Course Descriptions Academic English
Academic English courses are open only to students whose first language is not English and upon recommendation by the Academic English Coordinator. AE 0050 Academic Writing: Serves as a preEnglish 1110 writing class emphasizing sentence structure/grammar as well as appropriate organization and style for a variety of academic writing situations in English. Emphasizes grammar, vocabulary, and rhetorical styles. Covers aspects of academic writing that will help students become better writers. Five hours lecture and workshop, 3 credits. AE 0051 Academic Reading Seminar: Uses reading as a basis for discussion, debate, and individual presentations. Students will increase vocabulary, analysis of texts, and reading speed in addition to practicing how to interact in U.S. classroom discussion and how to prepare and make presentations. Five hours lecture and workshop, 3 credits. AE 0052 Advanced Academic Writing Seminar: Based upon a student’s work from the previous semester, emphasizes those writing and discussion skills that are necessary for academic success in English. Concentrates on essay writing in a variety of rhetorical styles and on the basics of research writing. Student completes a 3-5 page research paper with concentration on research, summarization and paraphrase, and MLA format. Five hours lecture and workshop, 3 credits.
Accounting
ACCT 1125 Managerial Accounting: Introduces accounting concepts for planning, control, motivation, internal reporting, and evaluation. Demonstrates product cost
determination procedures, analysis of cost behavior, budgeting, decision-making and control. Fall and Spring, 3 hours lecture and laboratory, 3 credits. ACCT 1155 Financial Accounting: Introduces the basic concepts and principles of financial accounting including journal entries, financial statements preparation, notes receivable, inventory methods, depreciation methods, payroll and taxes, organization and operations of a corporation, accounting for capital stock and bonds, and financial data analysis. Course is intended for accounting and business administration majors only. Fall and Spring, 3 hours lecture and 3 hour laboratory, 4 credits. ACCT 1160 Survey of Accounting: Provides an overview of accounting. Reviews financial statements in the context of an overview of financial condition of business. Examines how accounting impacts all facets of business. Course is not intended for accounting and business administration majors. Not offered every year, 3 hours lecture and discussion, 3 credits. ACCT 2110 Intermediate Accounting I: Studies intermediate problems involving more complex business situations than those found in financial accounting. Familiarizes students with principles relating to cash, receivables, inventories, detailed analysis of balance sheet and accounts, analytical processes, and miscellaneous statements. Material covered has a high expectancy of coverage on the CPA/CMA exam. Prerequisites: ACCT 1125 and ACCT 1155 with grades of “C” or higher. Fall, 3 hours lecture and laboratory, 3 credits. ACCT 2115 Intermediate Accounting II: Emphasizes problems relating to classification and valuation of tangible and intangible assets and current liabilities; accounting for investment; 2021-2022 Catalog
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