Department
of Accounting
Accounting 509
Accounting for Information Technology
Third Term –April 30, 2008 – August 16, 2008
SYLLABUS (as of May 2, 2008)
Students in my sections will have hands-on experience with SAP R/3.
SAP R/3 is a registered trademark of SAP AG
http://business.fullerton.edu/resources/sap/
Students in my sections will have hands-on experience with bioLock, an award- wining biometric field level security and fraud mitigation tool, provided by realtime North America, Inc.
http://www.realtimenorthamerica.com/
Office: LH-617
Telephone: (714)
278-2682
Fax: (714) 278-4518
Website: http://business.fullerton.edu/accounting/pfoote
Email: pfoote@fullerton.edu
SPECIAL NEEDS
During
the first week of classes, inform the instructor of any disabilities or special
needs that you have that may require special arrangements related to attending
class sessions, carrying out writing assignments or learning components, or
taking examinations. Students with
disabilities need to document the disability at the Disabled Students Services
office in UH 101,
(714) 278-3117, www.fullerton.edu/disabledservices
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY/DISHONESTY (CSUF UPS
300.021, 5/8/2005 (‘05-’07 CSUF Catalog pg. 558)):
Academic dishonesty includes such things as
cheating, inventing false information or citations, plagiarism, and helping
someone else commit an act of academic dishonesty. It usually involves an attempt
by a student to show a possession of a level of knowledge or skill, which
he/she in fact does not possess.
- Cheating
is defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for work
by the use of any dishonest, deceptive, fraudulent, or unauthorized means.
Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, the following: using
notes or aides or the help of other students on tests and examinations in
ways other than those expressly permitted by the instructor, plagiarism as
defined below, tampering with the grading procedures, copying verbatim
another students assignments, and collaborating with others on any
assignment where such collaboration is expressly forbidden by an
instructor. Violation of this prohibition of collaboration shall be deemed
an offense for the person or persons collaborating on the work, in
addition to the person submitting the work.
- Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking the specific
substance of another and offering it as one’s own without giving credit to
the source. When sources are used, acknowledgement of the original author
or source must be made following standard scholarly practice.
Students who violate university standards of
academic integrity are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including failure in
the course and suspension from the university. Since dishonesty in any form
harms the individual, other students and the university, policies on academic
integrity are strictly enforced. Academic dishonesty, in any form, when
detected, will result in zero points on assignments or tests, and may results
in an F for the course plus additional University-level disciplinary action by
judicial affairs. For additional information refer to the University policy in
the current CSUF Catalog.
Classes
Fullerton
Class
Time: Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to noon for examinations, June 21 and
August 9
Classroom:
Langsdorf Hall (LH) 315A for examinations
Section Number:
50
Schedule
Number: 10034
Units: 3
Description:
ACCT 509 Accounting for Information Technology
Description: Survey of information processing procedures to support financial and managerial accounting processes, concepts, and standards; preparation of financial statements and management reports; use of financial information for management decision making. Units: (3)
Instructor:
Name: Paul
Sheldon Foote
Offices: 617 Langsdorf
Hall (
Office Hours: by appointment.
Office telephone: (714) 278-2682
Email: pfoote@fullerton.edu
Web Site: http://business.fullerton.edu/accounting/pfoote/
Required materials:
CobiT
and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
by Sabine
Schöler, Liane Will, and Marc O. Schäfer
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$34.95 |
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Code: H1959
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How to Comply with
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal Control,
3rd Edition
ISBN:
978-0-470-16930-8
Hardcover
266 pages
March 2008
US $75.00
Add
to Cart
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Course Objectives
The objective for this term
will be to research on information system compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
Teaching Method:
This
MSIT program course will be taught using the
http://blackboard.fullerton.edu/student/default.htm
This
graduate research course will involve submitting research papers in an
asynchronous mode. There will be an
introductory class meeting, a midterm examination, and a final examination on
campus. For students who do not live
near the
There
will be no lectures. In the place of
lectures, there will be detailed research assignments clarified by assigned
textbook readings and articles or other resources available online. You will have approximately two weeks to
complete each research assignment. In
response to student questions or to new content becoming available, the
instructor might post additional articles or clarifications at Blackboard. You are encouraged to check Blackboard daily.
While
you might be provided with one or more articles to help you to start your
research, most of your research papers will be based upon other materials you
find in your research. For details of
how to obtain help from the librarians in doing research, see:
Some
assignments will require using resources needing account and log in
information, such as SAP R/3 and Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). You will be provided with account and log in
instructions for these assignments via postings at Blackboard.
