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ACC 230 Entire Course

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• ACC 230 Week 1 Checkpoint Financial Statements
• ACC 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• ACC 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Differentiating
  Depreciation Methods
• ACC 230 Week 2 Assignment Lucent Technologies
  Case
• ACC 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Preparing an Income
  Statement
• ACC 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• ACC 230 Week 4 CheckPointAnalyzing an Income
  Statement
• ACC 230 Week 4 Assignment Web Sites Search
• ACC 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Preparing a Statement
  of Cash Flows
• ACC 230 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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ACC 230 Week 1 Checkpoint Financial Statements

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• CheckPoint Assessing Financial Statements
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• ResourceCh. 2 of Understanding Financial
  Statements,and Ch. 1 PowerPoint (pp. 1-10, 1-11,
  and 1-13)
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• Searchthe Internet for the financial statements
  of your favorite company or your employer. You
  may either locate the corporate Web site for your
  chosen company, or you may select a companys
  financial statements from the EDGAR database at
  http//www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm.
  
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ACC 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Questions
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• Go to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
  Commissions Web site at http//www.sec.gov and
  the Financial Accounting Standards BoardsWeb
  site at http//www.fasb.org. Identify the mission
  and main activities of each organization. Then,
  analyze the similarities and differences between
  the roles of each entity. Which entity has more
  influence over financial statement reporting?
  Explain your answer.
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• Search the Internet or the Online Library for
  information about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. A
  useful guide to some of these provisions is
  located at http//www.soxlaw.com. Summarize at
  least two provisions of the law, and discuss your
  interpretation of these provisions with your
  classmates. Do you think this law will make
  financial statements more reliable? Also, discuss
  how Sarbanes-Oxley establishes boundaries to
  ensure ethical practices. What does the law allow
  or prohibit, and why?

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ACC 230 Week 2 Assignment Lucent Technologies Case

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• Assignment Lucent Technologies Case
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• ResourceCh. 2 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Read Case 2.1 Lucent Technologies on pp. 79-80
  (Ch. 2) of the text.
• Compose a 500- to 750-word paper that includes
  your answers to questions 2-4 on p. 79 (Ch. 2).
• Format your paper according to APA standards.
• Post your paper as an attachment.
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ACC 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Differentiating
Depreciation Methods

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• CheckPoint Differentiating Depreciation Methods
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• ResourceCh. 2 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Compose a 200- to 300-word response to Question
  2.4 on p. 74 (Ch. 2). In addition, include a
  summary of the advantages and disadvantages of
  using different depreciation methods, such as
  straightline versus accelerated.
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ACC 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Preparing an Income
Statement

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• CheckPoint Preparing an Income Statement
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• ResourcesCh. 3 of Understanding Financial
  Statements, andmultistep_template.xls
• Complete Problem 3.10 on p. 109 (Ch. 3).
• Use multistep_template.xls to prepare a
  multiple-step income statement.
• Write a 200- to 300-word summary analyzing the
  implications of profitability and the net income
  of the company.
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ACC 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Questions
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• Postyour answer to Problem 3.5 on p. 109 (Ch. 3).
  How might the information contained within the
  stockholder equity statement be used for
  management and investor decision-making? Provide
  specific examples of situations in which the
  stockholder equity information might be used.
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• Provide an example from the text or the Internet
  that demonstrates a situation in which a
  companys net profits appeared good in the
  statements, but the gross or operating profits
  presented a different picture. Discuss how this
  might have occurred.Respond to the following
  question, addressed in Problem 3.6 on p. 109 (Ch.
  3) Why is the bottom-line figure, net income,
  not necessarily a good indicator of a firms
  financial success? Look for indicators like
  liquidity or solvency to answer this discussion
  question.
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ACC 230 Week 4 Assignment Web Sites Search

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• Assignment Web Sites Search
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• ResourceCh. 3 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
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• Research Web sites that contain examples of stock
  dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits.
  Yahoo! Finance at http//finance.yahoo.com is a
  helpful starting point for locating these Web
  sites.
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• Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper based on your
  findings. Include the following in your paper
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ACC 230 Week 4 CheckPointAnalyzing an Income
Statement

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• CheckPoint Analyzing an Income Statement
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• ResourceCh. 3 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
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• Complete Problem 3.16b on p. 111 (Ch. 3).
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• Analyze the income statement of Eastman Kodak,
  located at http//wps.prenhall.com/bp_fraser_finan
  cial_8. Select Chapter 1 from the top menu, then
  selectInternet Links in the left-hand menu to
  access the income statement.
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ACC 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Preparing a Statement
of Cash Flows

