TRINITY VALLEY = COMMUNITY COLLEGE

VCT/INTERNET COURSE SYLLABUS

NOTE: The = login=20 instructions for Blackboard have been changed since this syllabus was = originally=20 posted online. New = instructions are=20 now included within this syllabus. =20 For TVCC Internet students, go to your instructions by clicking = here. For VCT students, go to your=20 instructions by clicking here.

ACCT2401.0004 = FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

FALL 2009

PROFESSOR INFORMATION

Name: Jerry = W.=20 Rogers

Phone Number: 903-675-6339 (Office) Cell Phone Number = provided=20 later

Faculty Fax# 903-675-6316 or = 903-675-6263

Email Address: =20 jrogers@tvcc.edu

COURSE INFORMATION:

Course# and Title: = Acct=20 2401.0004 Financial Accounting

Beginning Date of Session: Monday, August 31, = 2009

Ending Date of=20 Session: Wednesday, Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Student access to the Blackboard: Monday, August 31,=20 2009

TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED = MATERIALS

Title: ACCOUNTING

Author: = Warren, Carl S.,=20 James M. Reeve, and Jonathan E. Duchac

Publisher: South-Western Cengage=20 Learning

Year Published: 2009

Edition: 23rd

ISBN DATA INFORMATION:

Bundle: Text + CengageNOW Printed Access Card =

ISBN-10: 0324806035 | ISBN-13: = 9780324806038=20

=20 Textbook=20 alone: ISBN: 0-324-66296-3 for textbook only

The Text + CengageNOW Printed = Access Card=20 is the recommended approach. However, if the Bundle is not = acquired,=20 then a textbook using the ISBN number given above and a separate Access = Card=20 will need to be acquired.

The textbook bundle may be acquired from the TVCC Bookstore = on the=20 Athens Campus or from the publisher. Also, a separate Access Card may be = acquired either from the TVCC Bookstore or from the publisher. FYI: A separate Access Card = costs=20 approximately $70 plus shipping and handling charges. An Access Card included in a = Bundle with=20 the textbook adds about $10 to the cost of a new = textbook.

The bookstore may be contacted by mail by writing to the = following=20 address:

Trinity Valley = Community College

Attention: =20 Bookstore

100 Cardinal Drive

Athens, Texas 75751

The Athens bookstore may be contacted by = fax by=20 using the following number:

903-675-6316

The Athens bookstore may be contacted by = phone by=20 using the following number:

903-675-6223

If contact is made with the bookstore by email, fax, or = phone, the=20 student must have a credit card number that can be used to purchase the=20 textbook. If a credit = card is not=20 available, the student may still contact the bookstore to determine the = price of=20 the textbook and then payment may be made by mail.

In addition to the textbook bundle identified above, the = student must=20 have either a 2003 version of Microsoft Office which contains Microsoft = Word and=20 Microsoft Excel or the new 2007 version of Microsoft Office which = contains=20 Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. =20 If the student is using the 2007 version of Microsoft Office, the = student=20 must know how to utilize the features of the 2007 version to save = documents so=20 that they may be accessed with the 2003 version of Microsoft Office. = Everything=20 from the instructor will be prepared using the 2003 version of Microsoft = Office,=20 and everything to the instructor must be accessible with the 2003 = version.=20

While students are not prohibited from purchasing textbooks = or course=20 materials from other sources, care should be taken to secure the exact = resources=20 required. The textbook = alone may be=20 acquired from sources such as EBay or Half-Price Books or = Amazon.com. Make sure you use the ISBN = number=20 identified above for the textbook only. =20 Warren, Reeve, and Duchac have many = textbooks=20 on the market. The only = sure way to=20 get the textbook you want is by using the ISBN Number. For those who desire, an = electronic=20 textbook may be acquired directly from the publisher. Some students have used these = in the=20 past and like them. The = Access Card=20 alone may only be acquired through the TVCC Bookstore or directly from = the=20 publisher. An electronic = Access=20 Card may be acquired from the publisher.

For VCT students: = Your=20 host college bookstore can probably acquire the textbook bundle for you = directly=20 from the publisher using the = ISBN number=20 given above for the textbook bundle.

Failure to acquire the textbook and CengageNOW package in time for the submission of = the first=20 assignments due is not an excuse for the assignments being = late. If course = enrollment=20 causes the bookstores to run out of textbook bundles, special = arrangements will=20 be made. These =93special arrangements=94 will be made for only those = students=20 attempting to acquire the textbook bundle through the TVCC = Bookstore. = Make=20 arrangements early for the Textbook. =20 No other items from the textbook publisher such as working = papers=20 or study guides are required. However, a student may want to visit the=20 publisher=92s web site and view some of the supplemental materials that = are=20 available directly from the publisher. =20 None are recommended or required. =20 Everything besides the textbook and CengageNOW=20 package needed for the class is either available for free on the = publisher=92s web=20 site or from the instructor.

The textbook- CengageNOW = Printed Access=20 Code Bundle, Microsoft Office, and a storage device for your work are = the only=20 required items for this course. = It=20 is highly recommended that a removable storage device, such as a flash = drive, be=20 utilized for storing all items for the course. It is also highly recommended = that none=20 of the items for this course be stored on your computer=92s hard = drive. One crash and you are=20 sunk!

A strong recommendation is that each student makes stand-by = arrangements for acquiring access to another computer in the event the = student=92s=20 computer should crash. = The=20 possibility of a crash is the reason that everything should be saved to = some=20 type external storage device.

