ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ACC 324    

    Fall 2009

 Tentative Class Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Related material

Thursday, August 27

Introduction
E-mail policies

Class pictures

For all chapters in Gelinas and Dull:  Review and be able to define all key terms related to material discussed in class or from assigned readings (these are defined in the Glossary  starting on page 616).

Tuesday, September 1

Chapter 1
DQ 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11

Top Ten Technologies 2009
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Thursday, September 3

Chapter 4
DQ 4-3, 4-4.

P. 4.2

Tuesday, September 8

Chapter 4
 P 4.8

 

Thursday, September 10

In class: DFD and Flowcharting case

S&S Solution for DFD and Flowchart

Section 003 meeting in Computer lab 105

Tuesday, September 15

Chapter 5 (135-middle of page 145, bottom of page 160-168)

DQ 5-2, 5-3.
Bring a receipt to class from a recent purchase at Target, Wal-mart, Kroger, Taco Bell, etc.  We will use during a class assignment.
Data mining link.
Knowledge Management
Thursday, September 17 Chapter 2 DQ 2-2, 2-6, P. 2-4.
CRM

Tuesday, September 22

Exam:  Chapters 1,2,4,5

 

Thursday, September 24

Exam review
Team project startup
Start up Excel Projects
Examples: Presentation
                Paper

Tuesday, September 29

Chapter 7
Risk Management Community

Thursday, October 1

Chapter 7
DQ 7-3, P7-2, P7-3, P7-4

2005 FBI Security Risk Survey
ACFE 2006 Report to the Nation

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
COSO

Mr. Risk Goes to Washington
General and Application Controls

Tuesday, October 6

Chapter 7: Fraud

Excel Project 1 due

Thursday, October 8

Chapter 7 - Ethics

New CPA

AICPA Professional Code of Conduct
EthicsPoint.com

VeriChip

Framework for ethical decision-making

Tuesday, October 13

Chapter 8
ISACA
CobiT
DQ 8-5

Trust Services: A Better Way to Evaluate IT Controls
Laptops: The weakest link-1
EnCase
2007 CSI Computer Crime Survey
Hacker Camps
Excel Project 2 due

Thursday, October 15

Chapter 8
DQ8-12, P8-2, P8-5

CNN Money: Business after Disaster
Lack of IT controls leads to earnings restatement

Katrina and IT

Tuesday, October 20

Chapter 8 Excel Project 3 due.

Thursday, October 22

Chapter 9 (284-300) Internal Control Questionnaire for cash receipts

Tuesday October 27

Chapter 9 (appendix A)
P9-1

 

Thursday, October 29

Second Exam (chapters 7-9, Ethics, web articles)  

Tuesday, November 3

Second Exam Review

Team Project update and discussion

 

Thursday, November 5

Chapter 10 (except 347-349) ProTiviti Knowledge Leader

Tuesday, November 10

Chapter 10

P 10-5

WSJ:  Auto Lenders, Shoplifter Scams
Data Mining

Thursday, November 12

Chapter 11  

Tuesday, November 17

Chapter 11
In Class exercise
Case B: Trenton Novelties, Inc (billing process)
P 11.1 (a/c) 11.2 (a, b, c)

 


 

Thursday, November 19

Chapter 12 Made to Measure
RFID

Wal-Mart's Radio-Tracked Inventory Hits Static
Tuesday, November 24

Chapter 13

Wal-mart Financial Statements

Thursday, November 26

Thanksgiving holiday

 

Tuesday, December 1

No class, review for exam and work on projects

 

Thursday, December 3

Third exam (Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13)

 

Tuesday, December 8

Team Presentations
9:30   Teams 1-5
11:00 Teams 1-5
2:00   Teams 1-7

Ace Your Presentation

Thursday, December 10

Team Presentations

9:30   Teams 6-11

11:00 Teams 6-11

2:00   Teams 8-14

Final Exam

If needed