ACC4502 – Accounting Information Systems

Class Schedule

Fall 2000

Date / Session / Topic / Do before class / Do after class / To be turned in today
Aug. 22 / Systems 1 / Review of ACC3401 / ·  Review AIS notes from ACC3401
·  Read Romney Chapter 1
·  Read FASB Concept Statement #2 excerpts
·  Read Divot State Bank case
24 / Systems 2 / Transaction Processing, Automated Accounting Information Systems / ·  Review AIS notes from ACC3401
·  Read Romney, Chapter 2
·  Read Wooden Nickel Case
29 / Systems 3 / Systems Flowcharts / ·  Read Davis, A Note on Systems Flowcharts
·  Read Romney, pp. 56-58, 65-66, 68-71, 74-75 / Work on the Wooden Nickel Documentation Case (group project)
31 / Systems 4 / Data Flow Diagrams / ·  Read Davis, A Note on Data Flow Diagrams
·  Read Romney, pp. 58-65, 67, 76-78 / Work on the Wooden Nickel Documentation Case (group project)
Sep. 5 / Systems 5 / Document Flowcharts / ·  Read Davis, A Note on Document Flowcharts
·  Read Romney, pp. 67-68, 72-73 / Work on the Wooden Nickel Documentation Case (group project)
7 / Systems 6 / Coding Schemes, Introduction to Systems Understanding Aid / ·  Read Romney, pp. 37-39
·  Read Davis, Coding Schemes and Charts of Accounts
·  Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 1-8
·  Read SUA Reference, Chapter 1 / Work on Wooden Nickel Coding Case and SUA. Both are individual projects. / Wooden Nickel Documentation Case
12 / Systems 7 / Revenue Cycle – A Manual System / ·  Read Romney, pp. 413-422, 425-426, 429-434, 436-438
·  Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
·  Read SUA Reference, Chapter 3 / Complete SUA and Wooden Nickel Coding Case. Both are individual projects.
14 / Systems 8 / Expenditure Cycle – A Manual System / ·  Read Romney, pp. 464-469, 471-475, 477-482, 484-487
·  Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
·  Read SUA Reference, Chapter 4 / Complete SUA / Wooden Nickel Coding Case
19 / Systems 9 / Payroll Cycle – A Manual System / ·  Read Romney, pp. 550-558, 560-563, 565
·  Read SUA Instructions, Flowcharts, and Ledgers, pp. 8-14
·  Read SUA Reference, Chapter 5 / Complete SUA
21 / Systems 10 / Systems Analysis and Design / ·  Read Romney, Chapter 17 / Complete SUA
26 / Systems 11 / Systems Evaluation and Selection / ·  Read Romney, Chapter 18
·  Read Davis, To Buy, Build, or Customize?
·  Read Collins, How To Select the Right Accounting Software: Part I
·  Read Collins, How To Select the Right Accounting Software: Part II
·  Read Collins, How To Select the Right Accounting Software: Part III / With your group, begin thinking about the design of the new Wooden Nickel systems
28 / Systems 12 / SUA Workday / Complete SUA
Oct. 3 / Systems 13 / Systems Implementation and Conversion / ·  Read Geyelin WSJ, Doomsday Device: How an NCR System for Inventory Turned into a Virtual Saboteur
·  Read Planning, training woes hit ERP project at city of Oakland
·  Read SAP: Whirlpool's rush to go live led to shipping snafus
·  Read Update: Failed ERP gamble haunts Hershey
·  Read Hershey earnings drop as new warehouse, order systems falter
·  Read GoreTex maker files suit over software installation
·  Read Romney, pp. 711-722 / With your group, begin the Wooden Nickel Peachtree Implementation Case / SUA
5 / Systems 14 /

Test 1

/ STUDY, STUDY, STUDY
10 /

Systems 15

/ Data Entry and Data Processing Alternatives / ·  Read Romney, pp. 92-97, 100-106
·  Read Davis, Data Entry and Processing Options
·  Prepare solutions to data entry and processing scenarios for class discussion
12 / Systems 16 / File Organization and File Access Methods / ·  Read Romney, pp. 97-100
·  Read Davis, A Note on File Organization and Access
·  Prepare solutions to file organization and access scenarios for class discussion
17 / Systems 17 / Overview of Internal Controls / ·  Read Konrath, Auditing Concepts and Applications, Chapter 6
·  Read Romney, Chapter 8
19 / Systems 18 / General Controls / ·  Read Romney, pp. 285-307 / With your group, begin assessing the internal control system of Wooden Nickel / Wooden Nickel Peachtree Implementation Case
24 / Systems 19 / Application Controls / ·  Read Romney, pp. 308-319
·  Read Bulkeley WSJ Databases are Plagued by Reign of Error article. Prepare a list of data problems and an application control that would have prevented that problem. / Prepare Westchester Distributing Case.
26 / Systems 20 / Westchester Distributing Case Workday / ·  Read Westchester Distributing case and prepare case write-up. / Prepare Westchester Distributing case write-up
31 / Systems 21 / Westchester Distributing Case / ·  Read Westchester Distributing case and prepare case write-up. / With your group, begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case. / Westchester Distributing case write-up due at beginning of class
Nov. 2 / Systems 22 /

Wooden Nickel Case Workday

/ With your group, begin completion of the Wooden Nickel case.
7 / Systems 23 / Revenue Cycle – An Automated Approach / ·  Read Romney, pp. 413-446
9 / Systems 24 / Expenditure Cycle – An Automated Approach / ·  Read Romney, pp. 464-498
14 / Systems 25 / Controls Review / ·  Review controls material from previous days / Wooden Nickel Internal Control Analysis
16 / Systems 26 /

Exam 2

/ ·  STUDY! / Relax a little, then complete the Wooden Nickel Case.
21 / Systems 27 / Electronic Commerce / ·  Read Romney, pp. 214-222, 237-241
·  Read http://www.inc.com/incmagazine/archives/18950431.html
·  Read http://www.compaq.com/corporate/edi/index.html
·  Read McConnell article on ACC4502 website
·  Read http://www.tradewave.com/products/whitpapr.html / With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.
28 / Systems 28 / Assurance Services for Electronic Commerce and automated applications / ·  Read http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/may98/gray.htm
·  Read http://www.aicpa.org/webtrust/index.htm
·  Read http://aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/nov1999/boritz.html
·  Read http://aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/feb1999/pacini.htm / With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.
30 / Systems 29 / Enterprise Resource Planning Systems / ·  Read Williams and Hart article on the ACC4502 website
·  Read Hect article at http://www.datamation.com/PlugIn/issues/1997/march/03gart.html / With your group, complete the Wooden Nickel case.
Dec. 5 / Systems 30 / Engineering Associates Case / ·  Read Engineering Associates case and be prepared to discuss it in class / Wooden Nickel case.