Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Accounting for Small Business, Accounting Elements. This course is an introduction to accounting covering basic accounting principles and the practice of accounting methods and rules. Students will learn how to analyze business transactions, record sales and purchases, and reconcile bank accounts. At the conclusion of the course, students will understand the double-entry accounting system as well as know how to prepare financial statements. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

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This course explores accounting and how it is used by investors, creditors, and other stakeholders to make decisions. It covers the accounting information system, the accounting cycle, recording and reporting of business transactions, application of generally accepted accounting principles, and preparation of financial statements. The course also examines issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. Graded. C-ID: ACCT 110.

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This course is the second semester continuation of ACCT G101 - Financial Accounting. This course provides a study of how accounting and financial information is used to manage operations. The course content covers cost accounting concepts, cost structure, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, responsibility reporting, and other management-related topics. Graded. C-ID: ACCT 120.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course explores the use of spreadsheets in accounting. Students will employ detailed accounting principles using Excel. Studies include fundamental financial features of Excel, critical accounting techniques and shortcuts to facilitate automation and error solving, and the use of PivotTables, macros, and other functions to summarize and analyze financial information. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course will present the theory and application of federal and state payroll taxes. Payroll processing and disbursement, preparation and filing of forms, payroll accounting, and payroll legislation are explored. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course covers individual income taxation laws and regulations, with emphasis on preparation of tax returns and forms. Topics include gross income and exclusions, business and personal deductions, exemptions, tax credits, property transactions, and capital gains and losses as they apply to individual filers. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Business Income Tax. This course covers income tax laws and regulations as they relate to business entities, with practice on preparation of tax returns and forms. Topics include taxation of corporations, S corporations (small business corporations as defined under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code), partnerships, and limited liability companies, with a comparison of tax implications amongst all forms of business formation. Multi-jurisdictional taxation issues, state and local taxes, as well as special business taxes and credits are included. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Issues in Taxation I - EA and CPA Exam Preparation. This course explores current developments in tax law that affect the United States taxation system. Topics include newly enacted provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that have a degree of complexity, significant tax benefits and planning opportunities made available by such new regulations and rulings, as well as emerging tax issues that may be controversial. Students will examine tax law and its effects, so that they are in an optimal position to reassess their tax strategy every year. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course uses a computerized, integrated financial accounting system to record financial information. Subjects include journals, ledgers, budgets, sales and purchasing transactions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll as they are used in accounting information systems. Microsoft Excel is also used to prepare and analyze financial statements. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to MGMT G163. This course teaches small business owners to perform basic accounting functions such as managing receivables and payables, bank reconciliations, and financial statements. The course also equips small business owners with the ability to read and understand financial statements in order to analyze operational performance, evaluate financial condition, and assess certainty of future cash flows. This course will also provide information for developing start-up cost estimates and financial projections. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course provides a study of cost accounting systems and how businesses use these systems for strategic planning and analysis. The course includes cost analysis, development of cost models in a job order and process costing systems, and performance evaluation through variance analysis and other cost management measures. Graded.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Intermediate Accounting A. This course covers accounting theory, financial reporting practices, and recording and valuation methods for cash, receivables, inventory, and long-lived assets. Additional topics on the accounting conceptual framework, time value of money, revenue recognition, and IFRS are also explored. This course satisfies the 150 semester units requirement to sit for the Uniform CPA examination. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Intermediate Accounting B. This course is the second course in the intermediate accounting series that covers investments, current and long-term liabilities, income taxes, pensions and post-retirement benefits, leases, stockholders' equity, earnings per share, and statement of cash flows. In addition, changes in accounting methods and error reporting and financial statement disclosures are examined. This course satisfies the 150 semester units requirement to sit for the Uniform CPA examination. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: Sarbanes - Oxley Act and International Control Compliance. This course explores the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - the history leading up to its passage, key provisions of the Act, and its impact on affected companies. The course also studies internal control systems and the efforts involved in attaining compliance - including objectives, design, implementation, assessment, documentation, and monitoring. Emphasis is on principal business processes such as the revenue and expenditure cycles, inventory, payroll, and financial reporting. The role of information technology in achieving internal control objectives and integration of technology controls into internal control systems are also covered. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to CJ G220. This course provides an introduction to forensic accounting. The course examines the application of investigative accounting skills to collect, analyze, and evaluate evidential matter, as well as the interpretation and communication of such evidentiary findings in the a court of law or other business or administrative venue. Topics include fraud detection, fraud investigation techniques, the legal environment surrounding forensic accounting, business valuation, and professional ethics and responsibilities. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course teaches students to use QuickBooks for general accounting and reporting purposes, payroll, cash and treasury functions, as well as management of receivables and payables. Banking transactions, journal entries, monthly adjustments, and preparation of financial statements will be covered. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.