All
research papers must be uploaded to Turnitin.com (http://www.turnitin.com ) and
to Blackboard’s Discussion Board by the specified deadlines. After the deadlines, all students will be able
to read the research papers of all other students at Blackboard’s Discussion
Board. Late submissions might receive
low or no grades.
All
assignments are individual assignments.
However, all students may post chats about ideas, resources, or about
business experiences. After the
submission deadlines, all students may review the research findings of all
other students at Blackboard’s Discussion Board.
Bookstores:
Titan Bookstore,
You may purchase textbooks
online at:
http://bookstore.fullerton.edu
Titan Bookstore has a low
price guarantee. If you learn that
another local bookstore is selling textbooks for less than what you paid at
Titan Bookstore, complete a low price guarantee refund request at the Titan
Bookstore in
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714-278-4966
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714-626-8156
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Topics Covered in CobiT and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act:
1. Introduction ... 13
... 1.1 Overview of CobiT ... 13
... 1.2 COSO ... 18
... 1.3 Overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ... 19
... 1.4 Connection Between CobiT and Other Standards of Best Practices ... 23
... 1.5 SAP IT Service & Application Management ... 25
2. Central SAP Tools ... 29
... 2.1 SAP Solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance ... 29
... 2.2 SAP Solution Manager: The SAP Platform for Application Management and
Cooperation ... 35
3. CobiT Domain: Plan and Organize ... 41
... 3.1 PO1: Defining a Strategic IT Plan ... 42
... 3.2 PO2: Defining the Information Architecture ... 45
... 3.3 PO3: Determining the Technological Direction ... 52
... 3.4 PO4: Defining the IT Processes, Organization, and Relationships ... 53
... 3.5 PO5: Managing the IT Investment ... 61
... 3.6 PO6: Communicating Management Aims and Direction ... 62
... 3.7 PO7: Managing IT Human Resources ... 64
... 3.8 PO8: Managing Quality ... 68
... 3.9 PO9: Assessing and Managing IT Risks ... 71
... 3.10 PO10: Managing Projects ... 75
4. CobiT Domain: Acquire and Implement ... 79
... 4.1 AI1: Identifying Automated Solutions ... 80
... 4.2 AI2: Acquiring and Maintaining Application Software ... 83
... 4.3 AI3: Acquiring and Maintaining Technology Infrastructure ... 90
... 4.4 AI4: Enabling Operation and Use ... 97
... 4.5 AI5: Procuring IT Resources ... 101
... 4.6 AI6: Managing Changes ... 102
... 4.7 AI7: Installing and Accrediting Solutions and Changes ... 104
5. CobiT Domain: Deliver and Support ... 109
... 5.1 DS1: Defining and Managing Service Levels ... 111
... 5.2 DS2: Managing Third-Party Services ... 118
... 5.3 DS3: Managing Performance and Capacity ... 123
... 5.4 DS4: Ensuring Continuous Operation ... 125
... 5.5 DS5: Ensuring Systems Security ... 127
... 5.6 DS6: Identifying and Allocating Costs ... 135
... 5.7 DS7: Educating and Training Users ... 136
... 5.8 DS8: Managing the Service Desk and Incidents ... 138
... 5.9 DS9: Managing the Configuration ... 141
... 5.10 DS10: Managing Problems ... 143
... 5.11 DS11: Managing Data ... 146
... 5.12 DS12: Managing the Physical Environment ... 149
... 5.13 DS13: Managing Operations ... 150
6. CobiT Domain: Monitor and Evaluate ... 155
... 6.1 ME1: Monitoring and Evaluating IT Performance ... 156
... 6.2 ME2: Monitoring and Evaluating Internal Controls ... 159
... 6.3 ME3: Ensuring Compliance with Specifications ... 163
... 6.4 ME4: Ensuring IT Governance ... 164
7. Relevance of CobiT and COSO for Fulfilling SOX ... 167
8. Outlook ... 175
A. CobiT Controls ... 179
B. Literature ...191 Index ... 193
Topics Covered in How to Comply with
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404:
Chapter 1. The Evaluation Approach.
Chapter Summary.
Management’s Evaluation of Internal Control.
Overview of the Evaluation Process.
Risk-Based Judgments.
Why Understanding Risk is Important.
