Accounting I Syllabus Ms. Garrett Room 4204 Contact Info: Website: Twitter: MsGHuronHigh I. What is Accounting? ySomething to do with money? Working with math and numbers? That’s what most students say when I ask them that question. It’s my job this semester to provide you with a better answer! yBasically accounting has to do with planning, recording, analyzing and interpreting financial information. In this class we will spend time breaking this down and seeing what it means in the real world. II. What will be taught in Accounting? yCareer opportunities – in and out of business related majors yAccounting procedures for a small business. We will go through the process of setting up a new business and keeping all of the records for that business. yAccounting procedures for a business organized as a partnership. yBusiness simulation! This is an amazing culminating activity. We will spend the last three weeks of the semester doing all of the accounting work for a business organized as a partnership. This includes journalizing transactions, posting, preparing financial statements, issuing checks and performing closing entries at the end of the fiscal period. III. Computerized Accounting? yThis is a computerized Accounting course. However, you have much to learn before you will be able to use the Peachtree Accounting Software. We will get you onto Peachtree by Chapter 5 though!

Accounting I Syllabus Ms. Garrett Room 4204 IV. Grading yYou will be graded on a total points basis. You earn points from class assignments, homework assignments, class projects, study guides, and tests (including a cumulative final exam). yThe grading scale is as follows: x100-93A x90-92A- x89-87B+ x86-83B x82-80B - x79-77C+ x76-73C x72-70C- x69-67D+ x66-63D x62-60D- x59-0E yAssessment days for the business department are Mondays and Fridays. Any major unit exam will fall on one of these days.  STUDY for your exams. Retakes can only be used to bring E’s up to 60%. It’s important to be accountable for your education. Study, Study, Study! V. Materials yText and Workbook: Glencoe Accounting – Real World Applications and Connections (5 th Edition) ySoftware: Peachtree Accounting ySimulations: Adventure Travels/Digital Express yPlease note that the textbooks stay in class. Extra copies are available for sign out as needed. If you do take a book home you are responsible for keeping it in pristine condition! If you lose the book, you will have to pay for a replacement copy. VII. Supplies Needed By Student yThree ring Binder yCalculator yPencils with Eraser!!!!! NO PENS!!!!!! ySmall Ruler Contact Info: -- Website: Office: Room 4200