3. Account for corporations.
4. Account for bonds.
5. Account for international operations.
6. Prepare a statement of cash flow.
7. Analyze financial statements and reports.
8. Understand the importance of budgeting and standard costs as management aids.
9. Demonstrate techniques used in cost-volume-profit analysis.
10. Account for manufacturing operations using job order and process cost systems.
11. Apply cost concepts in special management decisions and capital budgeting.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be determined by the student's performance on chapter exams, homework assignments, and discussion board postings. Each chapter exam will be worth 30 points and there are two exams for each chapter, for a total of 840 points for graded exams. Assignments will also have a combined possible score of 60 points. The discussion posting will amount to 60 points. The maximum number of total points for the course is 960.
GRADE TOTAL POINTS
A 864 - 960
B 768 - 863
C 672 - 767
D 576 - 671
F BELOW 575
EXTRA CREDIT:
Students may earn up to a maximum of 25 bonus points by doing three of the internet problems. (See me for details).
SAFETY PROCEDURES:
Approved classroom safety procedures are posted in each classroom and are to be followed.
AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT (ADA) STATEMENT:
Any student with a disability or requiring special accommodations for this class should see me after class or call for an appointment. All information will remain confidential.
SECTION 504 - REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
"If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you will need to contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) for coordination of your academic accommodations. The DRC is located in Student Services on each campus. For Cheyenne the number is 651-4045, for West Charleston the number is 651-5644 and for Henderson, the number is 651-3086.
ACADEMIC INTERGRITY POLICY: Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. You are expected to have read and understood the current issue of the student handbook (published by Student Services) regarding student responsibilities and rights, and the intellectual property policy, for information about procedures and about what constitutes acceptable on-campus behavior.IMPORTANT
TUTORIAL SERVICES: Students are entitled to 12 hours of free tutoring per semester. For appointments call 651-4232 Cheyenne, 651-5732 West Charleston, 651-3125 Henderson.
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Last day to officially change from audit to credit or from credit to audit. March 14, 2008
Final date to officially withdraw. April 25, 2008. (Send me and email to discuss before you make this decision. There may be another alternative)
