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Accounting III and IV

 

 

Grade Level
11-12

Credits
5 per course

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Acct. I I and recommendation of Acct. II Instructor for Acct. III

Successful completion of Acct. III and recommendation of Acct. III Instructor for Acct. IV

Accounting is the language of business.  
III.  Accounting III
is designed for students to plan a career in any field of business.  The advanced course expands on topics introduced in the beginning Accounting I and II courses while adding new topics about management accounting.  Accounting concepts are introduced using modern businesses to which students can relate.  Areas of concentration are: departmentalized accounting, accounting control systems, accounting for uncollectible accounts, notes payable and notes receivable.  Learning is through the completion of problems, situations, and computerized projects.

IVA final semester in Accounting will allow for the student who plans a career in business to discover topics concentrated with corporation accounting.  Students will experience skills needed for starting a corporation, including stock subscriptions, calculating, and journalizing practices for dividends and financial statements and analysis of end of the fiscal period of work.  Another area of concentration will be cost accounting for a merchandising business including the maintaining of manufacturing records and the preparation of end of fiscal period statements.

Integrated Resources

Hypertextual Finance Glossary,   Report Gallery of Annual Reports,  Wachowicz's Web World- Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students

Accounting Principles Securities and Exchange Commission
Associations and Organizations

American Accounting AssociationInstitute of Management Accountants

Publications

 Business Week,   Fortune Magazine,      Kiplinger Online

Stock Market

 

WebQuests, Etc.

Buckaroo Investment Club    EBiz for Teens ThinkQuest,     EduStockMarket ThinkQuest,   Guide to E-Commerce ThinkQuest,  Investment Club WebQuest    Stock Market Game

 

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