Accounting 215

Announcements

• Final Exam is scheduled for Saturday, March 16th at 10:30-12:30 in Smith 120.  Please let me know if you have a conflict with another exam!
• Beta Alpha Psi Tutor List -- if you are looking for help with this class, consider contacting one of the tutors on this list.
• Writing Assignment:  Click here to download the writing assignment and bring it to quiz section tomorrow.   The writing assignment will be done in groups of 3-4 (formed in your quiz sections) and is due on March 8th.  You will be given time tomorrow in quiz section (2/20) to work on the assignment.
• A Final Exam review session will be held by the Quiz Instructors on Friday, March 15th at 4:00-7:00 in Smith 102

   Syllabus 

Lecture Materials

• Lecture Notes

Packet #1 (covers material from 1/8 to 1/24)
Packet #2 (covers material from 1/31 to 2/14)
Packet #3 (covers material from 2/21 to 3/14)

• Other Materials

Microsoft Financial Statements (pages 1-4) -- for lecture on 1/15 
Starbucks Financial Statements (pages 14-17) -- for lecture on 1/15
Information game -- analogies and takeaways
Effective Interest Amortization Table (Excel Spreadsheet)
Play JEOPARDY!!
And for the ambitious students, DOUBLE JEOPARDY!  
    Click here for solutions to the jeopardy questions

 

Solutions 

• Solutions to assigned problems in the text
• Solutions to in-class practice problems:
  • Top Dawn Espresso -- T-accts and financial statements
  • Olympiad, Inc. -- Stockholders' Equity Example

Exams

• Practice Exam -- Midterm 1
  • Solution to Practice Exam
• Solutions to Midterm 1
  • Pink Exam
  • Yellow Exam
• Practice Exam -- Midterm 2
  • Corrected Solution to Practice exam
    NOTE:  The solution previously posted here had an error in question 1, part d.  This is the corrected solution! 
• Solutions to Midterm 2
  • Section A
  • Section B
• Practice Exam -- Final 
  • Solution to Practice Exam

Related Articles

• "AT&T Records $1 Billion Charge, Mostly Due to Cutting 10,000 Jobs," (WSJ, 1/7/02)
• "Arthur Andersen Says It Destroyed Documents Documents Related to Enron Account," (WSJ, 1/10/02)
• "Arthur Andersen's 'Double Duty' Work Raises Questions About Its Independence," (WSJ, 12/14/01)
• "Ford to Cut 35,000 Jobs, Close Plants," (Yahoo!News, 1/11/02, courtesy of Mark Menig)
• "AT&T Plans to Pay Accenture $2.6 Billion For Help Cutting Costs, Lifting Efficiency" (WSJ, 1/16/02, courtesy of Leslie Robertson)
• "Amazon Posts Surprise Profit As Sales Rose 15% in Quarter" (WSJ, 1/22/02)
• "Firms in Many Sectors Give Earnings A Pro Forma Makeover, Study Finds" (WSJ, 1/22/02)
• FASB Rule Will Offer Walk on Wild Side (WSJ, 9/30/97)
• Goodwill Hunting:  Accounting Change May Lift Profits, But Stock Prices May Not Follow Suit (WSJ, 1/25/01)
• Suspense Accounting:  After AOL, Who Will Take a Goodwill Hit? (WSJ, 1/11/02)
• Computer Associates Cancels Plans For Debt Sale and Blames Moody's (WSJ, 2/8/02)
  

 

 

Useful Links:

• Quiz Section website
• Wall Street Journal
• Edgarscan
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
• Smartmoney.com (useful for charting stock price -- select "stocks", enter a stock ticker symbol under "delayed quotes", choose "advanced SmartMoney charts").
• Beta Alpha Psi -- Accounting Fraternity

 

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