The publisher=92s web site has a wealth of information = available to the=20 student for free. You may choose to utilize some of this=20 information.

To access the publisher=92s web site, you may follow this=20 URL:

http://www.cengage.com/warren<= o:p>

When = you get to=20 the site, find your textbook and then look on the right side of the = screen and=20 you will see Student and = then Companion site. Click on Companion site. =20 This will take you into the supplemental materials. Choose the chapter number and = you have=20 access to supplemental materials for that chapter. =

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

=20

Course prerequisites are required for some courses. However, there are no course=20 prerequisites for Accounting 2401, Financial = Accounting.

COURSE POLICIES:

Specific assignments and due dates will be provided=20 electronically. These = assignments=20 will be contained in a module posted on Blackboard entitled = =93Instructions,=20 Assignments, and Due Dates=94. The assignments will be completed = utilizing CengageNow=AE. =20 When completed, they will be submitted to CengageNOW=AE where they will be graded and = results reported=20 immediately to the student in the case of assignments and at the end of = the=20 allotted time period in the case of quizzes.

All assignments utilizing CengageNow=99 will=20 be accessible for approximately 15 days. =20 See the due dates listed in the Instructions,=20 Assignments, and Due Dates Module for the exact dates. (This link will be operable = the first=20 day of class.) The assignments will consist of three areas. The first area is = Homework. The homework assignments will = be taken=20 from the Practice Exercises, Exercises, and Problems located at the end = of each=20 of the chapters. Some of = the=20 assigned homework items will be exactly like the items at the end of the = chapter. Others will be=20 algorithmic. This means that the assigned item will cover the same = concepts as=20 are covered with the end of the chapter items, only with different = numbers. The homework must be submitted = for=20 grading before any of the other assignments for the chapter may be=20 accessed. Also, after = chapter 1,=20 the Chapter Quiz, Part B for the previous chapter must have been = submitted for=20 grading before the homework for the next chapter may be accessed. Homework may be done and = submitted for=20 grading a total of three times. = If=20 Homework is submitted for grading and problems are missed, then when the = homework is opened for a second time, only the problems missed will need = to be=20 reworked. The program = saves the=20 correct work from previous attempts. =20 The Homework is not timed and the program allows a student to = quit and=20 save and return later without it being counted as an attempt. The = average of the=20 homework assignment grades will count for 25% of the semester = grade.

The second area is a Practice Quiz. This quiz is optional and can = be=20 accessed only if the homework for the chapter has been submitted for=20 grading. This practice = quiz will be=20 graded and the grade recorded on the CengageNOW grade=20 sheet, but will not be considered in the final semester grade=20 determination. It is = highly=20 recommended that this Practice Quiz be worked, but it is not = required. The questions for this = Practice Quiz=20 will be taken from the Practice Exercises, Exercises, and the Problems = at the=20 end of the chapter, as well as some True/False and Multiple Choice = Questions=20 from a separate test bank which accompanies your textbook. Some of these questions will = come=20 directly from the items at the end of the chapter, and some will be = algorithmic.=20 The Practice Quiz may be done and submitted for grading a total of two=20 times. If the Practice = Quiz is=20 submitted for grading and problems are missed, then when the Practice = Quiz is=20 opened for a second time, only the problems missed will need to be=20 reworked. The program = saves the=20 correct work from previous attempt. =20 The average of the Practice Quiz grades will not count for any = credit=20 toward the semester grade.

The third area is a Chapter Quiz over the materials of the=20 chapter. The chapter = quizzes will=20 be administered in two parts. = Part=20 A will be ten (10) True/False and Multiple Choice questions, with each = one worth=20 two (2) points for a total point value of 20. Part B will be 8 problems to = be worked,=20 with each problem worth ten (10) points for a total point value of = 80. The combined scores on Part A = and Part B=20 will be the chapter quiz grade. = The=20 homework for the given chapter must be submitted for grading before the = chapter=20 quiz, Part A can be accessed. = The=20 chapter quiz, Part A must be submitted for grading before the chapter = quiz, Part=20 B can be accessed. =20

Some of the quiz questions will come directly from the = items at the=20 end of the chapter, some will be algorithmic, and some will be similar = to those=20 at the end of the chapter. Each part of the Chapter Quiz will be timed = and only=20 one attempt will be allowed for each part. =20 The average of the chapter quiz grades will count for 75% of the = semester=20 grade.

More details on utilizing CengageNOW will=20 be available when class begins. =20

With this syllabus, each student is granted a waiver on one = late=20 assignment without penalties being imposed, provided the instructor is = notified=20 before the assignment is due and the reason for the assignment being = late is=20 explained, and an estimated time of submission of the assignment is = given. The waiver is granted = regardless of the=20 reason. When the student = is ready=20 to complete the assignment, the instructor must be notified so that the = CengageNow=99 program may be =94set=94 by the = instructor to allow=20 access by the student. = The=20 instructor will acknowledge the request and give the time when the = requested=20 assignment may be accessed. =20

The CengageNOW program has been = set to=20 allow approximately 15 days access to each chapter=92s materials. The access time to consecutive = chapters=20 overlap. Therefore, you = don=92t have=20 15 days to complete the first chapter, and then another 15 days for each = of the=20 subsequent chapters. The = materials=20 for the first chapter must be completed before the materials for the = subsequent=20 chapter may be accessed. = During the=20 last 9 days of the access period, a 10%-per-day penalty will be imposed = on the=20 grade. If a grade for a = Part B Quiz=20 has not been submitted by the end of the access period, access to = that=20 chapter and all subsequent chapters will be = denied.