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• CheckPoint Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows
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• ResourceCh. 4 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• CompleteProblem 4.5 on p. 141 (Ch. 4). Refer to
  Exhibit 4.1 on p. 118 (Ch. 4) to create your
  statement of cash flows.
• Submit your completed statement of cash flows and
  a 200- to 300-word analysis of the statement.
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ACC 230 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Questions
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• In what ways does the statement of cash flows
  relate to the balance sheet and income statement?
• Discuss how the statement of cash flows is
  utilized by investors. If you were an investor
  reviewing a statement of cash flows, what section
  might interest you most? Why? Discuss the
  circumstances in which other sections of the
  statement might be important to an investor.
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ACC 230 Week 6 Assignment Candela Corporation Case

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• Assignment Candela Corporation Case
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• ResourceCh. 4 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Compose a 500- to 750-word paper responding to
  questions 1 and 2 of the Candela Corporation Case
  on p. 146 (Ch. 4).
• Format your paper according to APA standards.
• Postyour paper as an attachment.
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ACC 230 Week 6 CheckPointAnalyzing Statements of
Cash Flows

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• CheckPoint Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows
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• ResourceCh. 4 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Complete Research Problem 4.8a on p. 142 (Ch. 4)
  however, choose three companies to compare
  instead of five.
• Post your table in a Microsoft Excel or Word
  document.
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ACC 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Findwhat

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• CheckPoint Findwhat.com Case
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• ResourcesCh. 5 of Understanding Financial
  Statements, and Exhibit 5.1 A Checklist for
  Earnings Quality on p. 153 (Ch. 5)
• Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the
  Findwhat.com Case on p. 188 (Ch. 5).
• Refer to the checklist, Exhibit 1, on p. 153 (Ch.
  5) for assistance with identifying quality
  issues.
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ACC 230 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Questions
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• Post your answer to Study Question 5.2 on p. 180
  (Ch. 5). As you read your classmates responses,
  consider the following scenario If you compared
  two different companies that utilized two
  different valuation methods, how might the
  quality of the results differ? Also, comment on
  the difficulty of making comparisons between two
  firms that use different valuation methods.
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• Post your answer to Study Question 5.6 on p. 180
  (Ch. 5). Discuss the consequences of poorquality
  reporting. What has the U.S. government done to
  improve the quality of reporting after recent
  financial scandals such as Enron?
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ACC 230 Week 8 Analyzing Financial Data

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• CheckPoint Analyzing Financial Data
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• ResourceCh. 6 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Complete Problem 6.6 on p. 232 (Ch. 6).
• Submit your answers to questions A and B.
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ACC 230 Week 8 Assignment Presenting to
Stakeholders

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• Assignment Presenting to Stakeholders
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• Resourcepp. 192-193 (Ch. 6) of Understanding
  Financial Statements
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• Read the scenario in Problem 6.9 on p. 234 (Ch.
  6).
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• Compose a 350- to 500-word response that includes
  a paragraph about the main ideas of the annual
  report and an explanation of how you might
  present these ideas to stakeholders.
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• Refer to the questions in the Objectives of
  Analysis section on pp. 192-193 (Ch. 6) for
  guidance on tailoring ideas to present to
  stakeholders
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ACC 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Interpreting Financial
Ratios

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• CheckPoint Interpreting Financial Ratios
• ResourceCh. 6 of Understanding Financial
  Statements
• Complete Problem 6.2 on p. 230 (Ch. 6).
• Submit your answer in 200 to 300words
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ACC 230 Week 9 Capstone DQ

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• Capstone Discussion Question
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• What have you learned in this course about the
  process of analyzing financial statements?
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ACC 230 Week 9 Final Project Evaluating Financial
Health

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• Final Project Evaluating Financial Health
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• Resources Appendix A, Ch. 1 PowerPoint, and Ch.
  6 of Understanding Financial Statements
• Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper evaluating the
  financial health of a company. Highlight the
  importance of industry comparisons and trends.
• Conduct an industry comparison. In your paper,
  discuss how your companys financial performance
  compares with others in your companys industry.
• Cite all of your sources, and provide Web site
  URLs.
• Format your paper according to APA standards.
• Post your paper as a Microsoft Word attachment.
• Submit a 3- to 5-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation that highlights the financial data
  of your company and illustrates the comparisons
  you wrote about in your paper.
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