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ACCTG 333, Accounting Information Systems (AIS) Fall 2018 COURSE INFORMATION Instructor: Mr. Paul Sager, CPA Class Days: Monday and Wednesday (2pm only) Class Location: EBA410 Mon 4pm and 7pm EBA113 Mon-Wed 2pm

E-mail: [email protected] GAs:

Office Hour: Monday and Wednesday 1:00-1:45pm or by appointment Office Hours Location: SSE 2423 Units: 3

Phone: 858-740-7573

Gracyn Ruiz

[email protected]

Erica Fox

[email protected]

Course Overview The Accounting Information Systems (AIS) module will teach you the fundamentals of business transaction processing and how information technology is applied to automate transaction processing, collect and store data, and generate useful information to support decision makers. The course begins with transaction processing in a manual system, moves to transaction processing in an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and concludes with design and development of accounting software and databases. The course addresses the efficient design processes and use of technology to create an effective internal control environment. The course requires you to use your critical thinking, analytical, technology, and communication skills. These skills will serve you well as you advance your career in the accounting profession.

This course involves very few mathematical calculations—a calculator is not needed nor required for examinations and in-class exercises except the SUA in-class exercise. Most cases and problems are text format and your responses require thoughtful, comprehensive written text. Consequently, your English comprehension and writing skills will be a critical success factor in this course.

Student Learning Outcomes BSBA students will graduate being:  Effective Communicators  Critical Thinkers  Able to Analyze Ethical Problems  Global in their perspective  Knowledgeable about the essentials of business 

Able to gather, consolidate, safeguard, prepare and present accounting information for internal and external users

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Understand the methods of sharing accounting information within an organization and with external users

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See SLO’s at http://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/assessment/aol_reports

ACCTG 333 contributes to these goals through its student learning outcomes. At the end of this course students should be able to:

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Define basic AIS terms and concepts.

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Assess risks and internal controls involved in AIS contexts.

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Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of an organization’s business process transaction cycles.

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Provide appropriate recommendations to improve business process.

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Apply Microsoft EXCEL and ACCESS in the data processing cycle.

Enrollment Information 

Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in Accountancy 331.

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Adding/Dropping Procedures: Any student wishing to add this course during schedule adjustment must attend the first class and sign in with the Professor before the start of class. All students dropping this course must follow SDSU policies obtain the required signatures prior to the University deadlines.

Course Materials Required Texts: 1.

Romney and Steinbart, Accounting Information Systems, 13th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2012.

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Arens and Ward, Systems Understanding Aid, 9th Edition, Armond Dalton, 2016. (students will work in pairs--only one textbook for each pair of students.)

Suggested Text: Gleim, Auditing & Systems Exam Questions and Explanations,

Laptop Computer: The course includes computer-based assignments using Excel, Access and SAP software. You will be required to bring your laptop to class for in-class work assignments using this software. If you do not have a laptop computer, notify the professor so an SDSU-owned laptop can be provided for in-class assignments (outside class you can use SDSU library resources.) Apple computers and tablets do not run Microsoft Access—you canwill need to use library or borrowed computers for this assignment. Course Structure and Conduct COURSE DESIGN, PROJECTS, AND EVALUATION:

Flipped Classroom: The course material will be presented in a flipped classroom format. Lectures will be recorded and you will listen to these before the class meetings. In the classroom there will be a summary discussion of the textbook and lecture material for 5-10 minutes. An in-class activity related to the chapter material will consume 20-50 minutes. The remainder of the class time is for you to work on the assignments or graded in-class exercises.

Three phases: The course has three major phases. The first phase covers the business process cycles, transaction processing and accounting systems, and related internal controls. This phase will last seven weeks and conclude with the mid-term examination. During this phase you will complete the Systems Understanding Aid processing of transactions in a manual, paper

environment. The second phase covers the design and development of accounting systems and relational databases. This phase will include building, populating and querying databases in Microsoft ACCESS. The third phase covers the concepts, risks, and controls needed to operate an efficient and effective computing and communications environment. During this phase you will complete SAP transaction processing in a modern, integrated ERP system. Throughout the semester, business process cycles and internal controls will be incorporated into the discussion and text. Given this continuity and the importance of processes and controls, the final examination is comprehensive.

Office Hours, E-mail and Text Policy: I encourage frequent communications between students, GAs and me. Please adhere to the following guidelines: 

Office visits: Please schedule a time to meet or review your work. In addition to the posted office hours, I am often on campus before classes on Mondays.

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Help with assignments: A portion of most class meetings will include time to work on your assignments. The GAs will attend these class meetings to help you with your assignments.

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E-mail: You can email the GAs or me for help with assignments. When using email, include your full name and section in the subject line. If you are working on an Excel or Access assignment, include your assignment file with the email.

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Text or phone: If you have an emergency and cannot take an in-class exercise or exam, you may text or call me. Use e-mail for other communications.

