Financial Accounting

Spring 2022 BUS 230A Syllabus

Subject to revision (last updated Feb 17, 2022)

Contact information

• Instructor: Elizabeth Stanny, PhD

• Email: stanny@sonoma.edu

• Office hours in Zoom meeting room

  • Monday 4 - 5 PM
  • Tuesday 2 - 3 PM and 4 - 5 PM
  • by appointment

Course format

• Course site: stanny.moodle.school. If you are enrolled in the course, I will send you login information.
  • If you have any questions about the site, please ask me.
  • Videos, notes, quizzes and other materials are posted on the site.
  • As you watch the videos you should work along and replicate the spreadsheets. You will use the spreadsheets in your quizzes.

Course materials

• Textbook recommended (free)
  • Title: Principles of Accounting, Volume 1: Financial Accounting
  • Authors: Mitchell Franklin, Patty Graybeal, Dixon Cooper
  • Publication Date: April 11, 2019
  • Publisher/website: web version and pdf version available on Openstax
  • Digital: ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-67-8
• Spreadsheet Software
  • Google Sheets (required to use through SSU’s Google Drive)

Schedule

Date	Topic		Textbook
Feb 1	0: Introduction	due at 5 PM
Feb 8	1: Financial Statements	due at 5 PM	1
Feb 15	2: Accounting Cycle I	due at 5 PM	2/3
Feb 22	3: Accounting Cycle II	due at 5 PM	3/4
Mar 1	4: Accounting Cycle III	due at 5 PM	5
Mar 8	Exam 1 (Topics 1-4) open from 9 AM to 5 PM (2 hour time limit)	due at 5 PM
Mar 15	5: Sales Revenue, Receivables and Cash	due at 5 PM	8/9
Mar 29	6: Cost of Sales Revenue and Inventory	due at 5 PM	6/10
Apr 5	7: Property/Plant/Equipment and Intangibles	due at 5 PM	11
Apr 12	8: Liabilities	due at 5 PM	12/13
Apr 19	9: Owners’ Equity	due at 5 PM	14
Apr 26	Exam 2 (Topics 5-9) open from 9 AM to 5 PM (2 hour time limit)	due at 5 PM
May 3	Assignment - Auditor Report	due at 5 PM
May 10	Assignment - Financial Statements	due at 5 PM
May 17	Assignment - Financial Statements	due at 5 PM

Grading

There are 1050 possible points in the course (50 are extra credit points). Your grade will be determined by your total points:

Grade	Points
A	950
A-	900
B+	870
B	830
B-	800
C+	770
C	730
C-	700
D+	670
D	600

Late submissions will not be accepted. Please do not ask.

Quizzes - 355 points

• Questions will be short-answer, numerical and multiple-choice.
• You can attempt each quiz twice and you will receive the highest grade scored.
• There will be multiple versions of quizzes. You can work with others on the quizzes, but you must enter and understand the answers yourself. When you submit your answers you are acknowledging that you can explain them.

Links to Google Sheets - 145 points

• For each topics 0-9 provide the link to your updated Google spreadsheet that has your work and answers for your quiz.

Assignments - 150 points

• Three assignments worth 50 points each.

Exams - 400 points

• The exams are open-book, open-note I will proxy them by monitoring your work on your shared Google Sheet.
• On each exam day the exam will open at 9 AM and close at 5 PM. After you open the exam you will have 2 hours to complete it.
• You will be required to do your work on your SSU Google Spreadsheet on the Google Drive that is shared with me.

Policies

• You must adhere to SSU’s Cheating and Plagiarism policy. Academic dishonesty (e.g., cheating, plagiarism, etc.) will not be tolerated and will result in a zero grade (i.e., no points) on the quiz or exam and, possibly, a failing grade in the course.
• Please be advised that the on-line software allows me to track every click you make on the course site. I know whether, when and where you attempt quizzes, access notes, etc.
• There are no opportunities for points not listed above. Please do not ask.
• Disability Services for Students (DSS)
  • Academic Accommodation: If you are a student with a disability, and think you may need academic accommodations, please contact Disability Services for Students (DSS), located in Salazar Hall, Room 1049, Voice: (707) 664-2677, TTY/TDD: (707) 664-2958, as early as possible in order to avoid a delay in receiving accommodation services. Use of DSS services, including testing accommodations, requires prior authorization by DSS in compliance with university policies and procedures.
• Students may not record (audio or video) in this class except in accordance with ADA accommodations. Any recordings made in connection with a disability accommodation are for the student’s personal academic use only and may not be distributed in any manner to any other individual.