Accounting 310 |
Course Description and Syllabus Fall 2006
Instructor: Office Hours (subject to adjustment): K.D. Hatheway-Dial T/R 9:00-10:30 a.m. or 3:15 – 5:00 p.m. Albertsons Bldg. 117 or by appointment 885-6311
email: kddial@uidaho.edu website: www.uidaho.edu/acct310 blackboard: www.blackboard.uidaho.edu/ look for acct 310
Texts Understanding Financial Statements, Lyn Fraser Managerial Accounting Modules, Anasari, et al
Objectives 1. Examine the accounting environment and how it impacts the company and the business decisions made by managers. 2. Provide students with an understanding of recognition and valuation issues and consequences of varying interests of stakeholders. 3. Examine different techniques and approaches to understand and analyze financial statements. 4. Examine the effects of accounting information on behavior of employees/management and the cultural environment of a business. 5. Expose the students to ethical dilemmas in business. The skills developed will encompass both financial and managerial issues as well as exposure to relevant current events. We will use a combination of readings, problems, cases, exercises, and projects to build a foundation that hopefully will be useful in a variety of careers. Course Prerequisites Students must have achieved junior standing (58 credits), must have passed and have a G.P.A. at least 2.35 in the CBE predictor courses, must have passed ACC 205 (or ACC 201 and ACC 202), Math 160 or Math 180, BLaw 265 and Stat 271 or Stat 251. If a student took 251, he/she must have taken or be enrolled in Stat 262. The student must be enrolled in Bus 340 (first semester IBC). Course Structure The Accounting IBC consists of two 2-credit courses (ACC 310 and ACC 311) that are normally taken concurrently with the integrated business curriculum (IBC). In the first semester ACC 310 will be taken and in the second semester ACC 311 will be taken. Note that Accounting and Finance majors are also required to take ACC 315 subsequent to ACC 310.
Grading
Midterm 40% Poster Project 15% Comprehensive Final Exam 35% Assignments/Participation 10% Total 100%
Note: The syllabus is subject to improvement. Be alert for additions, substitutions, and deletions on the homepage. Assignments You will maximize your learning by practicing techniques and concepts along with attending class and reading the texts. Assignments will be both out of class and in class. Missing in class assignments without a university sanctioned excuse will constitute a zero on that assignment. With that said, you will have the opportunity to drop two graded assignments. Not all assignments will be turned in for a grade, but will be used as a basis for a group assignment that will be prepared during class on the assignment due date or participation grade. Academic honesty Individuals found cheating or plagiarizing or WILLINGLY providing inappropriate help to another will fail the course. In addition, it is the policy of the Department of Accounting to forward all incidences of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism) to the Dean of student affairs, Bruce Pitman, for review and remedy. |