Fundamentals of Accounting
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Start Date: 2020/12/09 ~ 2020/12/31
Schedule: 3-5小时每周
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spContent=This course is a model undergraduate course instructed in English funded by the Ministry of Education and an excellent open online course funded by Guangdong Province. It is the starting point for you to become a knowledgeable user of financial information.
This course is a model undergraduate course instructed in English funded by the Ministry of Education and an excellent open online course funded by Guangdong Province. It is the starting point for you to become a knowledgeable user of financial information.
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About this course

Accounting, the “language of business”, is a science of management and an art of interpreting, measuring, and describing economic activities as well as summarizing and communicating accounting information to decision makers. It is a major course for students of business. This course is a one-semester introductory course for second-year majors of International Business and third-year majors of Business English, conducted in English. It is offered against the background of the global convergence of accounting standards and of the reform of accounting system in China. It aims to cultivate financial or managerial talents who are acquainted with internationally accepted accounting principles and concepts and who are able to carry out accounting work in English with sound professional ethics.


This course aims to achieve the following three teaching objectives:


(1)  Providing basic accounting theories and principles for junior undergraduates so as to lay down a foundation for their further study of more advanced accounting courses or business courses;


(2)  Developing students’ ability of critical thinking and the ability of conducting fundamental financial analysis, with particular emphasis on the students’ abilities of employing financial information to make business decisions in their future career;


(3)  Improving students’ ability of using accounting English through English-medium instruction.




Objectives

After successfully completing this course, the learners should be able to:

(1) understand the importance of accounting information in making economic decisions and the international convergence of accounting standards. 

(2) understand and interpret basic concepts and principles of accounting necessary for the effective use of accounting information in making business decisions. 

(3) apply basic skills in conducting double-entry bookkeeping and identify the steps and procedures in completing the accounting cycle. 

(4) identify and discuss basic accounting models and the design of accounting systems in business organizations. 

(5) identify and discuss financial and other information required for effective strategic management of business organizations. 

(6) develop a critical awareness of the need for appropriate information for managerial decision-making within international organizations.


Syllabus

Session Eleven Corporation: Organization and Stockholders’ Equity

Unit 29 Formation of a Corporation

Quiz for unit 29

Quiz for unit 30

Unit 30 Paid-in Capital

Session Eight Special Journals and Inventory Valuation

Unit 19 Credit Purchases of Merchandise and Purchases Journal

Unit 17 Perpetual and Periodic Inventory Systems

Quiz for unit 19 and unit 21

Unit 20 Inventory Valuation Methods

Quiz for unit 17

Unit 21 Cash Receipts Journal and Cash Payments Journal

Unit 18 Credit Sales of Merchandise and Sales Journal

Quiz for unit 20

Quiz for unit 18

Session Four Accounting Cycle: Recording Business Transactions

Unit 7 Debit and Credit Rules for Revenue and Expenses

Quiz for Unit 7

Quiz for Unit 5

Quiz for Unit 8

Quiz for Unit 6

Unit 6 Net Income, Revenue, and Expenses

Unit 5 Journalizing, Posting, and Preparing Trial Balance

Unit 8 Accounting for More Daily Transactions

Session Three Accounting Equation and Double-entry Bookkeeping

Quiz for Unit 3

Unit 4 Double-entry Accounting System

Quiz for Unit 4

Unit 3 Accounting Equation

Session Seven Accounting Cycle: Preparing Financial Statements

Quiz for Unit 15

Unit 16 Closing

Quiz for Unit 16

Unit 15 Preparing Financial Statements

Session Twelve Corporation: Dividends, Earnings per Share and Treasury Stock

Unit 31 Dividends

Quiz for unit 31

Quiz for unit 32

Unit 32 Earnings per Share and Treasury Stock

Assignment for unit 32

Session Nine Bank Accounts and Cash Funds

Quiz for unit 24

Quiz for unit 22

Assignment for unit 24

Unit 22 Cash and Cash Equivalents

Unit 23 Checking Accounts

Unit 25 Establishing a Petty Cash Fund

Unit 24 Reconciling the bank statements

Quiz for unit 25

Session Six Accounting Cycle: Accounting for Deferrals

Unit 12 Deferred Expenses: Converting Assets to Expenses

Quiz for Unit 12

Quiz for Unit 13

Unit 13 Deferred Expense: Depreciation

Unit 14 Deferred Revenue: Converting Liability into Revenue

Quiz for Unit 14

Session Five Accounting Cycle: Accounting for Accruals

Unit 11 Adjusting Entry: Accrued Expense

Unit 10 Adjusting Entry: Accrued Revenue

Quiz for Unit 9

Unit 9 Introduction to the Process of Adjustments

Quiz for Unit 11

Quiz for Unit 10

Session Two Conceptual Framework of Financial Accounting

Unit 2 Accounting Principles and Assumptions

Quiz for Unit 2

Session Ten Classified Financial Statements

Quiz for unit 28

Unit 28 Closing Entries and Post-closing Trial Balance for a Merchandising Business

Quiz for unit 26

Unit 26 Preparing a Multiple-step Income Statement

Unit 27 Preparing a Classified Balance Sheet

Quiz for unit 27

Session Thirteen Liabilities of a Corporation: Bonds Payable

Unit 33 Bonds Payable (1)

Unit 34 Bonds Payable (2)

Quiz for unit 33

Quiz for unit 34

Session One Introduction

Quiz for Unit 1

Unit 1 Introduction to Accounting

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Prerequisites

Adequate level of English proficiency. 

References

Textbook(s):


Susan F. Haka, Jan R. Williams and Mark S. Bettner: Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions. 17th edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. / China Machine Press, 2017 (Chapters 01-15)


Guo, Guihang. Basic Accounting for Chinese Learners, 2nd edition, University of International Business and Economics Press, 2013.


Guo, Guihang. Accounting English. University of International Business and Economics Press, 2017.


Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Instructors
Guihang GUO

Guihang GUO

Professor

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