PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MASTER SYLLABUS
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I
 ACC 2215
Class Hours: 3.0   Credit Hours: 3.0  
Laboratory Hours: 0.0   Date Revised: Fall 1999  
 NOTE:  This course is not designed for transfer credit.
       
Catalog Course Description:    
  A study of financial accounting theory and practice, including financial statement presentation and the accounting cycle, current asset measurement and valuation and fixed asset acquisition, depreciation, depletion and disposition.
Entry Level Standards:    
  Elementary algebra and arithmetic must be understood.  The student must be able to read and comprehend at the college level.  The student must have an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, recording financial data, end of period adjustments, and financial statement presentation.
Prerequisites:    
   ACC 2120
Textbook(s) and Other Reference Materials Basic to the Course:  
  Required
Kieso & Weygandt, Intermediate Accounting, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Ninth Edition, 1998.
Additional Texts Used
Weygandt, Kieso, Kell, Accounting Principles, Fourth Edition.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
Computerized Practice Set A:  Classic Cars and Trains, Inc. 
Accounting Paper
Recommended
Study Guide to accompany text
I. Week/Unit/Topic Basis:    
  Week  Topic
  1 The Accounting Information System
  2 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards
  3 Conceptual Framework
  4-5 Partnerships; Principles Textbook
  6-7 Cash and Receivables
  8-9 Inventories:  A Cost Basis Approach
  10 Classic Cars & Trains:  Practice Set
  11-12 Inventories: Additional Valuation Problems
  13 Statement of Cash Flows
  14 Acquisition & Disposition of Property, Plant and Equipment
  15 Depreciation and Depletion
  16 Final Exam
II. Course Objectives*:    
  A. Demonstrate knowledge of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Financial Accounting Theory.  I, V, VII, VIII
  B. Develop an understanding of the accounting cycle.  I, II, IV, V, VI, VIII
  C. Demonstrate a knowledge of the characteristics of financial statements.  I, IV, V, VI, VII
  D. Develop an understanding of the proper accounting treatment of current assets.  I, III, V, VII
  E. Demonstrate knowledge of how to account for long term ca