A Risk-Based, Top-Down Evaluation Approach.
Identification of Misstatement Risk.
Assessment of Misstatement Risk.
The Likelihood of Control Failure.
A "Top-Down" Approach to Identifying Relevant Controls.
The Independent Auditor's Reporting Responsibilities.
Overall Objective of the Auditor's Engagement.
Use of Work of Internal Auditors and Others.
Working with the Independent Auditors.
Chapter 2. Internal Control Criteria.
Chapter Summary.
The Need for Control Criteria.
The COSO Internal Control Integrated Framework.
Key Characteristics of the COSO Framework.
By Way of Analogy.
Five Components of Internal Control.
The Control Environment.
Risk Assessment.
Control Activities.
Information and Communication.
Monitoring.
Internal Control for Small Businesses.
Controls Over Information Technology Systems.
COSO Guidance.
The COBIT Framework.
Chapter 3. Project Scoping.
Chapter Summary.
Introduction.
One Size Does Not Fit All.
Entity-Level Controls.
Applying the Top-Down, Risk Based Approach.
Corporate Culture.
Personnel Policies.
IT General Controls.
Risk Identification.
Monitoring.
Anti-Fraud Programs and Controls.
Period-End Financial Reporting Processes.
Identifying Significant Activity-Level Control Objectives.
Appendix A. Action Plan: Identifying Significant Control Objectives.
Appendix B.Example Control Objectives.
Chapter 4. Project Planning.
Chapter Summary.
The Objective Of Planning.
Information Gathering For Decision Making.
Organize Your Project According to Business Process Activities.
Areas of Focus.
Defining Internal Control Deficiencies.
Project Scope and Existing Efforts to Assess Internal Control Effectiveness.
Other Scope Considerations.
Information Sources.
SEC Form 10K.
Other Information Sources.
Inquiries.
Additional Guidance.
Structuring The Project Team.
Establishing Responsibilities and Lines of Reporting.
Project Team Members.
Coordinating With The Independent Auditors.
Reach Consensus on Planning Matters.
Documenting Your Planning Decisions.
Appendix 4A. Action Plan: Project Planning.
Appendix 4B. Summary of Planning Questions.
Chapter 5. Documentation of Internal Controls.
Chapter Summary.
The Importance of Documentation.
Assessing The Adequacy Of Existing Documentation.
What Should Be Documented.
How Much to Document.
Documentation Of Entity-Level Control Policies And Procedures.
Corporate Governance Documents.
Code of Conduct.
Other Documentation.
Documenting Activity-Level Controls.
Determine the Controls to Be Documented.
How to Design Internal Control Documentation.
Flowcharting.
Narratives.
Matrixes.
Sarbanes-Oxley Automated Compliance Tools.
Functions of an Automated Sarbanes-Oxley Tool.
Implementation Is Critical.
Assessing the Control Warehouse Function.
Managing the Testing of Controls.
Automated Control Procedures.
The Value of an Automated Compliance Tool.
Coordinating With The Independent Auditors.
Appendix 5A. Action Plan: Documentation.
Appendix 5B. Linkage of Significant Control Objectives to Example Control Policies and Procedures.
Note.
Chapter 6. Testing and Evaluating Entity-Level Controls.
Chapter Summary.
Overall Objective Of Testing Entity-Level Controls.
Relationship between Entity-Level and Application-Level Controls.
Design Effectiveness versus Operational Effectiveness.
Testing Techniques.
The Nature of Available Evidence.
Survey and Inquiries of Employees.
Inquiries of Management.
IT General Controls.
Observation of Processes.
Monitoring.
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Entity-Level Controls.
Making the Assessment.
Five Levels of Reliability.
Responding to Identified Weaknesses.
Documenting Test Results.
Coordinating With The Independent Auditors.
Appendix 6A. Action Plan: Testing and Evaluating Entity-Level Controls.
Appendix 6B. Survey Tools.
Example Letter To Employees In Advance Of Employee Survey.
Notes.
Example Employee Survey Of Corporate Culture And Personnel Policies.
Purpose of the Survey.
Confidentiality.
Instructions.
Notes.
Evaluation Of Employee Survey Results.
Evaluating Results.
Appendix 6C. Example Inquiries of Management Regarding Entity-Level Controls.
Instructions For Use.
Chapter 7. Testing and Evaluating Activity-Level Controls.
Chapter Summary.
Introduction.
