ACCT 2001 Chapter : ACCT 2001 MW Spring 2016 2
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ACCT 2001: INTRODUCTORY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
SPRING 2016 SYLLABUS
Instructor:
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Stephanie Merrell, CPA, MBA
Section 3; 3:00-4:30
BEC 2822
Monday & Wednesday
12:30-2:50 or by appointment
Prerequisites: MATH 1021 or equivalent. If you do not meet the prerequisites, you will not receive
credit for this course. A grade of "C" or above must be earned in this course to advance to any other
accounting course. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 2000.
Course Description: Financial accounting with emphasis on knowledge required for completion of the
accounting cycle, including income measurement and financial statement preparation; accounting for
current and plant assets, current and long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows. Since this
course is foundational to success in subsequent accounting courses, retention of this material is
essential. This course is departmentally administered, which means the content and grading of the course
are uniform across all sections.
Required Text: Financial Accounting by Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Donald E. Kieso, 7th
edition, 2014, Wiley Publishers (required).
Required Online Text Supplement: The course will also utilize the WileyPLUS online resources. At this
site, you will work the WileyPlus assignments that are required. The site also contains additional practice
materials and tutorials. Please see Moodle for registration instructions.
Required Student Response Clicker: A Turning Point student response clicker is required. You may
check out a free clicker from Middleton Library circulation desk while supplies last or purchase from the
bookstore. You can use the same clicker for multiple LSU courses this semester and in the future. You
may use a used Turning Point student response clicker from last semester. It will be used for class quiz
grades, so each student must use their own. Please see Moodle for registration instructions.
Students are responsible for all announcements made in class, through PAWs email, or on
Moodle.
Grading: Distribution of course points is as follows:
Exam 1 100 A+= 97% and above
Exam 2 100 A = 93%-96%
Comprehensive Final Exam 120 A- = 90%-92%
WileyPlus End of Chapter Assignments 84 B+= 87%-89%
Clicker Quizzes 46 B = 83%- 86%
Total possible points 450 B- = 80%-82%
C+= 77%-79%
C = 73%-76%
C- = 70%-72%
D+= 67%-69%
D = 63%-66%
D- = 60%- 62%
F= Below 60%
Document Summary
If you do not meet the prerequisites, you will not receive credit for this course. A grade of "c" or above must be earned in this course to advance to any other accounting course. Credit will not be given for both this course and acct 2000. Course description: financial accounting with emphasis on knowledge required for completion of the accounting cycle, including income measurement and financial statement preparation; accounting for current and plant assets, current and long-term liabilities, stockholders" equity, and cash flows. Since this course is foundational to success in subsequent accounting courses, retention of this material is essential. This course is departmentally administered, which means the content and grading of the course are uniform across all sections. Required text: financial accounting by paul d. kimmel, jerry j. weygandt, and donald e. kieso, 7th edition, 2014, wiley publishers (required). Required online text supplement: the course will also utilize the wileyplus online resources.
