Course

Computer Applications for Accounting

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Accounting
Course Code
ACCT 1222
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15 Weeks X 4 Hours Per Week = 60 Hours
Max Class Size
30
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Course Designation
None
Industry Designation
None
Typically Offered
Fall
Summer
Winter

Overview

Course Description
This course will introduce the student to the concepts and practices of computerized accounting using QuickBooks, Sage Accounting, or another industry-standard accounting software. Students will obtain a working knowledge of Financial Statements, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory and Service, Bank Reconciliation, Payroll, and Projects for both a service and merchandise company in a computerized environment.
Course Content

1. QuickBooks setup:

1.1 Set up company including general ledger accounts, product and service lists, sales taxes codes, payment terms, invoices, bills, customer and vendor profiles, opening balances.

1.2 Importing files.

1.3 Exporting reports to Excel. 

1.4 Reports and display screen customizing.

2. Journal entries, entering, editing, recurring.

3. Accounts receivable:

3.1 Transactions, including invoices, credit memos, cash receipts, adjustments, recurring and writing-off accounts (allowance method).

3.2 Customers adding and editing.

3.3 Reports, including aged receivable reports.

4. Accounts payable:

4.1 Transactions, including invoices, credit memos, payments, recurring and adjustments.

4.2 Vendors adding and editing.

4.3 Payments, both manual and computer-generated cheques.

4.4 Reports, including aged payable reports.

5. Project reports.

6. Inventory and service adding and editing.

7. Period-end procedures, including month-end and year-end:

7.1 Adjusting and reversing entries.

7.2 Reports, including financial statements.

8. Bank reconciliation and sales tax:

8.1 Transferring of funds.

8.2 Bank reconciliation, NSF cheques, and adjustments.

8.3 Remitting GST/PST/HST and related reports.

8.4 Reports, including a reconciliation report, missing cheques and transaction detail by account.

9. Sage or other accounting software:

9.1 General ledger account adding.

9.2 Journal entries, entering, using recurring transactions, adjusting.

10. Accounts receivable:

10.1 Transactions, including invoices, credit memos, cash receipts, adjustments, recurring and writing-off accounts (allowance method).

10.2 Customers adding and editing.

10.3 Reports, including aged receivable reports.

11. Accounts payable:

11.1 Transactions, including invoices, credit memos, payments, recurring, adjustments.

11.2 Vendors adding and editing.

11.3 Reports, including aged payable reports. Payment, manual and computer-generated cheques.

12. Payroll:

12.1 Employees adding and modifying.

12.2 Payroll run including vacation pay and corrections.

12.3 Payroll taxes remitting.

12.4 Reports.

 

Learning Activities

Lecture and practical applications, conducted in a computer lab and/or online.

Means of Assessment

QuickBooks:

  75%
Assignments/Project(s)/Quizzes 25%  
Test(s) 25%  
Final 25%  
Sage/Other Accounting Software:   25%
Assignment(s)/Project(s)/Quiz(zes) 10%  
Final 15%  
Total   100%

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.

Students must write both finals in order to obtain credit for the course.

To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 50% on invigilated assessments, with the 50% calculated on a weighted average basis. 

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

 

 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to use QuickBooks to:

  1. Set up a new company.  
  2. Record journal entries.
  3. Record transactions related to accounts receivable.
  4. Record transactions related to accounts payable.
  5. Apply transactions to projects.
  6. Use inventory and the product service list.
  7. Process period-end procedures.
  8. Prepare bank reconciliation.

At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to use Sage or other approved accounting software to:

9. Record journal entries.

10. Record transactions related to accounts receivable.

11. Record transactions related to accounts payable.

12. Process payroll.

Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

QuickBooks Online, Susan Watkin, Labyrinth Learning, latest edition.

Learning Sage 50 A Modular Approach. Deepak Sharma and Kerri Simich.

Or other textbook(s) approved by the Accounting Department.

ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1235 text or equivalent.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Minimum grade of C in the following courses:

ACCT 1110 OR ACCT 1235

AND

CSIS 1190 OR CSIS 2200 

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for ACCT 1222
Acsenda School of Management (ASM) No credit
Camosun College (CAMO) CAMO ACCT 250 (3)
Capilano University (CAPU) CAPU BFIN 1XX (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) No credit
Langara College (LANG) LANG FMGT 2308 (3)
North Island College (NIC) NIC BUS 1XX (3)
Okanagan College (OC) No credit
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) TRU ACCT 2280 (3)
Trinity Western University (TWU) No credit
University Canada West (UCW) UCW ACCT 210 (3) or UCW ACCT 220 (3)
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) No credit
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC COMM 2XX (3)
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV BUS 1XX (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC) No credit
Vancouver Island University (VIU) VIU ACCT 1st (3)

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN
13101
section details
CRN Days Instructor Status More details
Maximum Seats
30
Currently Enrolled
30
Remaining Seats:
0
On Waitlist
21
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N6109
Times:
Start Time
14:30
-
End Time
17:20
CRN
13102
section details
CRN Days Instructor Status More details
Maximum Seats
30
Currently Enrolled
30
Remaining Seats:
0
On Waitlist
13
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N6109
Times:
Start Time
18:30
-
End Time
21:20