1.1 Introduce QuickBooks.
1.2 Set up general ledger accounts, customer and vendor profiles.
1.3 Record day-to-day transactions and adjusting entries in the vendor, customer and company module.
1.4 Process payments for both manual and computer generated cheques.
1.5 Print journals, general ledger reports, aged analysis, trial balance and financial statements.
2.1 Introduce Sage 50 Accounting along with use of security options.
2.2 Create a new company or use predefined templates.
2.3 Set up the General Ledger, entering Budgets and Chart of Accounts; process day-to-day and adjusting entries.
2.4 Print journals, general ledger reports and trial balance.
2.5 Generate financial statements.
2.6 Export and import the Chart of Accounts to and from Excel; export Reports to Excel.
2.7 Perform month-end and year-end procedures. Print post-closing Trial Balance.
2.8 Prepare Bank Reconciliation.
3.1 Activate and set up the Accounts Receivable module.
3.2 Process day-to-day transactions, including invoices, cash receipts and adjustments.
3.3 Perform period-end processing, including interest and write-offs.
3.4 Generate reports, including the aged receivable report.
4.1 Activate and set up the Accounts Payable module.
4.2 Process day-to-day transactions, including invoices and adjustments.
4.3 Process payments, both manual and computer generated cheques.
4.4 Generate reports, including the aged payables report.
5.1 Activate and set up the Payroll module.
5.2 Process day-to-day transactions, including adding employees and deductions.
5.3 Process payroll with correcting entries.
5.4 Generate reports.
6.1 Activate and set up the Project module.
6.2 Process day-to-day transactions using project tracking from journal entry, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll module.
6.3 Generate reports.
7. Activate and use of Departments.
Lecture and practical applications, conducted exclusively in a computer lab and/or on-line.
| QuickBooks | ||
| Assignment(s) and Quiz(zes) | 8% | |
| Comprehensive QuickBooks Examination | 15% | |
| Total QuickBooks | 23% | |
| Sage 50 Accounting | ||
| Assignment(s) and Quiz(zes) | 07-10% | |
| Tests | 32-35% | |
| Comprehensive Sage 50 Accounting Examination | 35% | |
| Total Sage 50 Accounting | 77% | |
| 100% |
Students must write both examinations in order to obtain credit for the course.
To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 50% on invigilated assessments, with the 50% calculated on a weighted average basis.
Invigilated assessments include, in-class quizzes, in-class tests, midterm exam(s) and the final exam.
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to:
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
Christine Heaney, Using Intuit QuickBooks Premier 20XX for Windows, latest edition, Pearson Educational, as approved by the Accounting Department.
Freedman, H. and Smith, C., Learning Sage 50 Accounting by Sage Premium 20XX, latest edition, Thomson Nelson, as approved by the Accounting Department.
Or other textbook(s) approved by the Accounting Department.
ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1235 text or equivalent.
(ACCT 1110 with a grade of C or better OR ACCT 1235 with a grade of C or better) AND (CSIS 1190 with a grade of C or better OR CSIS 2200 with a grade of C or better).
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
| Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | No credit | 2006/09/01 to - |
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO ABT 281 (3) | 2013/01/01 to 2019/04/30 |
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO ACCT 250 (3) | 2021/09/01 to - |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU BFIN 1XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit | 2009/09/01 to - |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG FMGT 2308 (3) | 2010/09/01 to - |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC BUS 1XX (3) | 2006/09/01 to - |
| Okanagan College (OC) | No credit | 2020/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | No credit | 2006/09/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | DOUG ACCT 1222 (3) & DOUG CSIS 1110 (3) = TRU COMP 1XXX (3) & TRU COMP 1XXX (3) & TRU MIST 2611 (3) | 2015/09/01 to 2019/04/30 |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU ACCT 1920 (3) | 2010/09/01 to 2015/04/30 |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU ACCT 2280 (3) | 2015/05/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU ACCT 192 (3) | 2008/09/01 to 2010/08/31 |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | No credit | 2006/09/01 to - |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW ACCT 210 (3) or UCW ACCT 220 (3) | 2019/05/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit | 2008/09/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | No credit | 2006/09/01 to - |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC COMM 2XX (3) | 2006/09/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV BUS 1XX (3) | 2006/09/01 to - |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | No credit | 2008/09/01 to - |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC COM 2XX (1.5) | 2006/09/01 to 2008/08/31 |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU ACCT 1st (3) | 2006/09/01 to - |