CASPER COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS ACCT 2120-N1 Computer Spreadsheet Accounting

Instructor: Evan Condelario

Semester/Year: Spring 2018 Course Description: ACCT 2120 Computer Spreadsheet Accounting (3CR): This course prepares students to interact with computerized accounting systems (Excel). Major concepts of computerized accounting will be introduced including trial balance maintenance and financial statement generation. A commonly used spreadsheet program (Excel) will be used throughout the course. Statement of Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 PLEASE NOTE: For questions or concerns about the class please e-mail Evan Condelario in the Moodle classroom e-mail. The other contact information for the instructors is as follows: Instructor: Evan Condelario E-mail: evan.condelario@caspercollege.edu Phone: 307-259-0011 (cell) (M-F 4pm -9pm, Sat 9am-3pm, Sun 10am-2pm) Goals: The goals of this class are to:

• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication. • Solve problems using critical thinking and creativity. • Create and analyze financial statements. • Master time value of money calculations. • Complete excel functions that relate to preparing accounting reports and solving accounting

problems. Outcomes: The goals will be achieved when:

• Students will effectively communicate with the instructor and other students on e-mails and reports. Students will effectively communicate with the instructor during office hours and appointments.

• Students will solve accounting problems using critical thinking and creativity when they utilize excel to solve the accounting problems.

• Students will use excel functions to create and analyze financial statements. • Students will master time value of money calculations with excel formulas. • Students will complete excel functions that relate to preparing accounting reports and solving

accounting problems by learning Excel basics, formatting, lookup and other functions executed by excel.

Methodology: This is an on-line course where most of the communication will take place in the Moodle classroom. Questions and comments will be made using the Moodle classroom e-mail. Please e-mail Evan with any questions or concerns about the homework or class in general. I hope to promote a team atmosphere where students are engaged and feel respected. Please show respect to the instructor and fellow students. If you are having any issues with the instructor or students please come talk to me so

we can resolve those issues and make the class as productive and enjoyable for you as possible. Your feedback is valuable as the instructor uses course evaluations in determining course methodology. Evaluation Criteria: Accounting 2120-N1 will be graded as follows: Graded Component Points Available Chapter Assignments & Cases (13 x 50) 650 Exams (3 x 80) 240 Excel Accounting Project 110 Total Points 1,000 Grade Points Percents A 900-1,000 90-100% B 800-899 80-89% C 700-799 70-79% D 600-699 60-69% F < 600 < 60%

NOTE: For borderline grades the exact number of points determines the letter grade. Thus, an 899 is a high B, but still a B and not an A and so on and so forth. My apologies in advance for those that are close, but the line must be drawn somewhere. Please feel free to ask me to review grading on any work throughout the semester. Required Text, Readings, and Materials: 8th edition Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel 2016, Timothy R. Mayes CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS AND CASES Each of the 12 chapters covered will have graded assignments and cases from the end of the chapter. The assignments and cases for each chapter is worth 50 points LATE WORK: The instructor reserves the right to accept or reject late work on a case by case basis. Work that is submitted late is subject to a 20% penalty. EXAMS We will have 3, 100 point “proctored” exams covering 4 chapters each. The test questions may be related to definitions or short problems where the covered material must be applied. EXCEL ACCOUNTING PROJECT: The Excel Accounting Project will be worth 100 points. This project will involve creating and analyzing financial statements utilizing Excel. It will also involve utilizing primary Excel functions in order to solve accounting problems. Casper college may collect samples of student work demonstrating achievement of the above outcomes. Any personally identifying information will be removed from student work. Class Policies: Last Date to Change to Audit Status or to Withdraw with a W Grade: Thursday, April 12th, 2018. Student Rights and Responsibilities: Please refer to the Casper College Student Conduct and Judicial Code for information concerning your rights and responsibilities as a Casper College Student. Chain of Command: If you have any problems with this class, you should first contact the instructor in order to solve the problem. If you are not satisfied with the solution offered by the instructor, you should then take your problem through the appropriate chain of command starting with the department

head, then the dean of Business and Industry, and lastly the vice president for academic affairs. Academic Dishonesty - Cheating & Plagiarism: Casper College demands intellectual honesty. Proven plagiarism or any form of dishonesty associated with the academic process can result in the offender failing the course in which the offense was committed or expulsion from school. See the Casper College Student Code of Conduct. ADA Accommodations Policy: It is the policy of Casper College to provide appropriate accommodations to any student with a documented disability. If you have a need for accommodation in this course, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Also contact Brent Heuer at 268-2557 or bheuer@caspercollege.edu. Harassment and discrimination: Casper College seeks to provide an environment that is free of bias, discrimination and harassment. If you have been the victim of sexual harassment/gender or sex discrimination/ sexual misconduct/ assault, we encourage you to report this. If you report this to an employee, she or he must notify our college’s Title IX Coordinator, Linda Toohey, Associate Vice President for Student Services, 125 College Drive, GW 412, Casper, WY 82601; (307) 268-2667; linda.toohey@caspercollege.edu about the basic facts of the incident. Employee concerns should be directed to the Human Resources Director. For more information about your options, please go to: caspercollege.edu/nondiscrimination.

We have 16 weeks to complete 12 chapters. Plan on working through about a chapter every week with 2 weeks allotted for chapters 5, 9 and 12 when an exam and chapter must be completed. Dates Chapter Topic January 16 to 21 1 Introduction to Excel January 22 to 28 2 Basic Financial

Statements January 29 to February 4.

3 Financial Statement Analysis Tools

February 5 to 11. 4 Cash Budgeting February 12 to 18 5 Financial Statement

Forecasting February 12 to 18 Exam #1 Chapters 1-5 February 19 to 25 (February 19 is President’s Day)

7 Break-Even Analysis

February 26 to March 4 8 Time Value of Money March 5 to 11 (March 12-18 is Spring Break)

9 Common Stock Valuation

March 19 - 25

10 Bond Valuation

March 26 to April 1 11 Cost of Capital April 2 to 8 (April 6 is advising Day)

Exam #2 Chapters 7-11

April 9 to 15 (April 12 is the withdrawal deadline)

12 Capital Budgeting

April 16 to 22 13 Risk and Capital Budgeting

April 23 to 29 16

Datasets with Tables

April 30 to May 6 (Finals week May 7 to May 10)

Semester Project Due May 1, 2018 Final May 9, 2018

Chapters 1-16