With adequate notice, the student will be granted access to = assignments and quizzes prior to their scheduled posting times. The = instructor=20 will acknowledge the request and identify the time frame when the = requested=20 item(s) will be available.

The most important thing in any accounting class is = EFFECTIVE TIME=20 MANAGEMENT. A student = should not=20 expect to wait until a few hours, or even a day or two, before an = assignment is=20 due and then expect to be able to satisfactorily complete the = assignment. Many years of experience = indicates that=20 it can=92t be done! =20

INCOMPLETE GRADES:

An =93I=94 (incomplete grade) is given at the discretion of = the professor=20 and may be given only when an emergency or illness prevents the student = from=20 completing course requirements. =20 It will not be given because a student fails to complete the=20 requirements for the course during the semester. Replacement of an =93I=94 by a = grade shall=20 be determined by the rules and policies of the host institution in the = case of=20 Virtual College of Texas students. =20 Some colleges do not allow an =93I=94, or its equivalent, to be = given, but=20 instead require that a letter grade be awarded.

For internet students enrolled through Trinity = Valley Community=20 College, the following policy is in = effect. Should an =93I=94 be granted, = the student=20 has until the end of the next long semester (spring, 2010 semester) to = complete=20 the conditions of the incomplete. =20 Upon completion of the requirements necessary to remove the = =93I=94, the=20 instructor will submit the proper documentation to the Registrar=92s = office with a=20 request that the grade of =93I=94 be changed to the grade made. An =93I=94 which is not = properly removed=20 within the next long semester following the session enrolled will become = an =93F=94=20 grade. To be sure that the grade has been changed, the student should = request a=20 transcript a few weeks after the student has completed the missing = items. Generally a report of the = grade change=20 is not made to the student, so obtaining an updated transcript is the = only sure=20 way to be certain that the grade change has been made. =

Student=92s Responsibilities

This syllabus contains information, policies and procedures = for a=20 specific course. By = enrolling, the=20 student agrees to read, understand and abide by the policies, rules,=20 regulations, and ethical standards of Trinity Valley Community=20 College as contained in the current college = catalog=20 and schedule of classes.

Limitations to the Number of Withdrawals from=20 Courses

A new THECB Rule has been established to address a new law = enacted by=20 the legislature regarding the number of withdrawals (=93W=92s=94) that a = student may=20 have during their academic career (THECB Rules: Chapter 4, Subchapter A, = 4.10). The law states = that any=20 student whose first semester in college is fall 2007 or later may not = have more=20 than six unexcused = withdrawals (W=92s)=20 during their academic career. This=20 applies to a student=92s academic record from all higher education = institutions=20 attended. If a student = has six unexcused withdrawals, = they will no=20 longer be allowed to withdraw from a course without receiving a grade in = the=20 course (which will be an =93F=94). To=20 determine if a withdrawal is excused, a student must initiate a = withdrawal=20 request through the guidance services office or, in special = circumstances,=20 through the faculty member. = It=20 is the student=92s responsibility to officially withdraw from a course = and to=20 verify that the withdrawal has been posted to their=20 transcript.

Further information, and/or updates to this procedure, will = be posted=20 online at http://www.tvcc.edu/i= nstruction/withdrawal

How = to Register=20 For an E-Course

Students will=20 register for e-Courses following the same procedures as for a lecture=20 class. Please reference = the=20 =93Schedule of Classes=94 for registration instructions.

COURSE COMPETENCIES:

Upon completion of the course, the student will have = demonstrated a=20 mastery of the objectives given in the textbook for each chapter = covered. These objectives are given at = the=20 beginning of each chapter of study, discussed within the body of the = chapter,=20 and then summarized at the end of the chapter. Mastery of these objectives = shall be=20 demonstrated by successfully completing various assignments and quizzes = covering=20 the materials. The = objectives=20 follow as well.

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND = BUSINESS

At the end of study of Chapter 1, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the nature of a business, the role of = accounting, and=20 ethics in

= business

=85summarize the development of accounting principles and = relate them=20 to

= practice.

=85state the accounting equation and define each element of = the=20 equation.

=85describe and illustrate how business transactions can be = recorded in=20 terms of

= the resulting change in the elements of the = accounting=20 equation.

=85describe the financial statements of a proprietorship = and explain=20 how they

= relate.

CHAPTER 2

ANALYZING TRANSACTIONS

At the end of study of Chapter 2, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the characteristics of an account and a chart = of=20 accounts.

=85describe and illustrate journalizing transactions using = he=20 double-entry

= accounting system.

=85describe and illustrate the journalizing and posting of = transactions=20 to accounts.

=85prepare an unadjusted trial balance and explain how it = can be used=20 to

= discover errors.

CHAPTER 3

THE ADJUSTING PROCESS

At the end of study of chapter 3, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the nature of the adjusting = process.

=85journalize entries for accounts requiring=20 adjustments.

=85summarize the adjustment process.

=85prepare and adjusted trial = balance.

CHAPTER 4

COMPLETING THE ACCOUNTING = CYCLE

At the end of study of chapter 4, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the flow of accounting information from the = unadjusted=20 trial balance

= into the adjusted trial balance and financial=20 statements.

=85prepare financial statements from adjusted trial=20 balances.

=85prepare closing entries.

=85describe the accounting cycle.

=85illustrate the accounting cycle for one=20 period.

=85explain what is meant by the fiscal year and the natural = business=20 year.

CHAPTER 5

ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

At the end of study of chapter 5, the student should be = able=20 to

=85define and describe an accounting = system.

=85journalize and post transactions in a manual accounting = system that=20 uses

= subsidiary ledgers and special=20 journals.

=85describe and give examples of other subsidiary ledgers = and modified=20 special

= journals.

=85describe and illustrate the use of a computerized = accounting=20 system.

=85describe the basic features of = e-commerce.

CHAPTER 6

ACCOUNTING FOR MERCHANDISING = BUSINESSES,

At the end of study of Chapter 6, the student should be = able=20 to

=85distinguish between the activities and financial = statements of=20 service and

= merchandising businesses.

=85describe and illustrate the financial statements of a = merchandising=20 business.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for merchandising = transactions including

= sale of merchandise; freight, sales taxes, and = trade=20 discounts; purchase of

= merchandise; and dual nature of merchandising=20 transactions.

CHAPTER 7

INVENTORIES

At the end of study of Chapter 7, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the importance of control over=20 inventory.

=85describe three inventory cost flow assumptions and how = they impact=20 the

= income statement and balance = sheet.

=85determine the cost of inventory under the perpetual = inventory=20 system, using

= the FIFO, LIFO, and average cost=20 methods.

CHAPTER=20 8

SARBANES-OXLEY,=20 INTERNAL CONCTROL, AND CASH

At the end of study of Chapter 8, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its impact = on internal=20 controls

= and financial reporting.

=85describe and illustrate the objectives and elements of = internal=20 control.

=85describe and illustrate the application of internal = control to=20 cash.

=85describe the nature of a bank account and its use in = controlling=20 cash.

=85describe and illustrate the use of a = bank=20 reconciliation in controlling cash.

=85describe the accounting for special-purpose cash=20 funds.

=85describe and illustrate the reporting of cash and cash = equivalents=20 in the

= financial statements.

CHAPTER 9

RECEIVABLES

At the end of study of Chapter 9, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the accounting for uncollectible=20 receivables.

=85describe the direct write-off method of accounting for = uncollectible=20 receivables.

=85describe the allowance method of accounting for = uncollectible=20 receivables.

=85compare the direct write-off and allowance methods of = accounting=20 for

= uncollectible accounts.

=85describe the accounting for notes = receivable.

=85describe the reporting of receivables on the balance=20 sheet.

CHAPTER 10

FIXED ASSETS AND INTANGIBLE = ASSETS

At the end of study of Chapter 10, the student should be = able=20 to

=85define, classify, and account for the cost of fixed=20 assets.

=85compute depreciation, using the following methods: straight-line method,=20

= units-of-production method, and double-declining=20 balance-method.

=85journalize entries for the disposal of fixed=20 assets.

=85compute depletion and journalize the entry for=20 depletion.

=85describe the account for intangible assets, such as = patents,=20 copyrights, and

= goodwill.

=85describe how depreciation expense is reported in an = income statement=20 and

= prepare a balance sheet that includes fixed assets = and=20 intangible assets.

CHAPTER 11

CURRENT LIABILITIES AND = PAYROLL

At the end of study of Chapter 11, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe and illustrate current liabilities related to = accounts=20 payable, current

= portion of long-term debt, and notes=20 payable.

=85determine employer liabilities for payroll, including = liabilities=20 arising from

= employee earnings and deductions from=20 earnings.

=85describe payroll accounting systems that use a payroll = register,=20 employee

= earnings records, and =20 general journal.

=85journalize entries for employee fringe benefits, = including vacation=20 pay and

= pensions.

=85describe the accounting treatment for contingent = liabilities and=20 journalize

= entries for product = warranties.

CHAPTER 12

ACCOUNTING FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITIY=20 COMPANIES

At the end of study of Chapter 12, the student should be = able=20 to

=85describe the characteristics of proprietorships, = partnerships, and=20 limited

= liability companies.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for forming a = partnership and=20 for dividing

= the net income and net loss of a=20 partnership.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for partner = admission and=20 withdrawal.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for liquidating a = partnership.

=85prepare the statement of partnership = equity.

CHAPTER 13

CORPORAITONS: ORGANIZATION, STOCK TRANSACTIONS, AND=20 DIVIDENDS

At the end of study of Chapter 13, the student should be = able to=20

=85describe the nature of the corporate form of=20 organizations.

=85describe the two main sources of stockholders=92=20 equity.

=85describe and illustrate the characteristics of stock, = classes of=20 stock, and entries

= for issuing stock.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for cash = dividends and stock=20 dividends.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for treasury = stock=20 transactions.

=85describe and illustrate the reporting of stockholders=92 = equity.

=85describe the effect to stock splits on corporate = financial=20 statements.

CHAPTER 14

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: BONDS AND NOTES

At the end of study of Chapter 14, the student should be = able to=20

=85compute the potential impact of long-term borrowing on = earnings per=20 share.

=85describe the characteristics and terminology of bonds=20 payable.

=85journalize entries for bonds = payable.

=85describe and illustrate the accounting for installment=20 notes.

=85describe and illustrate the reporting of long-term = liabilities=20 including bonds and

= notes payable.

=85be thankful that this is the last chapter for this=20 course.

HOW TO DROP THIS COURSE:

To drop this course, the drop process must be begun in the = proper=20 department of the host institution and follow the instructions supplied = by the=20 personnel there.

HOW TO ACCESS YOUR COURSE ON BLACKBOARD:

All course materials will be posted on Blackboard. Blackboard will be used for = most=20 communication in this class.

FOR TVCC STUDENTS ONLY:

The login procedure into Blackboard was changed during the = summer for=20 Trinity=20 Valley Community College internet = students. (The login procedure for VCT = students=20 has not changed and your specific instructions will follow.) The new login procedure came = about as a=20 result of TVCC providing each student of TVCC with an email address on = the=20 college=92s email system.

The first thing that must be done by TVCC students is to = activate=20 your new TVCC email account. = To=20 activate your email account, go to http://tvcc.edu/ and watch the screen = until you see=20 Cardinal Email. Click the = Learn=20 More button. THE = ACTIVATION OF THE=20 TVCC EMAIL ACCOUNT MAY NOT BE DONE UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS (August=20 31). In activating your = email=20 account, you will be instructed on creating your Login I.D. (User Name) = and=20 your Login Password. Create these carefully and = remember them=20 as they are what you will use to log into Blackboard.

After you get your TVCC email account activated, you may = register on=20 Blackboard.

Blackboard may be accessed in one of two = ways.

The first way is to go to: =20 https://courses.tvcc.edu. This takes = you to the=20 login page for Blackboard. =20

The second way is to go to http://tvcc.edu. This takes = you to the=20 home page for Trinity Valley Community=20 College. =20 Look at the top of the home page and you will see various = tabs. Click on = ECourses. =20 This takes you to the login page for = Blackboard.

However you choose to access the login page for Blackboard, = when you=20 get there for the first time, there are certain housekeeping duties that = must be performed BEFORE YOU LOG=20 IN. =20

On the right side of the login page, you will see three = topic=20 headings: Browser=20 Check, Pop-up Blockers, and JAVA Security Certificate. You = must=20 perform the Browser Check before you log on. You should probably also = perform the=20 Pop-up check before you log on. = The=20 JAVA Security Certificate may be performed after you log on. It is highly recommended that = all three=20 of these be done before ever logging into Blackboard because these = procedures=20 are making sure your computer will be able to access Blackboard without=20 problems.

After completing these checks, you are ready to login to=20 Blackboard. You will be = asked to=20 provide two things: = User=20 Name and Password.

Your User Name and your Password for Blackboard are the = same as your=20 User Name and Password for your TVCC email account. (That is why you had to = activate your=20 TVCC email before attempting to log into Blackboard.) You User Name and = Password=20 will remain the same for the duration of the course. (This note: During the initial changeover = to the new=20 login, some problems were encountered. =20 Some of these problems may also be encountered during the fall = activation=20 process. Don=92t = despair. Just keep trying to get = registered into=20 Blackboard.)

FOR VIRTUAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS STUDENTS ONLY:

The login procedure for Blackboard has not changed for = Virtual=20 College of Texas students. = If you=20 are a VCT student and have used Blackboard before with a Trinity Valley=20 Community College VCT class, you should be able to log back into = Blackboard=20 using the same User Name and Password as you used in your last = class. If you are unable to get = logged in using=20 your old User Name and Password, then you will need to follow the = instructions=20 which follow and create new login data.

Blackboard may be accessed in one of two = ways.

The first way is to go to: =20 https://courses.tvcc.edu. This takes = you to the=20 login page for Blackboard. =20

After completing these checks, you are ready to login to=20 Blackboard. You will be = asked to=20 provide two things: = User=20 Name and Password.

Your User Name is as follows: It is your last name followed = by the=20 first letter of your first name as you registered, and this followed by = the last=20 four digits of your social security number OR the last four = digits of=20 your host college=92s Student Identification Number if your host college = issued=20 you one. All of this is = small case=20 letters and there are no spaces or other marks within the User=20 Name.

Your initial Password is exactly like your User Name = with this=20 one exception. The first = letter of=20 your last name is capitalized.

For example, my name is Jerry Rogers. Suppose the last four = digits of=20 my social security number or of my student I.D. number are 1234. Then, my User Name will be = rogersj1234 and my initial Password will be = Rogersj1234. =20 The only difference is the capital R in=20 the Password.

This Password will need to be changed when you first log = into=20 Blackboard. A set of = instructions=20 for creating a new Password will be given you. After you create your new = Password,=20 record it someplace in the event you should forget it. If you forget it, no one else = in the=20 system has access to your account to retrieve your Password so a new = Password=20 will have to be established for you. =20 In the past, this has taken a day or two to complete. However, beginning in the = fall, this=20 will be handled by a different department, so the time period necessary = is a=20 guess at best.

Your User Name will remain the same all semester. Your Password will be changed = with the=20 first login and that will remain the same for the balance of the=20 semester.

Please note this: Access to = the course=20 will be on Monday, August 31, 2009. =20 This course will not officially begin until Tuesday, September 8, = 2009,=20 even though Trinity Valley Community=20 College officially begins earlier. This is because the various = colleges=20 that participate in the Virtual College of Texas have different start = and ending=20 dates, and all colleges should be started by September 8, 2009. What this means is that you = have a week=20 to explore the course before it actually begins and I begin looking to = you for=20 production.

During this first week, each student should definitely do = the=20 following three things:

1. Get your Blackboard communication system set up and=20 operational. Also, open = and read=20 all of the postings on Blackboard because there are instructions in some = of them=20 that need to be completed this first week.

