The course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills to analyze, process, and report accounting information by utilizing three (3) accounting methods: 1) manual accounting applications, 2) Microsoft Excel, and 3) computerized accounting software system (QuickBooks Pro). Through the use of a manual practice set students will be exposed to realistic documents and records, including multi-copy business forms, to enhance their learning experience and reinforce knowledge gained by students in ACC 120. Course will then provide hands-on experience in accounting uses of Microsoft Excel. This section includes using multiple sheets with Excel formulas, preparing professional qualify financial reports, creating graphs to interpret results and using Excel functions to evaluate accounting data. The course will conclude by having students learn how to setup and maintain new company systems, manage chart of accounts and ledgers, analyze and enter transactions, generate financial reports, import/export data, manage files, and manage system security by using a computerized accounting software system.
Semester Offered
Offered Spring only