Academic Courses
Course Descriptions
| Course | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Accounting 2 | (4-0) 4 Cr. Hrs. |
Course Description
This course is a continuation of Accounting 201 expanding your exposure to accounting principles, financial statements, methods and applications. In this course you will focus on accounting for corporations, stockholder’s equity, liabilities and investments. You will prepare the statement of cash flows. You will analyze and interpret financial statements and other accounting information used in making decisions. You will also explore managerial accounting and its applications in planning and controlling costs. You will utilize Web based tools and spreadsheet software for some of the assignments in this course.
Prerequisites
(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)
Course Competencies
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Apply current accounting principles to stockholder's equity.
- Apply current accounting principles to investments.
- Apply current accounting principles to long term liabilities.
- Prepare financial statements for a corporation.
- Prepare cash flows from operating activities using the indirect method.
- Evaluate financial performance of a business.
- Apply basic management accounting methods to manufacturing or services business.
- Apply proper accounting concepts to facilitate decision making.
- Explain the importance of ethics in accounting.
- Prepare a cost of goods manufactured report.
- Prepare process costing production reports.
- Analyze cost behaviors.
- Determine breakeven point in units and sales dollars.
- Prepare budgets.
Note: This course may not be offered every semester.
Please check the ACCT section of the current course schedule for availability.