Confirm Your Understanding Of The Design Of Controls.
What’s a Walkthrough?
Suggestions for Performing a Walkthrough.
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Design.
Financial Statement Assertions and Controls.
Information-Processing Streams.
Operating Effectiveness.
Test Design Considerations.
A Risk-Based Approach to Designing Tests.
Sample Sizes and Extent of Tests.
Types of Tests.
Evaluating Test Results.
Documentation Of Test Procedures And Results.
Coordinating With The Independent Auditors.
Appendix 7A. Action Plan: Documentation.
Appendix 7B. Example Inquiries.
Chapter 8. Evaluating Control Deficiencies and Reporting on Internal Control Effectiveness.
Chapter Summary.
Control Deficiencies.
Evaluating Control Deficiencies.
Assessing the Likelihood and Significance of Misstatement.
Deficiencies that May be Material Weaknesses.
Compensating Controls.
The "Prudent Official Test".
Annual and Quarterly Reporting Requirements.
Management's Report When a Material Weakness Exists at Year-End.
"As Of" Reporting Implications.
Expanded Reporting On Management's Responsibilities For Internal Control.
Responsibility for Financial Reporting.
Coordinating With The Independent Auditors And Legal Counsel.
Independent Auditors.
Legal Counsel.
Appendix 8A. Action Plan: Reporting.
2. Prepare Required Report.
Index.
Student Computer Labs:
McCarthy Hall Student Lab,
MH 47
If you are a University
Extended Education student, please email me to be placed on the list of
students permitted to use this lab.
Other students will use their student identification cards to gain
access to this lab.
This lab has installed the
required software for Mihaylo College of Business Administration and Economics
courses.
Irvine Campus
Irvine Campus Open Lab (IRVC1 Room 145)
http://www.fullerton.edu/irvinecampus/eltorolab.htm
Recommended Web Sites:
Accounting Software
Annual Reports
SEC Info http://www.secinfo.com
ASP.NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/aspnet
Auditing
Biometrics
http://www.realtimenorthamerica.com
Blackboard
Blackboard has been activated
for this course. If you do not find your
name as enrolled for this course (such as a late add or a University Extended
Education registration), please email me immediately to be added to
Blackboard: pfoote@fullerton.edu
http://blackboard.fullerton.edu/
Bots
For the latest list of bots
to use in Internet research, see:
For example, there is a free
bot, Copernic Agent Basic, available (in English, French, German, and in
Spanish) for downloading from: http://www.copernic.com
Capital Budgeting
Real Options in Petroleum
http://www.puc-rio.br/marco.ind/main.html
Certification
Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP)
Citation Styles
For
a comparison of citation styles (such as AMA, APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian),
including for referencing online sources:
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
Company Data
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Fraud
Groups
To
find or create your own discussion group online for research purposes:
http://groups-beta.google.com/
Inspiration
Software
A good way to improve your research papers is to use Inspiration. You may download a free 30-day trial of this software at:
http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm
Libraries
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/introduction/
LinkedIn is an excellent free
(premium services available) resource for maintaining and building your network
of contacts. If you are looking for a
new job, seeking consulting assignments, attempting to put together business
deals, doing corporate research, or seeking to contact former classmates, you
need to join millions around the world who are using this resource today.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsheldonfoote
Microsoft SQL
Server
http://www.sql-server-performance.com
.NET (Microsoft
.NET Framework)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/
Peachtree Software
Portals
http://www.ittoolbox.com/ Ittoolbox
and
http://www.openitx.com Open IT Exchange
The
purpose of this portal is to provide a place for students and professionals to
find resources and exchange ideas about IT topics. There are specialized groups for technical
questions on topics such as SAP R/3. You
may subscribe to receive free email on specialized topics.
If
you think that any of your research papers are of high enough quality to help
advance your career, then you may email the research papers for consideration
for posting to: academicprogram@ITtoolbox.com
Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
This
site has excellent resources for researching defense procurement fraud.
