Instructor Contact Information

 ACCOUNTING 150 CRN: 30515 

Computer Accounting Applications
Fully Online

Professor: Alan Viersen
Accounting 150       3 Units
Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road San Diego, CA 92126
(619) 388-7693 Office I102-C
aviersen@sdccd.edu

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

QuickBooks Pro 2006 with Update 2007: A Complete Course

Author: Janet Horne

ISBN: 13: 9780132424073

Publisher: www.prenhall.com

 

QuickBooks software 2008 (see my recommendation below)

(THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: STUDENTS NEED TO ORDER FREE TRIAL SOFTWARE 2 WEEKS BEFORE CLASS BEGINS!)

 

Here is how to order your free 60 day trial of QuickBooks Software.  The following is a step by step description of how to place your order.  Remember; order your free trial Quick Books software 2 weeks before class starts.

 

  1. Go to the website that offers the free trial version: (Cut and paste URL) http://accountant.intuit.com/practice_resources/trials_brochures/
  2. Select: QuickBooks: Premier Accountant Edition 2008 Trial and click ORDER
  3. Click on CHECKOUT make sure the quantity is 1
  4. Fill in Customer Information and click on CONTINUE CHECKOUT or if you already have an account sign in.
  5. Make sure the item you selected is correct and your address information is correct if so click on PLACE ORDER.
  6. Print out a copy of your CONFIRMATION PAGE and save it for your records.
  7. If you do not have your QuickBooks by the first day of class. I will have hand out 15 copies on a first come first serve basis.  Dates and Times 1/2/08 9am -11am and 1/3/08 9am-11am in my office I102-C at Miramar College.

Good luck, I will send you an email the first day of class on how to load your software
Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

 

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

This is an introductory course of computerized accounting system functions utilizing an integrated general ledger software package (such as QuickBooks) and spreadsheet software (such as Excel).  It will focus on the daily accounting for a small service business.  Issues addressed will include techniques in sales and receivables, payables and purchases, general accounting, payroll and creating a company in QuickBooks.

 

Students will use a step-by-step tutorial method to complete the daily accounting transactions using QuickBooks software.  At the end of each chapter, the students use a different fictitious company to reinforce the concepts presented within the chapter.  At the conclusion of Chapters 1-6, students will use a new fictitious company to complete a comprehensive practice set containing transactions learned throughout the text.

 

 

Course Objectives

 

The main objective is to provide the students with an understanding of how a computer software program aids accountants in preparing daily journal entries, creating periodic financial statements, and maintaining the overall financial status of a small or medium sized business.  Students will learn how to initiate a software program, create a company profile, and record sales transactions and purchases.  Students will use general accounting practices and perform end of period procedures.  These procedures include, trial balances, financial reports, backing up data, and post closing financial statements.  Students will also create and maintain a payroll system for a small service business.  The last chapter teaches the student how to computerize a manual system, which requires setting up a new company using the “Easy Step Interview” process.

 

 

Course Specific Information

 

SYLLABUS-See WebCT


SCHEDULE-See WebCT

 

 

 

Application and Registration Information

 

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Tuition and Fees Information.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm