ACCT 2 on-ground Syl Spr 09

ACCOUNTING 2

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Spring 2009

Instructor: Teri Bernstein = &nb= sp; = Phone Number: (310) 434-4645

Office Location: B148 (downstairs; west end) E-mai= l: Bernstein_Teri@smc.edu

Office Hours: Monday 9:00-9:25; 11:55-12:10; Tuesday 9:30-11:00; Wednesday 9:00-9:25; 11:55-12:10; After class office hours will be held in B254; otherwise in B148
virtual office hour(s): Monday-Thursday: email sent by 5 pm answered by 11 pm; other hours as announced.

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Course Description: This course introduces the student to the = sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporate forms of ownership, with a prima= ry focus on corporations. Corporate financial statements--including Stockholders’ Equity, Statements of Cash Flow, and long term liability instruments are studied. Corporate investments and reporting issues a= re also covered. This course also familiarizes the student with recording, classifying and interpreting financial data for manufacturing businesses.&n= bsp; 60% of the course focuses on managerial accounting and decision-making.&nbs= p; Also covered are computerized accounting systems, internal control, and ethics.

Course Materials:

Textbook and access codes: This course requires completion of homew= ork and other assignments using a product called "Homework Manager" as well as completing reading assignments from the textbook.
If you purchased these items from the SMC bookstore for Accounting 1, you will not have to buy additional texts or supplements for Accounting 2.

However, if you took Accounting 1 before Fall 2007, or out of another textb= ook, you will need to buy two items:
1. Fundamentals of Accounting Principles, 18e,Vol= .2 with workpapers, by Wild, Larson, & Chiappetta.
ISBN: 0073286648 $95.00
You can visit the SMC Bookstore site at: http://bookstore.smc.edu/
Choose: Textbooks...Accounting...002....All
2. An access code for Homework Manager, which is available for $20 through the publisher at:
PURCHASE HOMEWORK MANAGER

Also required:
·   Han= d-held calculator (non-business functions)
·   Mini-Scantron Pa= ckage – 815 QUIZZSTRIP + 2 SCANTRON 882
·    Flat pocket folder for homework and handouts
·    Regular access to e-companion for notes, assignments, announcements and handouts.  =
·    Make sure your C= ORRECT and CURRENT e-mail address is registered with e-companion; check user profile. Be sure you can receive and send email to me.
·      4 x= 6 index cards for downloadable and self-prepared study cards

Grading: Y= our grade will be based on the following:

Quizzes @15	180 points	Grading Scale:
Midterm:	150 points	540-600 points =3D A
Final Exam:	150 points	480-539 points =3D B
Fin Stm Project:	25 points	420-479 points =3D C
Participation/prep	30 points	360-419 points =3D D
Homework @ 5	65	Below 360 points =3D F
Total	600 points	late items at 85% of earned grade

A students need to earn their “A” without using ex= tra credit.

ATTENDANCE: There are 30 cl= ass meetings: on-time attendance and engaged participation =3D<= /span> 1 point per class. There are NO EXCUSES and NO MAKE-UPS for these points.&nbs= p; You may petition to be graded solely on your exams. That said, it is crucial that you do not miss any classes! You are expected to arrive on time and to stay t= he whole class period. Although I may or may not complain, I find it disruptive when students enter or leave during class. Also, please be honest about informing me about scheduling issues.

ABOUT THIS COURSE:

To excel in this course, you must stu= dy, do the homework, and come to the lectures having read the assigned chapter = before the lecture. The study cards I provide are essential to reviewing cou= rse content basics. Study, practice, re-practice, ask questions, ask a follow-up question, review with other students, succeed… Also, even if you decide not be major in business, this course will help you throughout your life as you make investments and prosper. Welcome!

BUSINESS DEMEANOR: Please conduct yourself as you woul= d in a business environment: on-time attendance, respect for others, respectful language and personal integrity. Cell phone and i= -pod etiquette: do not use during class, which includes group work time.&= nbsp; Private conversations with me should be in my office hours or at break time= s.

HOMEWORK: Homework is due at the beginning of = the class period noted in this syllabus. In my experience, students who keep up with the homework generally perform better on exams. In additio= n, points are allocated for completed homework. I will stamp homework wh= en due, and collect homework periodically to record it. Each assignment must be clearly labelled for credit. All students= who succeed in this class do extra practice homework. A good rule of thum= b is to do 2-3 problems after you “get” the problem, to ensure that = you really know the material. Accounting 2 is tougher than accounting 1.<= br>
EXTRA CREDIT: 2 points for each chapter for detailed work done with homework and/or extra problems as announced in class. Must be completed contemporaneously and submitted on time. =

DROP POLICY: Each student is responsible for understand= ing SMC deadlines for dropping classes as well as taking the necessary steps to drop the course if he or she will not be able to attend.<= /p>

CODE OF ACADEMIC CONDUCT : Honest and ethical students are protected in this class. It is your responsibili= ty to familiarize yourself with The Code of Academic Conduct, which is printed= in the General Catalog and available online through the website. Please = be extremely careful that you do not engage in any behavior that could even be construed as cheating. Violations could result in failing grades, reports to the Campus Disciplinarian, and subsequent academic disciplinary action. Examples of behaviors that are not permitted include but = are not limited to: Copying another student's homework, inappropriate language = or physicality in the classroom, and inappropriate behaviors during an exam (talking with another student, looking at or copying from another student's paper, using a disallowed PDA or calculator, using disallowed notes, leaving the room without prior permission, removing exam materials from the classro= om).

eCompanion LECTURE SCHEDULE/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS. Check eCompanion for weekly updates= and notes. B problems are given as examples in Doc Sharing. Keep track of you points on the Weekly Schedule, and tell me straightaway (preferably in writ= ing in the “grade issues” dropbox within eCompanion) if I have made= any errors in posting your grade to e-companion..

Special Requests? Put them in writ= ing, please.