Accounting :: Business and Information Technology

Accounting

This class is an introduction to accounting and budgets, the basic accounting cycle, accounting for a payroll system, double-entry journaling, and ethics. Also included are understanding how software is used within accounting and the business world. Utilizes: Peachtree, Access, PowerPoint and Excel software*.

"All the things I love is what my business is all about." Martha Stewart

Links

Monster - One of the largest online sources for job information

California Careers - California Career Resource Network

Hotjobs.com - An excellent online job resource.

FBLA - California FBLA is the premiere organization for student leaders

www.accountingjobs.com - Accounting and Finance Jobs

FBLA Practice tests

Government Links - The following is a comprehensive set of links to most government services for businesses located in the USA

Week 1	Introduction – PowerPoint on Accounting Introduce Excel Labels and values Format and Formulas Assignment - Payroll
Week 2	Assignment – International Student Registrations Movie – 30 Days on Minimum Wage Movie Discussion Introduce - Personal Budget- based on minimum wage Personal Budget
Week 3	Personal Budget -Use data based on Weaverville Assignment – finding jobs on the Internet Assignment continued
Week 4	Assignment continued Excel – working with formulas and functions Excel – averages Excel – formatting a worksheet
Week 5	Research project - home purchase (charting, researching, formatting) Excel – charts Excel – charts Excel - Test Continued research project
Week 6	Continued research project Discussion and presentation on findings of home purchase
Week 7	Discuss loans – car and home Loan formulas Project – car purchase
Week 8	Project – car purchase Project – car purchase Project – car purchase Accounts using Excel
Week 9	Analyzing data using formulas Formulas Formulas and functions How many days until your birthday in Excel
Week 10	Using Styles in Excel Introduction to Macros
Week 11	Macros Project – Vacation destination – FINAL (research, content, organization, visuals, graphics and mechanics
Week 12	Project – Vacation destination - FINAL
Week 13	Project – Vacation destination - FINAL
Week 14	Project – Vacation destination - FINAL Present to class final project on vacation destination Excel Review Excel Final
Week 15	Intro to Access - databases Working with tables Navigation Records
Week 16	Filters Records Design view Primary key Fields
Week 17	Input masks Lookup lists Formatting the data sheet Access relationships
Week 18	Access Relationships FINAL – Monopoly /Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 research

Spring Semester 2009-10

Week 1 1/4-1/8	Marketing Game Access – tables and relationships – review Knowledge check - Skills Assessment (creating tables, lookup fields, input masks, formatting,new database, templates, design) Skills Assessment –continued Skills Assessment –continued
Week 2 1/11-1/15	Skills Assessment - due Access – queries Query continued/Creating forms Adding graphics/Control objects Printing a report (create, edit)
Week 3 1/19-1/22	Skill review Skill review/Knowledge check Skill Assessment Skill Assessment
Week 4 1/25-1/29	Final in Access Final in Access Final in Access Final in Access Enron movie
Week 5 2/1-2/5	Enron Movie Enron Movie Enron Movie Research Company Research
Week 6 2/8-2/12	Group PowerPoint Project
President's Week
Week 7 2/22 - 2/26	Enron Presentation Intro to the world of business/ ethics Intro to Accounting Studying yourself - interests/ skills paper Paper due
Week 8 3/1 - 3/5	Accounting vocabulary/Types of businesses Accounting assumptions/Key terms Basic Accounting Cycle Property and financial claims/Transactions Credit and cash/Revenue and expenses
Week 9 3/8-3/12	Vocab/accounting principles/types of businesses Accounting equation
Week 10 3/15-3/19	Assets/Liabilities/Capital Accounts Receivable/Payable Classifying accounts Completing the accounting equation Transactions
Week 11 3/22- 3/26	Describing Transactions/completing the Accounting Equation Chart of Accounts T- Accounts Rules of debit and credit Continue with debit and credit
Week 12 3/29 - 4/2	Analyzing transactions/Recording transactions Revenue,expenses,withdrawals Temporary Accounts National Financial Capability Challenge
Spring Break
Week 13 4/12-4/16	Rules /testing credit and debit Transaction parts Chapter 5 test Global Business Community Ethics in Accounting
Week 14 4/19-4/23	STAR Testing Accounting Cycle/Trial Balance Accounting Period Recording Entries in General Journal
Week 15 4/26-4/30	6.4-Recording Generl Journal Transactions 6.8-Recording Generl Journal Transactions 6.6 - Recording Generl Journal Transactions Review - Check Understanding Chapter 6 test
Week 16	General Ledger Post entries Preparing a Trail Balance Correcting errors Journalizing
Week 17	Six column work sheet Accounting cycle Work sheets Balance sheets
Week 18	Income statement Statement of changes in owners equity Balance sheet and statement cash flows Completing the accounting cycle Closing Entries
Week 19/Finals Week	Accounting Final
* Subject to change based on class considerations and just-in-time evaluations