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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Fall) This course introduces the student to fi nancial accounting. It includes recording transactions, making adjustments, and preparation of fi nancial statements. Detailed coverage of accounting for cash, receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment, payroll, and other current liabilities is included. The course covers the various forms of ownership including sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Spring) This course completes the introduction to fi nancial accounting by covering long-term investments and liabilities. Students learn to prepare and understand a statement of cash fl ows and perform fi nancial statement analysis. The course then turns its focus to managerial accounting: Cost analysis and decision making, job costing, process costing, capital budgeting, cost-volume-profi t analysis, and variance analysis. Prerequisite: ACCT 261.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits Accounting for Non-Profi t Organizations is an introductory course in school accounting systems. The course is outlined after the model presented in the Montana School Accounting Manual published by the Offi ce of Public Instruction. The course will note the differences in accounting systems as learned in the ACCT 261 and ACCT 262 Accounting Principles courses and those systems used for school accounting.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt. yrs. even 2008-09; Spring) This course presents qualities in manual and computer accounting systems. Students will learn how to establish a system to give them more detailed information for decision-making. Internal controls to safeguard both assets and records will be emphasized. Prerequisite: ACCT 261. (offered even numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt yrs even 2008-09; Fall) The class emphasizes accounting principles and theory as they relate to the balance sheet and income statement. This course is primarily concerned with the conceptual basis of accounting, current and noncurrent assets, liabilities including lease obligations, and deferred taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 262. (offered even numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt yrs even 2008-09; Spring) This class completes the fi nancial accounting sequence. It focuses on problem areas including pension obligations, various equity instruments, accounting for infl ation, earnings per share, and Statement of Cash Flows. Prerequisite: ACCT 315. (offered even numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt yrs odd 2007-08; Spring) This course emphasizes the use of accounting information in managerial decision-making. Content includes cost-volume-profi t analysis, budget preparation, analysis of variances, relevant costs, and pricing decisions. Prerequisite: ACCT 262. (offered odd numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt yrs odd 2007-08; Spring) This course examines the fundamental principles of the federal income tax system primarily as they apply to business entities. A decisionmaking approach guides students in understanding the ways in which taxes affect both the planning process and fi nancial outcomes. Topics include income and expense determination, property concepts and transactions, and specifi c applications to various forms of business entities as well as to individuals. Tax planning is a primary theme. Prerequisite: ACCT 262.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester credits (Lec. 3; Alt yrs odd 2007-08; Fall) Financial Statement Analysis trains the participant to thoroughly understand the fi nancial statements of a business. It is useful for indicating problems a business may have while there is still time to take corrective action. Students learn that lenders and investors analyze a fi nancial statement from a different perspective than management. It is, therefore, very useful for students planning to enter banking, accounting, management, or investing careers. Specifi c elements of the course include ratio analysis, understanding "window dressing", or the deliberate attempts by a company toglorify its fi nancial statements, Dupont analysis, industry analysis, and forecasting bankruptcy. Prerequisite: ACCT 262. (offered odd numbered years)
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2.00 Credits
2 semester credits (Lec. 2; Fall) Students will learn how to be more effective as a member, offi cer and leader in meetings and groups. Emphasis will be placed on developing parliamentary procedure skills for effectively conducting meetings. Leadership skill development, characteristics of leaders, and ways to become a more effective leader will be explored. Active participation in a campus club or organization is required for those enrolled in this class.
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