AC 289
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ACCOUNTING
SPRING 2012
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PROFESSOR: John O. Mason, Jr., Ph.D., CPA
OFFICE: 329 Alston
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; Tuesday and Thursday: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (I am also available whenever I am in my office and at other times by appointment). If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at my office number, which is listed below. You can also contact me by sending me an e-mail message at the following e-mail address.
jomason@cba.ua.edu
     
OFFICE PHONE: 348-2904 (If I do not answer, please leave a message. I check messages at least once a day and will try to return your call as soon as possible.)

LAB INSTRUCTORS:
F. Carl Campbell             OFFICE: 323 Bidgood             PHONE: 348-0148
EMAIL: fccampbell@crimson.ua.edu

CLASS SCHEDULE:
Lecture: Section 001 - T&R, 9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. - Bidgood Room 117 Lecture: Section 002 - T&R, 8:00 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. - Bidgood Room 217

Lab: Section 003 - T&R, 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. - Bashinsky Lab Room 3 (BL-3)
Lab: Section 004 - T&R, 5:00 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. - Bashinsky Lab Room 3 (BL-3)


WEBSITE:   http://cba.ua.edu/~jomason

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to provide undergraduate accounting majors with an introduction to the use of computers and computer applications in business. The course objectives are to provide students with (1) a foundation for using microcomputers in junior and senior level courses in C&BA and (2) the knowledge and training to use microcomputers successfully in entry-level positions in accounting and business organizations. Moreover, computing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.

To accomplish the objectives outlined above, the course consists of the following two components:

  1. Using Microsoft Excel 2010 in Business
  2. Using Microsoft Access 2010 in Business

TIME OFF IN LIEU OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON EXAMS

Students will be given off lecture and lab on Mar. 6 and Mar. 8 in lieu of the two out-of-class exams.

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