NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Introduction to Accounting 1
Course prefix, number, and section number: ACNT 1303 Section 0310
Semester/Year of course: Fall 2024
Semester start and end dates: August 26, 2024 – December 15, 2024
Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Asynchronous Online
Class meeting location, days, and times: Virtual Online
Lab meeting location, days, and times:
Semester credit hours: 3
Course Description: A study of analyzing, classifying, and recording business transactions in a manual and computerized environment. Emphasis on understanding the complete accounting cycle and preparing financial statements, bank reconciliations and payroll.
Course prerequisites: None
Required course materials: College Accounting, 1e by Weygandt, Kimmel, Martin, Mitchell with Wiley Plus access
Name of instructor: Astonida Draper, MBA CPA
Office location: Virtual
Telephone number: 817-800-5809
Email address: adraper@nctc.edu
Office hours for students:
Mondays 8:00 – 9:00 am;
Tuesdays 8:30 – 9:30 am
Wednesdays 8:00 – 9:00 am
Thursdays – 7:00 – 8:00 pm
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments:
- 8 Homework, 10 points each
- 8 Course Learning Objectives Assessments, 10-20 points each
- 11 Discussion Forums, 10 points each
- 3 Unit Exams, 100 points each
- 1 QEP Problem, 100 points
- 1 Program Outcomes Problem, 100 Points
- 1 Final Exam (comprehensive/mandatory), 300 points
Final grade scale:
A 90% - 100%
B 80% - 89%
C 70% - 79%
D 60% - 69%
F 0% - 59%
Late work policy:
Discussion posts after the discussion is closed will not be allowed (comments are turned off once grading has started). Homework exercises are accepted late for partial credit. No make-up exams will be given except at the discretion of the instructor with whom special arrangements must be made prior to the exam.
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy: Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected of being engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.
Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:
- First offense you will receive a warning and a zero on the assignment without the opportunity to make it up.
- Second offense you will be dropped from the course.
Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB (LOCAL)]” #20 on page 175.
Artificial Intelligence Policy:
Prohibited
This course assumes that all work submitted by students will be generated by the students themselves, working individually or in groups. Students should not have another person/entity do the writing of any substantive portion of an assignment for them, which includes hiring a person or a company to write assignments and using artificial intelligence tools
Attendance Policy: As an online course there is no “Attendance” in the traditional sense of an offline course. Attendance is therefore not part of a student’s grade directly. However, attendance is necessary to satisfy financial aid requirements and for other purposes. Therefore, student attendance will be measured by participation in weekly discussion forums and submission of weekly assignments. Those students not participating on a regular basis will be deemed to not be “attending.”
Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: November 4, 2024
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Define accounting terminology
- Analyze and record business transactions in a manual and computerized environment
- Complete the accounting cycle
- Prepare financial statements
- Apply accounting concepts related to cash and payroll
- Prepare bank reconciliations
- Correct accounting errors
Core Objectives: Not applicable. WECM course
COLLEGE POLICIES
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
AI STATEMENT
Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.
When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.
Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Laman
Office location: Corinth Campus Suite #170 Office #173
Telephone number: 940-498-6263
E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman
Office location: Gainesville Campus 2100 Building Office #2106
Telephone number: 940-668-3357
E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu