Acct 101 Online - Syllabus

Course Syllabus:  Acct 101 Online - Syllabus

Meet Your Instructor: 

Professor Mark McCallick, CPA.CGMA graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

 Professor McCallick's career began at Ernst & Young, LLP (Newport Beach) where he worked in the audit department for four years. After leaving Ernst & Young, he worked for NBC Television in various financial positions ending as Manager of Advertising Finance – West Coast before leaving to start his own CPA firm in 1987. After ten years running his own practice he merged his practice into a national CPA firm located in Orange County. In 2004 he started a consulting practice and ran this firm until he accepted a full time teaching position at Santa Ana College in 2014.

 Professor McCallick is a Certified Public Accountant and has been teaching financial and managerial accounting since 2012. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs where he holds a designation as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is also a member of the California Society of CPA's. He is a certified Quickbooks Pro advisor.

Course Description:

Financial accounting for the business administration transfer student. The course includes study of the accounting cycle, asset and liability accounting, corporations, financial statements and principles.

Textbook Information: 

COURSE MATERIALS: This course requires a textbook (hardcopy or online), AND a McGraw-Hill Connect registration code and subscription. There are TWO options for the textbook for this class:

Option 1: The bundled package from the bookstore – includes the hard cover textbook, eBook, and Connect Plus

• Textbook FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, fourth Edition, Spiceland/Thomas/Herrmann; With Connect Plus (packaged w/ textbook); McGraw Hill Publishing.
• ISBN 978-1-260093-38-4
• $99.00 Hard Copy of Book plus Connect Plus Access Code (Purchased from the SAC bookstore)

Option 2: eBook with Connect Plus (no hard copy of the textbook)

• Textbook FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, fourth Edition, Spiceland/Thomas/Herrmann; With Connect Plus, McGraw Hill Publishing.
• eBook only with Connect Plus
• ISBN 978-1-260882-61-2
• $79.00 (Purchased online directly from MGH website)

REGISTERING WITH CONNECT: (To enter/ purchase a registration code, or to start the trial period):

Please watch the Presentation (link from the “Using Connect” tab in Canvas) regarding the registration process.  When you are ready to register, use this video to help with Connect registration by logging into your Canvas account first:  CLICK HERE TO Watch this video to learn How to Register Connect through Canvas

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING:

1.  Students will be able to record transactions, make adjustments & close the accounting cycle.
2. Student will be able to prepare GAAP based financial statements.