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Accounting Course Syllabus

 

Mrs. Thomas

cthomas@fife.k12.wa.us

253.517.1100 ext. 24427

Course Description

Accounting is planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information. In this class you will learn how to work with financial data in order to make it meaningful to businesses and employers. Accounting is not an easy subject. It will involve learning new information and then building on it throughout the semester. Homework should be expected, but time will be given in class to get started or possibly finish.

Expectations

You should arrive on time with your materials ready everyday. All calculations can be done by hand, but for time reasons, a calculator is recommended. As long as you can perform basic calculations, any calculator will work. No extensions or exceptions will be made for students that believe they need a calculator but do not bring one.

 

Homework will be turned in on time. Late work will be accepted, but for everyday it is late it will lose 10%. For example, if work were turned in a day late the highest possible score that one could receive would be 90%, two days 80%, etc. This will encourage everyone to complete his or her homework on time and to be on track with the class schedule. Homework will be collected daily, after questions are answered. If it is not ready to be collected at that time it is considered late.

Grading

The grading breakdown is as follows:

 

35%   Tests/Quizzes   

35       Daily Assignments   

20       Projects   

10       Leadership   

100%  Total   

Dual Credit

Topics to be covered are determined by the Pierce County Careers Consortium and the articulation agreements we have with local community colleges in the area.