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Sign up today to prepare for college and get the skills that businesses require. In this high-level course, you will learn to analyze business transactions, prepare financial documents, prepare tax statements, and more.Sign up today to prepare for college and get the skills that businesses require. In this high-level course, you will learn to analyze business transactions, prepare financial documents, prepare tax statements, and more.
Total classes: 28
Prerequisite: Competence with basic math including addition, subtraction, division, multiplication
Suggested grade level: 10th to 12th
Suggested credit: Full semester of accounting
Description
This year-long course serves as an introduction to basic bookkeeping and accounting principles. As such, it is designed for anyone wanting to better understand how money, personal finance and business work. Additionally, the course equips students with the skills to obtain a job working as either a bookkeeper or accounting clerk in both small and large organizations.
A major goal of this course is for students to comprehend the powerful financial advantage their accounting education will afford them- now and in the future! Below is a partial list of course topics that are intended to motivate students to excel in accounting:
*Teach students how to use accounting strategies to manage their allowances and/or earnings
*Teach students how the basic workings of the federal tax system. Thereafter, students will learn to employ tax minimization and/or deferment strategies
*Students will learn how accounting can be used to manage and expand any type of business venture.
*Students will learn basic bookkeeping tools that will enable them to find full or part-time office employment
*Students will enhance their resume by gaining competence working with electronic spreadsheets tools
The first semester topics focus on accounting principles and practices for a sole proprietorship or merchandising business.
Outline
Unit 1 – Accounting Overview, classes 1 – 6
Unit 2 – Starting an Accounting System, classes 7 – 10
Unit 3 – Analyzing and Journalizing Transactions, classes 11 – 17
Unit 4 – Posting to the General Ledger, classes 18 – 22
Unit 5 – Preparing the Worksheet, classes 23 – 28
Materials and Homework
Course Materials:
1. Access to a spreadsheet tool such as Open Office, Libre Office, Google Sheets, or Microsoft Excel;
2. Textbook – LifePac Accounting 10 Unit Set (units 1 through 5 can also be purchased separately)
https://www.aop.com/curriculum/shop-lifepac/accounting-10-unit-set ISBN 10 – 0740301969 ISBN 13 – 9780740301964 (https://amzn.to/38k3nfk)
Homework: Assignments, unit tests, and exams will provide students with hands-on practice using the tools of accounting. Daily practice is important to apply and masters the concepts. A daily schedule will be provided to guide student learning. Students can expect to spend 0.5-2 hours a day 5 days per week on their assignments.