Writing: Email, texting, and social networks have dramatically changed the way business people communicate. These media introduced a casual, informal style that encourages shorthand and accepts poor grammar and misspelling. This approach is fine when dealing with friends, but isn’t appropriate in the business environment. Accountants write extensively to communicate with clients, authorities, peers, supervisors, and subordinates. Analyses and decisions must be documented to support the accountant’s work product, e.g., tax judgments, audit results, and financial accounting decisions. You will have numerous opportunities to demonstrate your writing skills in this course. Exams may include a factor for writing quality. Professionalism: Accounting is a profession and members of the profession are held to high standards. How you present yourself not only makes a statement about you, but also all members of the profession. While at SDSU, you are expected to develop an awareness of professional characteristics and to exhibit these characteristics in your courses and interactions with faculty, peers and potential employers. You are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the week’s lectures and readings, and to complete all homework assignments on time. During class time, focus on the assignments and discussion at hand—no texting, emailing, Facebook, Twitter, etc. If you have important matters other than AIS, deal with these before or after class, or do not attend class.

Students with Disabilities If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact Student Disability Services at (619) 594-6473. To avoid any delay in the receipt of your accommodations, you should contact Student Disability Services as soon as possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive, and that accommodations based upon disability cannot be provided until you have presented your instructor with an accommodation letter from Student Disability Services. Your cooperation is appreciated. Academic Honesty The University adheres to a strict policy regarding cheating and plagiarism. These activities will not be tolerated in this class. Become familiar with the policy (http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/conduct1.html). Any cheating or plagiarism will result in [Insert your policy on cheating or plagiarism, e.g. failing this class and a disciplinary review by Student Affairs.] Examples of Plagiarism include but are not limited to:  Using sources verbatim or paraphrasing without giving proper attribution (this can include phrases, sentences, paragraphs and/or pages of work)  Copying and pasting work from an online or offline source directly and calling it your own

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Using information you find from an online or offline source without giving the author credit Replacing words or phrases from another source and inserting your own words or phrases Submitting a piece of work you did for one class to another class

If you have questions on what is plagiarism, please consult the policy and this helpful guide from the Library Turnitin Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. You may submit your papers in such a way that no identifying information about you is included. Another option is that you may request, in writing, that your papers not be submitted to Turnitin.com. However, if you choose this option you will be required to provide documentation to substantiate that the papers are your original work and do not include any plagiarized material. Assessments and Grading Course grades will be assigned in accordance with San Diego State University policy (see the General Catalog). Undergraduate grades shall be: A (outstanding achievement, available only for the highest accomplishment), B (praiseworthy performance, definitely above average), C (average, awarded for satisfactory performance, the most common undergraduate grade), D (minimally passing, less than the typical undergraduate achievement), F (failing). ACCTG 333 is a prerequisite for ACCTG 431, Auditing. Students must pass ACCTG 333 with a grade of C or better to be eligible for ACCTG 431. To receive a grade of C or better, the total grade points earned during the semester must equal or exceed 70% of the total possible points.

Table1. Your course grade will be based on the following components

Grade Points Component Flowchart/BPD Assignment

5

SUA Assignment

30

Excel Assignment

25

Database Assignments

30

SAP Assignments (includes excel, access)

30

SUA in-class exercise

25

Excel in-class exercise

25

Database in-class exercise

25

SAP in-class exercise

25

Unannounced quizzes

20

In-class group activities

40

Mid-term exam

110

Final Examination-comprehensive

110

Total

500

Examinations: The examinations will include multiple choice and/or essay questions based on the assigned readings, lectures, class discussions/presentations, and assignments. All exams are closed-book, closed-notes. No calculators, phones or other electronic devices are required or allowed. In the event of serious illness or accident, you should inform the instructor as soon as possible and provide official evidence, if requested. Bring a red, 100-question, ParScore Scantron (Form F-289-PAR-L) with you to every exam.

In-class exercises: At the conclusion of Project Assignments, you will demonstrate your understanding and knowledge by performing tasks similar to the Project Assignments. You will be required to bring a laptop computer with the required software for the Excel, Database and SAP in-class assignments. Loaner laptops will be available for students who do not own a portable computer. You must request laptop prior to the in-class assignments.

Project Assignments: Each student must complete each assignment individually, except the SUA transaction processing which is a 2-person project. Certain assignments will require you to check another student’s work and “approve” their transactions or work product. You are encouraged to form study groups and collaborate on the assignments, however, you need to individually understand the concepts demonstrated in the assignments in order to perform well on exams and in-class exercises. Assignments are due at the start of class indicated on the syllabus. Unannounced Quizzes: To encourage students to listen to the lectures and read the textbook prior to class, there will be 3 unannounced quizzes throughout the semester. Quizzes will begin at the start of class and last 5-10 minutes. Each quiz will be worth 10 points. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped. You are required to have a ParScore Scantron (Form F-289-PAR-L) with you at every class. In-class group activities: The activities in the classroom will include case studies related to the textbook chapters. You will prepare this with your group and submit the work product for grading. You are expected to contribute to the analysis. Students who do not contribute to the group effort will receive a lower score than the rest of the group. There will be 4 graded in-class group activities worth 10 points each. Homework problems: The homework assignments listed in the class schedule are intended to help you learn the material. You will be provided solutions so you can assess your own work. Homework problems will not be collected or graded. Some of the problems may be discussed in class.