2. Get familiar with communicating with your = instructor.

3. Get familiar with the publisher=92s web site and all of = the=20 materials that are available on it.

4. Get your CengageNOW account = set up and=20 begin work on the materials for Chapter 1. =20 Instructions are contained at the end of this syllabus for = activating=20 your CengageNOW = account.

COURSE DELIVERY METHODOLOGY

This course is offered as a distance-learning course. = Trinity = Valley Community=20 College=92s distance learning courses are = identical to=20 classroom courses in terms of learning outcomes, competencies, and = instructor=20 expectations. A student = choosing to=20 take a distance-learning course must have the following skills and = technical=20 capabilities:

1. Access to the Internet

2. An e-mail address

3. General knowledge in:

=20 Internet browser settings and configuration

= e-mail and file attachments

= Uploading=20 and downloading files

= Using a=20 word processing package

Students who have not mastered these skills should not = enroll for=20 this course.

COURSE OUTLINE

Historically, the first courses in accounting have been = taught as if=20 all students taking the course were taking it to become accountants, = thus the=20 emphasis was on producing accounting data. =20 More recently, the emphasis has shifted from teaching students to = be=20 producers of accounting data to being users of accounting data. To be an effective user, one = must know=20 the sources of the data. It is in line with this more recent emphasis = that this=20 course is taught. The = course will=20 cover the basics of financial report preparation. The course will also place = emphasis on=20 using this data in decision making.

The most important element in the successful completion of = any=20 accounting course is EFFECTIVE TIME = MANAGEMENT.=20 Learning accounting is much like building a house: a good foundation = must first=20 be laid, and then the rest of the house is built on this = foundation. In building the house, certain = things=20 must be done before other things. =20 After the good foundation is laid, the studs must be raised = before the=20 ceiling joists can be put in place. =20 The ceiling joists must be in place before the rafters can be put = in=20 place. The rafters must = be in place=20 before the roof decking can be put in place. And so it goes. The order of completion is = important;=20 one thing builds on another. = And so=20 it is with accounting. A = good=20 foundation in the basic concepts of accounting is important. After that good foundation, = the course=20 builds on it. Concepts = are=20 presented in a predetermined order. =20 It is learning the concepts at each step, and then building on = them at=20 the next step, that gets the job done in accounting. The work in accounting can not = be=20 postponed until shortly before an assignment is due and then expect to = be=20 completed satisfactorily. =20

The following paragraphs should be referred to regularly as = the=20 student studies each of the chapters of the course. This paragraph contains an = approach that=20 the instructor has found to be effective for other accounting students = in the 20=20 plus years that the instructor has taught accounting at the college=20 level.

In doing accounting, one should first read the chapter=20 objectives. These = objectives,=20 located at the beginning of each chapter, identify to the student what = the=20 student should learn from the chapter. The objectives will be developed = in the=20 chapter. At the end of = each=20 chapter, these objectives are summarized. =20 You might look at these summaries first to get an idea of what = the=20 objectives are about, and what you are expected to learn from the=20 chapter.

After looking at the objectives, and the summaries of the = objectives,=20 the student should next look to the Study Guide posted on Blackboard by = the=20 instructor. Within the = Study Guide,=20 the instructor has summarized the materials from each of the chapters,=20 explaining some of the materials that often cause trouble for students, = and=20 pointing out important materials.

With the objectives in mind and knowing what the instructor = has to=20 say about the chapter, the student should then read the chapter to get = an idea=20 as to the total content and see how all the various materials presented = tie=20 together. This first reading should be to get an overview of the = materials from=20 the chapter. Attention = should not=20 be paid to minute details. = At this=20 point, the student just wants to get an over-view of the materials of = the=20 chapter.

After having read the chapter the first time, the student = should go=20 back and read the chapter a second time. =20 This time, read more slowly, taking time to reflect on the = materials=20 presented. When example = problems=20 are presented, the student should work these problems to see how they = apply to=20 what has been read. As the chapter is being read this second time, the = chapter=20 objectives should be kept in mind. =20 Also while reading the chapter this second time, the student = should be=20 completing the Practice Achievement Test provided by the instructor. = (Note: The instructor will also = provide the=20 answer key to the Practice Achievement Test so that immediate feedback = may be=20 had.) After reading the = chapter two=20 times and preparing the Practice Achievement Test, the student should = next go to=20 the publisher=92s web site and prepare the Tutorial Quiz for the given=20 chapter. The Tutorial = Quiz will=20 give instant feedback as to how well you understand the concepts = tested. The Tutorial Quiz is for the = student=92s=20 own use. Grades will not = count=20 toward the semester grade. = After=20 all of this, the student should be ready to prepare the various = assignments for=20 the chapter.

=20 Faculty Email=20 Address

=20 The faculty email address for this instructor is:

jrogers@tvcc.edu (Note: This URL is not case=20 sensitive.)

All course = correspondence must be=20 emailed through the Blackboard email system. However, should the Blackboard = system be=20 non-operational, the jrogers@tvcc.edu=20 email address may be used. =20 Questions about specific problems should be posted on the = Discussion=20 Board on Blackboard under the proper chapter number. A module posted on Blackboard = explains=20 in more detail the posting of questions on the Discussion=20 Board.

COURSE OUTLINE

This = course=20 consists of the first 14 chapters from our textbook, ACCOUNTING = 23^rd=20 Edition by Warren, Reeve, and Duchac. The objectives for each = chapter shall be=20 the objectives for the course. = The=20 objectives are listed at the beginning of each chapter, explained in the = chapter, summarized at the end of the chapter and identified above in = this=20 document.

