ACCY 301

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ACCY 301 302 Labs

• Welcome!

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Todays Agenda

• Whats lab about?
• Who is Jackie Hammersley?
• Syllabus Investigation
• Lab Resources
• The Writing Process

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Whats lab about?

• Supports the ACCY core curriculum
• Provides coverage of technical topics used in the
  core
• 301 Recording transactions and understanding
  effects of F/Ss
• 302 Variance calculations and basic probability
• Do you have to attend?

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Who is Jackie Hammersley?

• BBA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• CPA, State of Wisconsin
• MSA and ABD (Ph.D.) U of I
• Rutgers University faculty
• Research Auditor decision making

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Syllabus Investigation

• Lab Resources
• Course web site and FAQs
• Course note packet
• Office hours
• Course policies
• Missed quizzes and in-class activities
• Grade disputes
• How are grades determined?

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Syllabus Investigation INTAACT

• Online tutorial for ACCY 301
• Buy login and password at bookstore or online
  dont buy used!
• Homework problems homework quizzes are not
  graded answers will be available
• Technical support call 800-423-0563

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Syllabus InvestigationWebCT Quizzes

• Access WebCT through course web site or
• http//webct.cites.uiuc.edu
• Login using your UIUC NetID login and password
• Click slowly though quiz
• Two attempts take highest score
• Quizzes are due 7 am on due dates auto graded
  and grades posted on WebCT
• 1st quiz due 9/9

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The Writing ProcessStep 1 Getting Started

• Before you write
• Read the assignment several times carefully
• Think about and plan your paper
• Prepare a brief outline (or a series of bulleted
  notes)
• Decide upon main points subsidiary points
• Arrange main points in prioritized order
• Subsidiary points should follow appropriate main
  points
• Review outline to ensure that response adequately
  covers the assignment

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Step 2 Drafting Your PaperGeneral
Recommendations

• Be sure to write in narrative prose.
• Avoid outline/bulleted format (unless instructed
  otherwise).
• Strive for a simple and clear writing style
• Use short sentences organized in brief paragraphs
  (of four to five sentences).
• Follow necessary memo or report format

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Step 2 Drafting Your PaperDetailed
Recommendations

• Refer back to your assignment to devise a brief
  introductory sentence/paragraph.
• Refer back to your outline
• Main points from outline serve as topic
  sentences.
• Subsidiary ideas follow in logical order and
  relate back to main points.
• For longer papers, devise appropriate
  sections/headings under which you can logically
  group your points.
• Refer back to your outline again to devise a
  brief conclusion/summary of main points.

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Step 2 Drafting Your Paper

• Now that you have a draft of your paper,
  PROOFREAD!
• Review it carefully for typos, misspellings,
  missing/unnecessary words, imprecise words, etc.
• REVISE your essay as needed
• Insert any necessary information/delete any
  unnecessary (or redundant) information.

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Strategies For Working/Writing In Groups

• Best athlete strategy--the best writers prepare
  text of report the best researchers gather
  dataetc.
• Advantage Generally yields the highest group
  grade
• Disadvantage May negatively impact some group
  members test results
• Narrow focus may prevent some group members from
  learning all concepts

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Strategies For Working/Writing In Groups

• Equal division of labor strategysections divided
  among group members for research and report
  writing
• Advantage Most group members will learn concepts
  as group compiles and writes up research
• Disadvantage(s) Write-up/research may not seem
  cohesive
• Group grade may suffer as a result

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Strategies For Working/Writing In Groups

• Combined strategy - equal division of labor
  initially, coupled with best athlete strategy
• Best researchers review content, edit as needed
• Best writers work to ensure that paper is
  seamless/coheres as a whole
• Advantage Should yield good group grade
  (as/almost as good as best athlete strategy)
• Disadvantage Time constraints--strategy may be
  too time-consuming for some assignments

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Resources for Writing Assistance

• Joanne Slutsky and the Communications TAs
• They will read your papers and suggest
  improvements to
• Coherenceorganization and unity of paper
• Clarityeffectiveness at communicating intended
  meaning clearly and persuasively
• Concisenesssimplicity and precision of language
• Mechanicsconformity with rules of grammar,
  punctuation and spelling
• They will not offer guidance on Accy
  content-related matters!

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Resources for Writing Assistance

• Project Discovery Communications Web Site
  http//www.cba.uiuc.edu/discovery/guidelines.html
• Site includes the following information
• Guidelines for written assignments and
  presentations
• Criteria for grading written assignments
• List of correction symbols used by Communications
  Team
• Suggested reference materials

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Resources for Writing Assistance

• Office hours for the Communications team are
  posted as follows
• On Joanne Slutskys door, 220 DKH (where she
  holds hours)
• On the bulletin board as you enter the Survey
  Building (where Communications TAs hold office
  hours)
• On the lab website

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Resources for Writing Assistance

• Writers Workshop (WW)
• http//www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/ww_info.
  html
• Consultants will help guide you through the
  writing process
• Note that WW consultants will not serve as
  proofreaders
• CAUTION WW Consultants are drawn from a variety
  of disciplines - writing styles differ across
  disciplines!

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Resources for Writing Assistance

• Division of English as an International Language
  (EIL)
• EIL offers ESL courses, a Language Lab, and
  tutors (for hire)
• http//deil.lang.uiuc.edu

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General Tips

• Get in the habit of reading good writing
• Read business publications such as Forbes, The
  Wall Street Journal, and Business Week
• Read quality magazines such as Time and Newsweek
• Read quality newspapers such as, The New York
  Times, The Washington Post, or The Chicago
  Tribune
• If you prefer to read about sports, read Sports
  Illustrated