Academic Courses
Course Descriptions
| Course | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 260 | Computerized Accounting Using Peachtree | (3-0) 3 Cr. Hrs. |
Course Description
In this course you will gain hands on experience in setting up an accounting information system for a service, merchandising and manufacturing business using Peachtree software. This course will apply the financial accounting concepts learned in your previous courses using Peachtree software. Using the software you will create vendor, customer and employee accounts, record transactions in special purpose journals and the general ledger, create invoices, process payroll, create and print reports and perform bank reconciliations.
Prerequisites
(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)
Course Competencies
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Prepare an accounting information system for a small business using Peachtree.
- Produce a variety of output file formats with Peachtree.
- Create company users, passwords and access rights.
- Customize a chart of accounts.
- Create customer, vendor and employee accounts.
- Categorize sales, cash, and purchase transactions.
- Document sales, cash, and purchase transactions.
- Reconcile a bank statement.
- Coordinate job costs with sales, purchases and employee transactions.
- Process payroll.
- Complete the closing process of the accounting cycle.
- Prepare financial statements and reports with Peachtree.
Note: This course may not be offered every semester.
Please check the ACCT section of the current course schedule for availability.