Exercises and=20 problems from each of the chapters have been chosen to be worked. These have been chosen = specifically to=20 enhance the student=92s understanding of the objectives of the = chapter. An Achievement Test, along = with the=20 correct answers to the questions from theTest for each chapter, will be=20 available to the student to complete if the student chooses to do = so. These Achievement Tests are = designed to=20 further enhance the student=92s understanding of the materials from the=20 chapters. =

The following outline is given as an overview of the = materials that=20 will be covered in the course. = Some=20 of these materials will be emphasized more than = others.

Chapter=20 1: Introduction to = Accounting=20 and Business

=85Nature of=20 Business and Accounting

=85Generally=20 Accepted Accounting Principles

=85The Accounting=20 Equation

=85Business=20 Transactions and the Accounting Equation

=85Financial=20 Statements

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 2: Analyzing = Transactions

=85Using Accounts=20 to Record Transactions

=85Double-Entry=20 Accounting System

=85Posting Journal=20 Entries to Accounts

=85Trial=20 Balance

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 3: The Adjusting = Process

=85Nature of the=20 Adjusting Process

=85Recording=20 Adjusting Entries

=85Adjusted Trial=20 Balance

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 4: Completing the Accounting=20 Cycle

=85Flow of=20 Accounting Information

=85Financial=20 Statements

=85Closing=20 Entries

=85Accounting=20 Cycle

=85Fiscal=20 Year

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 5: Accounting = Systems

=85Basic=20 Accounting Systems

=85Manual=20 Accounting System

=85Adapting Manual=20 Accounting Systems

=85Computerized=20 Accounting Systems

=85E-Commerce

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 6: Accounting for Merchandising=20 Businesses

=85Nature of=20 Merchandising Businesses

=85Financial=20 Statements of Merchandising Businesses

=85Merchandising=20 Transactions

=85The Adjusting=20 and Closing Process

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 7: Inventories

=85Control of=20 Inventory

=85Inventory Cost=20 Flow Assumptions

=85Inventory=20 Costing Methods under a Perpetual Inventory System

=85Inventory=20 Costing Methods under a Periodic Inventory System

=85Comparing=20 Inventory Costing Methods

=85Reporting=20 Merchandise Inventory in the Financial Statements

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 8:=20 Sarbanes-Oxley, Internal Control, and Cash

=85Sarbanes-Oxley=20 Act of 2002

=85Internal=20 Control

=85Cash Controls=20 over Receipts and Payments

=85Bank=20 Accounts

=85Bank=20 Reconciliation

=85Special-Purpose=20 Cash Funds

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 9: Receivables

=85Classification=20 of Receivables

=85Uncollectible=20 Receivables

=85Direct=20 Write-Off Method for Uncollectible Accounts

=85Allowance=20 Method for Uncollectible Accounts

=85Comparing=20 Direct Write-Off and Allowance Methods

=85Notes=20 Receivables

=85Reporting=20 Receivables in the Financial Statements

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 10: Fixed Assets and Intangible=20 Assets

=85Nature of Fixed=20 Assets

=85Accounting for=20 Depreciation

=85Disposal of=20 Fixed Assets

=85Natural=20 Resources

=85Intangible=20 Assets

=85Financial=20 Reporting for Fixed Assets and Intangible Assets

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 11: Current Liabilities and=20 Payroll

=85Current=20 Liabilities

=85Payroll and=20 payroll Taxes

=85Accounting=20 Systems for Payroll and Payroll Taxes

=85Employee=92s=20 Fringe Benefits

=85Contingent=20 Liabilities

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 12: Accounting for Partnerships = and Limited=20 Liability Companies

=85Proprietorship,=20 Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies

=85Forming and=20 Dividing Income of a Partnership

=85Partner=20 Admission and Withdrawal

=85Liquidating=20 Partnerships

=85Statement of=20 Partnership Equity

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 13: Corporations: Organization, = Stock=20 Transactions, and Dividends

=85Nature of a=20 Corporation

=85Stockholders=92=20 Equity

=85Paid-In Capital=20 from Issuing Stock

=85Accounting for=20 Dividends

=85Treasury Stock=20 Transactions

=85Reporting=20 Stockholders=92 Equity

=85Stock=20 Splits

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 14: Long-Term Liabilities: Bonds and = Notes

=85Financing=20 Corporations

=85Nature of Bonds=20 Payable

=85Accounting for=20 Bonds Payable

=85Installment=20 Notes

=85Reporting=20 Long-Term Liabilities

=85Financial=20 Analysis and Interpretation

FORMAT AND SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS =

Assignments from=20 the above identified areas of study will be available the first day of = class.=20 The assignments will consist of practice exercises, exercises, and = problems to=20 be worked, practice quizzes to be completed, and chapter quizzes to be=20 completed. These = assignments will=20 be comleted utilizing CengageNow=99. =20 Some assignment will be highly algorithmic in nature. The class will cover the first = 14=20 chapters from the textbook. = Greater=20 emphasis will be placed on some chapters than others. All assignments = will be=20 completed using the CengageNow=99 program = and results=20 will be reported to the student as completed and compiled for the=20 instructor.

