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ACC4502 Class Schedule
FALL 2000

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Date

 

Session

 

Topic

 

Do before class

Do after class

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Aug. 22

 Systems 1 Review of ACC3401
Review AIS notes from ACC3401
Read Romney Chapter 1
Read FASB Concept Statement #2 excerpts
Read Divot State Bank case
    

24

 Systems 2 Transaction Processing, Automated Accounting Information Systems
Review AIS notes from ACC3401
Read Romney, Chapter 2
Read The Wooden Nickel Case
 Work on Wooden Nickel Documentation Case (group project)  

29

 Systems 3 Systems Flowcharts
Read Davis, A Note on Systems Flowcharts
Read Romney, pp. 56-58, 65-66, 68-71, 74-75
 Work on Wooden Nickel Documentation Case  (group project)  

31

 Systems 4 Data Flow Diagrams
Read Davis, A Note on Data Flow Diagrams
Read Romney, pp. 58-65, 67, 76-78
 Work on Wooden Nickel Documentation Case  (group project)  

Sep. 5

 Systems 5 Document Flowcharts
Read Davis, A Note on Document Flowcharts
Read Romney, pp. 67-68, 72-73
 Work on Wooden Nickel Documentation Case  (group project)  

7

 Systems 6 Coding Schemes, Introduction to Systems Understanding Aid
Read Romney, pp. 37-39
Read Davis, Coding Schemes and Charts of Accounts
Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 1-8
Read SUA Reference, Chapter 1
 Work on Wooden Nickel Coding Case and SUA.  Both are individual projects. Cactus Spine Documentation Case

12

 Systems 7 Revenue Cycle – A Manual System
Read Romney, pp. 413-422, 425-426, 429-434, 436-438
Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
Read SUA Reference, Chapter 3
 Complete SUA and Wooden Nickel Coding Case.  Both are individual projects.  

14

 Systems 8 Expenditure Cycle – A Manual System
Read Romney, pp. 464-469, 471-475, 477-482, 484-487
Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
Read SUA Reference, Chapter 4
 Complete SUA  Cactus Spine Coding Case

19

 Systems 9 Payroll Cycle – A Manual System
Read Romney, pp. 550-558, 560-563, 565
Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
Read SUA Reference, Chapter 5
 Complete SUA   

21

 Systems 10 Systems Analysis and Design
Read Romney, Chapter 17
 Complete SUA  

26

 Systems 11 Systems Evaluation and Selection
Read Romney, Chapter 18
Read Davis, To Buy, Build, or Customize?
 With your group, begin thinking about the design of the new Wooden Nickel systems  

28

 Systems 12 SUA Workday
Complete SUA
 Complete SUA  

Oct. 3

 Systems 13 Systems Implementation and Conversion
Read Geyelin WSJ, Doomsday Device: How an NCR System for Inventory Turned into a Virtual Saboteur
Read Planning, training woes hit ERP project at city of Oakland
Read SAP: Whirlpool's rush to go live led to shipping snafus
Read Update: Failed ERP gamble haunts Hershey
Read Hershey earnings drop as new warehouse, order systems falter
Read GoreTex maker files suit over software installation
Read Romney, pp. 711-722
 Begin (individually) the Wooden Nickel Peachtree Implementation Case Completed SUA due at beginning of class

5

 

 Systems 14 Test 1
STUDY!
    

10

 

 Systems 15 Data Entry and Data Processing Alternatives
Read Romney, pp. 92-97, 100-106
Read Davis, Data Entry and Processing Options
Prepare solutions to data entry and processing scenarios for class discussion
    

12

 Systems 16 File Organization and File Access Methods
Read Romney, pp. 97-100
Read Davis, A Note on File Organization and Access
Prepare solutions to file organization and access scenarios for class discussion
    

17

 

 Systems 17 Overview of Internal Controls
Read Konrath (Auditing text), Chapter 6
Read Romney, Chapter 8
    

19

 

 Systems 18 General Controls
Read Romney, pp. 285-307
 With your group, begin assessing the internal control system of The Wooden Nickel Wooden Nickel Peachtree Implementation Case

24

 

 Systems 19 Application Controls
Read Romney, pp. 308-319
Read Bulkeley WSJ Databases are Plagued by Reign of Error article. Prepare a list of data problems and an application control that would have prevented that problem.
 Prepare Westchester Distributing Case.  

26

 

 Systems 20 Westchester Distributing Case Workday
Read Westchester Distributing case and prepare case write-up.
 Prepare Westchester Distributing case write-up  

31

 

 Systems 21 Westchester Distributing Case
Read Westchester Distributing case and prepare case write-up.
 With your group, complete assessment of the internal control system of The Wooden Nickel and begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case. Westchester Distributing case write-up due at beginning of class
Nov. 2 Systems 22 Revenue Cycle – An Automated Approach
Read Romney, pp. 413-446
With your group, complete assessment of the internal control system of The Wooden Nickel and begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case.
 With your group, complete assessment of the internal control system of Wooden Nickel and begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case.  

7

 

 

 Systems 23 Expenditure Cycle – An Automated Approach
Read Romney, pp. 464-498
With your group, complete assessment of the internal control system of Wooden Nickel and begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case.  

9

 

 Systems 24 Controls Review
Review controls material from previous days
 Relax a little, then study for Exam 2  

14

 

 Systems 25 Electronic Commerce
Read Romney, pp. 214-222, 237-241
Read http://www.inc.com/incmagazine/archives/18950431.html
Read http://www.compaq.com/corporate/edi/index.html
Read McConnell article on ACC4502 website
Read http://www.tradewave.com/products/whitpapr.html
 With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case. Wooden Nickel Internal Control Analysis

16

 

 Systems 26 Test 2   Relax a little, then complete the Wooden Nickel Case  

21

 Systems 27 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Read Williams and Hart article on the ACC4502 website
Read Hect article at http://www.datamation.com/PlugIn/issues/1997/march/03gart.html
 With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.  

28

 Systems 28 Cactus Spine Case Workday   With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.  

30

 Systems 29 Assurance Services for Electronic Commerce and automated applications
Read http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/may98/gray.htm
Read The Law and CPA WebTrust
Read http://www.aicpa.org/webtrust/index.htm
Read Reporting on Systems Reliability 
 With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.  

Dec. 5

 Systems 30 Engineering Associates Case
Read Engineering Associates case and be prepared to discuss it in class
   Wooden Nickel