Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Academics

 
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
NAME: Stan Pinkos
EMAIL: stanpinkos2@aol.com (HOME); stanley.pinkos@csn.edu (OFFICE)
OFFICE LOCATION: Cheyenne Campus Room 2056 – B
OFFICE HOURS: TBA
OFFICE TELEPHONE: 702-651-4390
BIOGRAPHY: C.P.A., C.M.A., Master of Accounting, Master of Business Administration,
ABD Hotel Administration

TEXTBOOKS
REQUIRED: Intermediate Accounting, Kieso, D. E., Weygandt, J, J & Warfield, T. D.,
John Wiley and Son, Inc., 12th Edition 2007, ISBN 0-471-74955-9

FIRST THINGS FIRST
Your first assignment is to send me an e-mail to stanpinkos2@aol.com starting on August 27. For the subject please put ACC 203 WebCT. In the message type your name (which appears on your CSN record) and whatever, especially if your e-mail address does not identify you explicitly. The reason for this assignment is to get all the students into a group for e-mail purposes. If you do not receive an acknowledgement from me within 48 hours, your e-mail was not received and you should resubmit another e-mail. All subsequent e-mails should contain the same subject (ACC 203 WebCT) and your name should be included in your request for any information. This way I will know if you are in my live class or the WebCT course. Thanks!

COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE TITLE: Intermediate Accounting I
COURSE NUMBER: ACC 203 CALL NUMBER: TBA
COURSE DESCIPLINE: Accounting
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Accounting for assets and liabilities, concepts and techniques
concerning preparation and analysis of the Balance Sheet, essentials of
interest, annuities, and present value.
COURSE DATE: TBA
PREREQUISITE: ACC 202 Managerial Accounting

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The student will:
identify and define basic elements of the accounting process
define and portray the presentation of Net Income
define and portray the elements presented on the Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows
compute present values
record events affecting cash and receivables
compute and record inventory valuations
compute and record other inventory valuation methods
compute and record acquisition and disposition of property, plant and equipment
compute and record depreciation, impairments and depletion


COURSE REQUIREMENTS
The student's grade will be based on FIVE (5) separate online examinations (worth 500 total points) and one (1) hour Chapter quizzes (for each chapter ) (worth 200 points total) which MUST BE TAKEN on a TIMELY BASIS as assigned. This means your grade is based on cumulative total points of 700 points. The on-line quizzes will be available for an extended period of time. Each quiz will allow each student two (2) attempts with the higher score used toward your final grade. The on-line examinations (TESTS) will be available for SEVEN (7) days for the student's convenience and the student will be allowed as many attempts as necessary per TEST until the examination period has expired. I will e-mail to you a more printer friendly copy of each TEST. Each student must decide when he/she will take the QUIZZES during the designated quiz time period, however, remember to select a time and place where distractions will be at a minimum because once you start the QUIZ you cannot STOP and RESTART the same QUIZ again (if you do, it will count as your second attempt). TEST scores will be released only after the TEST period has ended because of security reasons.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION
A 700 – 644
A- 643 – 616
B+ 615 – 588
B 587 - 560
B- 559 – 532
C+ 531 – 504
C 503 – 476
C- 475 – 448
D+ 447 - 420
D 419 – 392
D- 391 – 364
F 363 - 0

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
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/on-line behavior.









IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2008
TBA






ASSIGNMENTS
Chapter assignments will be posted on the Home Page. These assignments will include homework for your benefit from the individual chapters. These chapter assignments are not to be turned in to me; I will post the solutions on the Home Page or send to each of you the solutions at which time, if you have questions, ask them through e-mails or come by my office during my posted office hours. Advance announcement of the impending Quizzes and TESTS will also be posted on the calendar. All QUIZZES will be graded immediately for the student's benefit. ALL TESTS will be graded at the end of the test time-period for security reasons. REMEMBER, EACH QUIZ AND TEST MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE DUE DATE AND TIME POSTED ON THE CALENDAR, e.g. QUIZ due on September 18, 10:00M means that the student can start the QUIZ at the LATEST 9:00 PM, September 18. If the QUIZ or TEST is submitted later than the due date and time, WebCT will not accept the submission.

POWERPOINTS
The PowerPoints which have an AU attached to it are the authors PowerPoints. The other PowerPoints are from your instructor.


INTERNET PROVIDER
If you are using a FREE internet provider (Hotmail, e.g.), make sure your mailbox is cleared to receive all assignments. I have experienced this problem, full mailboxes, in the past with mail being returned due solely to lack of mailbox space. Also, if you change providers, notify me immediately.