GRADING CRITERIA

The semester grade awarded in this class will be determined = based on=20 the results obtained on the assigned homework problems and the chapter=20 quizzes. Chapter Quiz = grades for=20 the 14 chapters will count for 75% of the semester grade, and homework = problems=20 will count for the remaining 25% of the semester grade. In the case of homework = assignments, the=20 correct answers are saved from each attempt and only missed problems = will need=20 to be worked on subsequent attempts. =20 The cumulative grade from all attempts will be recorded for = credit. Since chapter quizzes may only = be taken=20 one time, the grade made on that chapter quiz will be the one used in=20 determining the semester grade.

GRADE NOTIFICATION AND INSTRUCTOR = FEEDBACK:

A successful distance learning experience requires a flow = of=20 communication between instructor and student throughout the session. = Instructor=20 comments are considered essential to the learning process. As each assignment is = completed using=20 CengageNow=99, immediate feedback of the = results will be=20 provided to the student. = On items=20 missed, the student should try to determine why the item was marked = wrong. If the student it unable to do = so, then=20 a copy of the entire problem with the marked answer should be posted on = the=20 Discussion Board, along with an explanation of the approach used by the = student=20 in attempting to solve the problem. =20 On the Discussion Board, separate files will be created for each = of the=20 chapters and any questions or comments relative to a given chapter = should be=20 posted under that chapter number. =20 The Subject line of the posting should contain the source of the = problem=20 (homework or Practice Test) and the specific question number. Other students are encouraged = to reply=20 to any requests for help. = If no=20 student replies are forthcoming of if the student reply is wrong or = incomplete,=20 the instructor will reply with an explanation of the correct approach to = the=20 problem. =

Progress reports will be issued to the administration of = the host=20 institutions of VCT students upon proper requests by such = institutions. Progress reports for TVCC = Internet=20 students will be provided to TVCC administration personnel upon proper = requests.=20

ACADEMIC HONESTY/PLAGIARISM:

Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else=92s = information as=20 though it were your own. = If you use=20 another person=92s words, ideas or information or if you use material = from a=20 source =96 whether a book, magazine, newspaper, business publication, = broadcast,=20 speech, or electronic media =96 you must acknowledge the source. Failure to do so violates = Trinity = Valley Community=20 College=92s ethics policy.

RESEARCH=20 RESOURCES:

Many accounting textbooks exist, along with hundreds of = other books=20 that may be used as references for accounting. Each of these will cover the = same basic=20 materials. However, they = generally=20 will do so in a manner that is different from the way the class textbook = does=20 it. It is for this reason that the instructor strongly advises against = seeking=20 help outside the class textbook. = As=20 the student progresses in more advanced accounting courses, the student = will be=20 well advised to seek multiple approaches; not so in this class.=20

COURSE EVALUATION

Each session, all TVCC students are requested to evaluate = their=20 courses. The evaluation process is an important one and provides = students with=20 an anonymous and confidential way to give meaningful feedback to the=20 College. Summary = information and=20 comments are provided to faculty after the close of the session. Students=92 identities are not = disclosed. =

Students will be notified through the Blackboard system of = the Course=20 Evaluation procedures. = Usually, the=20 evaluations take place during the last two weeks of the session. Please take advantage of this=20 opportunity and participate in the evaluation process. This provides valuable = information to=20 both the college and the instructor and is utilized to improve distance=20 education courses.

VCT students are also asked to evaluate the instructor and = the=20 course. These evaluation = forms will=20 be provided via Blackboard with instructions for completing and=20 submitting.

For questions regarding grades after the semester has = ended, students=20 should use their regular email system and contact the instructor at = jrogers@tvcc.edu or at jwrogers@suddenlink.net.

Activating your=20 CengageNOW account.

To activate your CengageNOW = account, you=20 will need to access the Cengage web = site. To do so, the URL is http://www.academic.cengag= e.com/login

On the left side of the screen, click on New=20 Users.

Next = click on=20 Create My Account.

Select Student.

Enter ACCESS CODE. = This=20 is the first spot where you might get into trouble. The ACCESS CODE must be = acquired from=20 the publisher. If you = purchased the=20 Textbook + Access Code Bundle, you have the ACCESS CODE. It will be the tri-fold item, = generally=20 inside the cover of the textbook, or shrink-wrapped onto the back of the = textbook. Enter this = ACCESS CODE=20 exactly as it appears on your form. =20 If there are capital letters, enter capital letters. If there are small case = letters, enter=20 small case letters. The = ACCESS CODE=20 allows you access into the CengageNOW=20 program.

After you enter the ACCESS CODE, you will be asked for two = additional=20 bits of information that have provided trouble points in the past. One asks for your Course = Key. Your Course Key allows you = into the=20 proper course within the CengageNOW = program. Your Course Key for this class = is

E-5MDZ4ZGZZVUYP.

At another point, you will be asked for your college. You MUST select = Trinity Valley Community=20 College at Athens, Texas. =20 Be careful here. = There may=20 be up to three campuses of TVCC identified. Be sure to select Athens. In the case of VCT students, = DON=92T USE=20 YOUR HOST COLLEGE as your college for this class.

Don=92t enter any ISBN numbers. =20 Don=92t enter either your ACCESS CODE or your Course Key anyplace = except=20 where it is specifically asked for. =20 There is one point in the registration process where you are = asked to=20 purchase additional items by entering their ISBN numbers. Don=92t fall for this. If you do, it will take a = lengthy time=20 to get things straight.

At other points in the registration process, you will be = asked for an=20 I.D. and a password. For = the I.D.,=20 use your email address. = Create a=20 password that you can easily remember.

Access to CengageNOW for = registration will=20 begin on August 1, 2009..