1. Business Administration 1a Financial Accounting WELCOME! To Class !

2. Presented by: Gayle M. Richardson CPA, Professor °Office - B-6 (Across the Hall, in the back - 12 to 1pm)

4. Presented by: Gayle M. Richardson CPA, Professor ° Telephone 395-4062 (Leave a message!!!) °E-mail - grichard@bc.kern.cc.ca.us or aweclr@lightspeed.net °Office - B-6 MTWT Noon to 1:15p.m.

5. Prerequisites REQUIRED: Reading Level 1 English 1 or evaluation by me SUGGESTED: Math D - Intermediate Algebra Sophomore Standing No more than 16 units total Enrollment in SpStud 49-Accounting

6.  Special Studies 49 - Accounting  Who ?- anyone who has had 53a or 1a or is currently enrolled in 1a/1b  What? Interactive Accounting Lab  When? At your own pace  Why ? Knowledge Reinforcement  Where? In the Library Commons or purchase the software & load at home for $40.  How? Bring/Send me an Add Slip! 2 units Transfer level........then see me!!!

7. Course Description  An introduction to accounting theory and practice  Two-semester series (BUSAD 1b next)  Presents procedures used in preparing financial statements  Designed to prepare transfer students for Intermediate Accounting or other upper division business/computer courses at a four-year institution

8. Course Goals & Objectives To prepare Business Administration majors for Intermediate Accounting and other upper division business courses. To introduce the student to the broad concepts of accounting including procedures of recording, summarizing and analyzing business transactions. To give the student practice in the construction of financial statements and in the procedures leading to the construction of such statements.

9. Course Goals & Objectives To develop the following skills: Technical and analytical Communication Interpersonal Personal/self To be able to identify and make sound ethical decisions in financial reporting and the business environment.

10. Means of Achieving 72 Hours On-Line plus homework Each topic reinforced by a presentation Students will be given reading assignments, practical problems, quizzes, practice sets, team/group assignments, and outside assignments, such as: Reading the newspaper, magazines, etc.… Internet Assignments, team projects, chat rooms, discussion forums, and so on!

11. Library Commons Classroom B-7 LIBRARY

12. P Needles, Anderson, and Caldwell, Financial & Managerial Accounting, Houghton Mifflin, fourth edition, 1995. P Working Papers (Chapters 1-14)Set A(optional) P Study Guide P Practice Set ( TBA) Text Accounting

13.  Calculator  Ruler (Clear)  Eraser(Pink Pearl)  Mechanical Pencil  Colored Pencil  Stapler & Staples  Supply Box Supplies

14.  Accounting paper (3 and 13 col.pads)  Ruled paper (without squiggles)  Renegade Card  E-Mail Address  Calculator  Ruler (Clear)  Eraser(Pink Pearl)  Mechanical Pencil  Colored Pencil  Stapler & Staples  Supply Box

15. Homework P At least 8 hours per week P Must be done in pencil --- or in Word/Excel P Corrected by YOU - using a colored pencil of your choice P No points given for exam unless homework is received by me at least 10 days after the exam. P Cover sheet on each assignment.................................

16. Last Name, First Name Bus Ad 1a (Time) Chapter # Date Turned In O Professional - Nice & Neat O In Chronological order ( Same as Textbook) O Stapled in upper left-hand corner O On 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper Cover Sheet

17. Policies  Attendance is required!  If I don’t hear from you at least weekly, I will think you are not interested in completing the course.  No Makeup Exams or Quizzes  Homework is Due on Time  Team Work is Expected Policies !

18.  Adequately prepared to take this class Having met the prerequisites Having TIME from your life to DEVOTE  Systematic preparation for each class Doing your homework ahead of time Reading the Chapter before previewing on-line.  Careful attention to this syllabus  Attendance This is not OSMOSIS 1A Keys to Success

19. WELCOME and may the FORCE be with YOU!