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ACCT - Accounting

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Prefix Number Gerta Course Title BSCLRSCNDSCSWSCDCBDSUMASUMISUNDSUUNDVCSUCCCCFBCC
ACCT 102   Fundamentals of Accounting          
ACCT 200   Elements of Accounting I
ACCT 201   Elements of Accounting II  
ACCT 205/305   Cost Accounting           
ACCT 207   Managerial Accounting         
ACCT 212   Payroll Accounting            
ACCT 215/315   Business in the Legal Environment 3-4        
ACCT 218   Computer Applications in Business         
ACCT 226/316   Business Law II            
ACCT 231   Income Tax Procedures          


ACCT 102 Fundamentals of Accounting
Course is designed for non-accounting majors. Coverage includes elements of financial statements and the full accounting cycle.

ACCT 200 Elements of Accounting I
  • Use Excel efficiently and effectively, in relation to the application of the above accounting concepts; write formulas and set up basic spreadsheets (Training in Excel does not necessarily have to be obtained in an accounting course. Students may receive this instruction through computer information systems, business and office technology education or computer science courses.)

  • Identify the activities within the following cycles and make appropriate journal entries related to the cycle’s financial transactions:
    a. Revenue
    b. Expenditure

  • Understand the theory of debits and credits and apply accounting theory to business transactions.

  • Examine the conceptual framework of accounting under generally accepted accounting principles/Define the function of accounting.

  • Interpret and use information provided by financial accounting systems in making business decisions.

  • Explain the purpose and use of financial statements and identify users of financial information.

  • Prepare financial statement for service businesses and communicate financial accounting information.

  • Evaluate accounting events and transactions and record events utilizing the accounting cycle.

  • Prepare and adjust necessary adjusting and closing entries.

  • Prepare a trial balance.

  • Prepare financial statements.

  • Prepare a post closing trial balance.

  • Prepare journal and subsidiary ledgers.

  • Explain internal controls and discuss internal controls in business.

  • Establish and prepare entries for petty cash accounting and perform bank reconciliations.

  • Record entries for bad debt expense and allowance for doubtful accounts.

  • Compute and journal interest on notes receivable.

  • Apply and evaluate accounting and valuation methods to both periodic and perpetual inventory systems.

  • Accounts for capitalization, depreciations (amortization or depletion), and the disposal of fixed assets.

  • Differentiate between revenue and capital expenditures.

  • Record current liability transactions, including payroll/Calculate payroll and payroll deductions.

  • Record entries for bad debts expense and allowance for doubtful accounts, including adjusting entries and write-off entries

  • Prepare income statements by department

  • Determine interest calculations and maturity dates on notes receivable and payable

  • Discount and record interest bearing notes


ACCT 201 Elements of Accounting II
  • Prepare comparative balance sheets, use horizontal and vertical analysis techniques, and calculate different types of ratios for managerial accounting.

  • Differentiate between produce costs and period costs

  • Calculate depreciation using a variety of methods

  • Know characteristics, legal aspects, and accounting issues involved with the partnership form of business and apply accounting procedures.

  • Calculate partner’s share of net income based on a ration, beginning capital investment, and interest allowance

  • Know the characteristics, legal aspects, accounting and reporting involved with the corporate form of business and apply accounting and reporting procedures

  • Calculate and record dividends for preferred and common stock

  • Prepare retained earnings statement of a corporation

  • Identify the concepts involved with the long-term liabilities with an emphasis on bond transactions

  • Know the concepts for the accounting and reporting of bond and stock investments

  • Prepare and analyze the Statement of Cash Flows and explain its usefulness and purpose

  • Perform financial statement analysis and begin to interpret results

  • Describe cost behavior patterns and apply cost-volume profit analysis

  • Distinguish between managerial accounting and financial accounting concepts

  • Understand the cost of goods sold for a manufacturing firm.

  • Identify budgetary concepts and know the purposes of budgeting

  • Prepare various budgets for manufacturing and/or merchandising firms.

  • Time value of money (basic).

  • Explore annual reports for a publicly-traded corporation.


ACCT 205/305 Cost Accounting
The introduction of modern cost accounting with insight and breadth regarding both the accountant's and the managers' role in an organization.

ACCT 207 Managerial Accounting
Course is designed for non-accounting majors. Coverage includes the application of accounting concepts and techniques to managerial problems of planning, control land decision making.

ACCT 212 Payroll Accounting
Introduction to the study of payroll, property, and sales taxes. Prerequisite: ACCT 200.

ACCT 215/315 Business in the Legal Environment
  • Measure the impact governmental regulation has on both public and private sector

  • Distinguish between organization and formations and compare the legal ramifications of each

  • Explain agency principles regarding formation, cancellation, and the liability imposed in an agency relationship

  • Analyze how the law affects everyday decisions in the business environment

  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of the concepts and language utilized in both civil and criminal law as it relates to business activities

  • Apply the applicable law to a contract scenario and identify the legality, or lack thereof, to said scenario

  • Identify legal problems or potential ones that may arise in business practices

  • Perform a case analysis of prior case opinions and hypothetical legal situations in business

  • Examine contemporary business ethics and their place in the legal field

  • Compare and contrast the legal regulation and business ethics in today’s society


ACCT 218 Computer Applications in Business
The fundamentals of digital computer programming using electronic spreadsheets with special applications on business applications. (Cross List as CIS 105)

ACCT 226/316 Business Law II


ACCT 231 Income Tax Procedures
Federal income tax relating to individuals and partnerships.





The following individuals are leaders for this discipline. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are chairs.

Name Institution Email Address Phone Number
Joseph Vuolo BSC joseph.vuolo@bsc.nodak.edu 701-224-5548
Phillip Lewis CCCC Phillip_LewisSr@littlehoop.edu 701-766-4415
* Wayne Johnson DCB wayne.johnson@dakotacollege.edu 701-228-5439
Scott Hanson DSU scott.hanson@dickinsonstate.edu 701-483-2319
Stacey Baker FBCC sbaker@fbcc.bia.edu 701-627-4738
LoAnn Nelson LRSC loann.nelson@lrsc.edu 701-662-1531
Gene Levitt MaSU gene.levitt@mayvillestate.edu 701-788-4779
Patti Fedje MiSU patti.fedje@minotstateu.edu 701-858-3293
Curt  Schreiber NDSCS curt.schreiber@ndscs.edu 701-671-2601
William (Bud) Bowlin NDSU Bud.Bowlin@ndsu.edu 701-231-8970
Heather Soleim NDSU Heather.Soleim@ndsu.edu 701-231-6430
Lisa Johnson NDUS lisa.a.johnson@ndus.edu 701-858-3494
Koreen Ressler SBC koreenr@sbci.edu 701-854-8001
Barb Houle TMCC bhoule@tm.edu 701-477-7862
Judy Jahnke UND judy.jahnke@mail.business.und.edu 701-777-3010
Mary Loyland UND mary.loyland@mail.business.und.edu 701-777-2921
Carol Anderson UTTC canderson@uttc.edu 701-255-3285 ext. 1259
Lynn Ketterling UTTC lketterling@uttc.edu 701-255-3285
Ralph Hooper VCSU ralph.hooper@vcsu.edu 701-845-7520
John Evanson WSC john.evanson@wsc.nodak.edu 701-774-4298
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