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Course Online Syllabus

Summer 2011

Department ACCTCourse Number4320 Section Number19094
Name of Course Accounting Info Systems
Name of Instructor Reed,Randy Marl

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.


Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Understand major components of accounting information systems
  2. Discuss and understand relative importance of flowcharting
  3. Evaluate internal controls and integrate into computer based accounting systems
  4. Understand importance of internal controls for owners, auditors, and society
  5. Understand importance of internal controls for owners, auditors, and society
  6. Discuss and understand relative importance of flowcharting
  7. Understand major components of accounting information systems
  8. Evaluate internal controls and integrate into computer based accounting systems

Major Assignments/Exams

Examinations 200 points
Accounting Cycle assignment- Quickbooks 100 points
Homework 50 points
Discussion Board 50 points

Required Reading

Donna Kay, Computer Accounting with QuickBooks Pro 2011,,13th ed., ISBN 9780077499860.

R. L Hurt, Accounting Information Systems,2nd ed., ISBN 9780078111051.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • Intro & Role, Purpose of AIS
  • Transaction Processing in the AIS
  • Midterm over ch. 1-3 of Hurt
  • Flowcharting
  • Dataflow Diagramming
  • Final Exam on Sat. 7/24/2010