ACCT 112 - QuickBooks for Accounting

Credits: 5
The capstone financial accounting course for the accounting certificate. Provides hands-on experience in computerized, integrated accounting systems. Covers accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory and job costs.

Prerequisite: ACCT 110 or ACCT& 201; and BTAC 100 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Demonstrate the effective use of QuickBooks including sales, receivables, purchases and payables for service and merchandising businesses, end-of-period procedures, payroll and creating a company.

Program Outcomes

Translate data into various formats such as symbolic language, equations, graphs, and formulas.
Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.