Publication Subscriptions with Student Discounts
Barron’s: http://www.barronsmag.com/college.html
The Economist: http://www.economistacademic.com/
Financial Times: http://www.ft.com
SAP R/3
http://www.sapbwportals2004.com BW (data warehousing) and Portals
http://www.sapfinancials2006.com Financial accounting
http://www.saphr2006.com HR (Human Resources)
http://www.sap-press.com Books published by SAP Press
http://www.sapscm2006.com Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Search Engines
http://www.goodsearch.com uses Yahoo!
search engine; donate to your charity
Search Engine Ratings
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Translations (of Web searches, documents, email in
foreign languages)
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Web Development
White Papers
XBRL
XML
Registration and Fees; Add/Drop Procedures:
Please consult your current
Class Schedule for the TITAN add and drop periods and procedures. http://portal1.fullerton.edu/schedule/index.aspx
Grading:
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Accounting
courses taken to meet the requirements of a major or minor must be taken with
grading option 1 (A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F). |
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04 |
All lower
division Business core courses must be completed with a grade of at least C
in each course before enrolling in upper division Accounting courses.
Exceptions to this requirement may be made for non-Business majors. Upper
division Accounting courses are not open to pre-Business, pre-Economics,
pre-International Business or undeclared students. |
Please review each semester
the university’s current grading policies:
http://www.fullerton.edu/catalog/university_regulations/gradingpol.asp
Do not remain in any course
in which you are earning low scores on the assumption that there will be some
incomplete or withdrawal options.
Grading options and bases for approving those options change.
Grading will be based upon
the distribution of total points in all of my sections of this course at the
end of the course only. For grading
purposes, all sections of my course are treated as a single section in my grade
spreadsheet.
The traditional straight
scale grading percentages will be applied to the percentage of the possible
total score earned by each student:
|
Letter |
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Grade |
Percentage |
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A |
100.00% |
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A |
93.34% |
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A- |
93.33% |
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A- |
90.00% |
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B+ |
89.99% |
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B+ |
86.67% |
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B |
86.66% |
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B |
83.34% |
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B- |
83.33% |
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B- |
80.00% |
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C+ |
79.99% |
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C+ |
76.67% |
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C |
76.66% |
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C |
73.34% |
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C- |
73.33% |
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C- |
70.00% |
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D+ |
69.99% |
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D+ |
66.67% |
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D |
66.66% |
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D |
63.34% |
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D- |
63.33% |
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D- |
60.00% |
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F |
59.99% |
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F |
0.00% |
In Accounting courses, the
top student usually does not have a percentage high enough to receive a grade
of A using the traditional straight scale applied to the percentage of the
possible total score. In those typical
cases, my practice is to use the traditional straight scale applied to the
percentage of the top student’s score.
All grades in the class become relative to the performance of the top
student.
In Accounting courses, there
can be unusual distributions of total scores.
If a large number of students in the course are repeating the course
multiple times, then there can be bimodal distributions or other non-normal
distributions. There are sometimes cases
of a single student with a total score vastly higher than the total scores of
other students. At my option, I may
choose to impose the standard normal distribution on the distribution of total
scores in all sections of the course. I
may decide, for example, to raise the top student’s A grade to A+ if the Z
Score indicates that the top student’s total score was unusually good. Likewise, I might decide to raise grades in
the C to A- range if I think that this group of students should be awarded
higher grades.
Plus and minus grades will be
used in this course and will convert in the following ways in determining your
grade point average:
A+ = 4.0, A = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, C+ = 2.3, C = 2.0, C- = 1.7, D+ = 1.3, D = 0.7, F = 0.0
For details on grading
practices, see:
http://www.fullerton.edu/senate/PDF/300/UPS300-020.pdf
Research
Assignments = 60%
Midterm
Examination = 20%
Final
Examination = 20%
Examinations are closed
books and closed notes. There will be
assigned seating. The typical format
will be essay questions. There will be
NO makeup or early examinations (other than examinations at other test centers
on the day before the Saturday examinations at the
Please note that there are no extra-credit or late assignment
submission opportunities at the end of the semester.
Writing Help: (These might not be available during the
summer.)
Writing assignments looming? Midterm stress or end-semester crush? Send us
your business students.
Three campus institutions offer
targeted writing assistance:
Help is
our business!
CBE Tutoring services for business writing
MH-46
714.278.2704 (walk in or call)
Students can make appointments online:
http://cbect.fullerton.edu/appointment/default.aspx
SPECIALTY: business document formats, strategies, and
tone
Tutoring services for all campus disciplines and
subjects
MH-33
714.278.2738 (walk in or call for appt.)
MH-78 Computer Lab
714.278.7325
SPECIALTY: All college writing (written/oral language
concerns), ESL
Run by the English Department; currently open only to
students in the Humanities or to students taking HSS classes.