Grade of Incomplete. A grade of Incomplete (I) indicates that a portion of required coursework has not been completed and evaluated in the prescribed time period due to unforeseen, but fully justified, reasons and that there is still a possibility of earning credit. It is your responsibility to bring pertinent information to the instructor and to reach agreement on the means by which the remaining course requirements will be satisfied. The conditions for removal of the Incomplete shall be reduced to writing by the instructor and given to you with a copy placed on file with the department chair until the Incomplete is removed or the time limit for removal has passed. A final grade is assigned when the work agreed upon has been completed and evaluated. An Incomplete shall not be assigned when the only way you could make up the work would be to attend a major portion of the class when it is next offered. Contract forms for Incomplete grades are available at the Office of the Registrar website Tentative Course Schedule Table 2. The course schedule, including topics and class activities listed by week, is presented in the attached tables. Changes to the course schedule, if any, will be announced in class.

ACCTG 333, AIS, Class Schedule

Day, Date—Class #

Topic and Chapters

Textbook Problems

Project Assignments

M, 8/27-#1

AIS Overview—Ch 1 & 2

2.5, 2.6

Flowchart/BPD start

Process Documentation-Ch 3

3.1, 3.3, 3.12

M, 9/3

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

M, 9/10-#2

Flowchart Review

Flowchart/BPD due

Begin SUA—Bring to class

SUA start

M, 9/17-#3

Business Process Controls-Ch 7 and COSO 2013 ICFR Executive Summary

7.6, 7.12

SUA Work

M, 9/24-#4

Input Controls—Ch 10 pgs 287-289

10.7

SUA Work

Revenue—Ch 12

12.1, 12.2, 12.7, 12.9

M, 10/1-#5

SUA in-class exercise

SUA due

Begin Excel—Bring Laptop

Excel start

M, 10/8-#6

Expenditure—Ch 13

13.1, 13.2, 13.4, 13.11

M, 10/15-#7

Excel in-class exercise

16.1

Excel work

Excel due

Financial Stmts— Ch 16 pp.470475, XBRL 481-485 Midterm review Saturday, 10/20-#8

MIDTERM EXAM

Location TBD

Database introduction-Ch 4

17.7

10:00am to 12:30pm M, 10/22-#9

REA Ch 17

Access Start Data Visualization work

Data Visualization M, 10/29-#10

Ch 18 pp 540-545

Access part 1 due Data Visualization due Part 2 work

M, 11/5-#11

Database in-class exercise

Access part 2 due

SAP Overview

SAP Start

M, 11/12

VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY

M, 11/19-#12

System reliability-Ch 8

8.1, 8.3, 8.4

System reliability-Ch 9

9.1, case 9-1

System reliability-Ch 10

10.1, 10.7, 10.8

M, 11/26-#13

SAP Work

Systems Development process

SAP work

Ch 20 pp 588-93

Start SAP Excel/Access

Ch 21 pp 622-633 Ch 22 pp 658-662 M, 12/3-#14

SATURDAY, 12/8-

Guest Speaker

SAP Transactions Due

Final Exam Review

SAP Excel/Access Due

FINAL EXAM

10:00am to 12:30pm M, 12/10

NO CLASS-Final Exam offset

M, 12/17-Finals week schedule

In-Class SAP exercise

Location TBD

ACCTG 333, AIS, Class Schedule Monday-Wednesday 2:00pm and 3:30pm Day, Date—Class #

Topic and Chapters

Textbook Problems

Project Assignments/ in-class work

M, 8/27 #1A

AIS Overview—Ch 1 & 2

2.5, 2.6

Flowchart/BPD start

Process Documentation-Ch 3

3.1, 3.3, 3.12

W, 8/29 #1B

Process Documentation-Ch 3

Flowchart/BPD work

M, 9/3

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

W, 9/5 #1C

Begin SUA—Bring to class

SUA Start

M, 9/10 #2A

Flowchart Review

Flowchart/BPD due SUA work

W, 9/12 #2B

Work on SUA in class

SUA work

M, 9/17 #3A

Business Process Controls-Ch 7 and COSO 2013 ICFR Executive Summary

W, 9/19 #3B

Business Process ControlsComplete

M, 9/24 #4A

Input Controls—Ch 10 pgs 287-289

10.7

Revenue Cycle—Ch 12

12.1, 12.2, 12.7, 12.9

7.6, 7.12

SUA work

W, 9/26 #4B

Revenue Cycle—Ch 12-coomplete

SUA work

M, 10/1 #5A

SUA in-class exercise

SUA Due

W, 10/3 #5B

Begin Excel-Bring laptop

Excel ...