MH-45
SPECIALTY: College-level essay; ESL and grammar
Academic Dishonesty
The University's policy on
academic dishonesty is that the faculty may assign an F in the course and send
a formal report to the Vice President for Student Affairs for possible
university-level disciplinary action. Do your own, individual work. Maximize
your personal growth as a scholar. Do not copy solutions from any student or
from any other source. CSUF values intellectual and personal integrity within
the learning process. See the current catalog for complete details.
http://www.fullerton.edu/catalog/
Receiving Email
Throughout
the semester, you will receive many emails from me (usually via Blackboard)—if
your mailbox is not full and if you have a correct email address listed at
Blackboard. To ensure that your mailbox
is not full, check your settings for the software you use for sending and
receiving email. Some examples are:
1. Microsoft Outlook Express
Tools—Accounts
Click
on: Mail tab
Select
an Internet mail account and click on:
Properties
Click
on: Advanced tab
Under
“Delivery”, be sure that there is nothing in the box to the left of “Leave a
copy of messages on server”.
2. Microsoft Outlook
Tools—E-mail
Accounts
To
view or change existing e-mail accounts, click on: Next
Select
an e-mail account.
Click
on: Change
Click
on: More Settings
Click
on: Advanced tab
Under
“Delivery”, be sure that there is nothing in the box to the left of “Leave a
copy of messages on server”.
Please
note that the default email for you in Blackboard is probably a CSUF email
account, unless you have changed your email address in Blackboard. If you prefer a different email address, then
change the email address in Blackboard.
Computer Laboratory Assignments (details of each
assignment will be posted at Blackboard during the course):
Step 1: Write your assignments using Microsoft Word and a 14-point font. Use your own words. If you use any quotations, keep the quotations short, use quotation marks, and show the references.
Step 2: Include a reference section after your conclusions and before your appendices. Include all types of references in good form, including complete Internet references. Your references must be complete. Any reader should be able to find the referenced resource online or in a library.
Step 3: Place in appendices all computer screens you are using. Use the print screen key and then paste the screens into your Microsoft Word files.
Step 4: Check your spelling and grammar.
Step 5: Print one copy of your assignment to submit to me.
Step 6: Upload your paper to: http://www.turnitin.com
You will be provided with separate, detailed guidelines for each assignment at Blackboard.
Computer Laboratory
Assignment Standards:
Check your spelling and
grammar. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have spell checking capabilities. You will
receive lower grades if there are spelling errors or grammar errors.
Do your own work. In my
sections, there will be NO group assignments. While you may discuss with others
in the course the concepts of the course, you may not submit identical or
similar solutions to assignments. Use your own words, computations, and
formats. Do not copy solutions from any source. If you cannot explain your own
answers, then I must assume that you did not author them. All cases of
plagiarism will be reported in writing to the Vice President for Student
Affairs.
Written Assignment Guidelines:
Do:
Use Microsoft Word’s
Header and Footer (under View) to identify each assignment and the author.
Use page numbers.
Include a title for each
assignment.
Use subheadings.
Include references in
the body of your paper (where you use them) and complete references at the end
of the paper.
Use quotation marks when
you quote others.
Label the sources of any
charts or tables you copied from Web sites or from printed materials.
Check your spelling and
grammar with Microsoft Word.
Use 14-point fonts.
Do NOT:
Confuse its and it’s.
Use etc. (or "and
so on") when the reader cannot complete the series.
Example 1: Number each
page: 1, 2, 3, etc.
Example 2: My favorite
things are: stars, birds, etc.
Assignment References
If your assignment requires
references, include page number references within the body of the paper.
SAP Hands-on Assignments:
During the course, you will be provided with SAP R/3 accounts and with
detailed instructions on how to complete your SAP R/3 hands-on assignments at
Blackboard.
Assessment Statement:
The
main purpose of the degree program at the
Instructor: Paul
Sheldon Foote
Education: BBA, The University of Michigan--Ann Arbor; MBA,
Harvard Business School; Advanced Professional Certificate in Accounting, New
York University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Legal studies, New
England School of Law. Persian language studies, Harvard and
Teaching Experience: University of California, Irvine; University of
Washington; Chapman University; Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman);
Pepperdine University; New York University; Oakland University; Saginaw Valley
State University; University of Windsor (Canada); University of Michigan—Flint;
Michigan State University.
University Administration
Experience: Associate Dean,
Publications: CORPORATE PROFITABILITY: Determinants and Forecasts, University Microfilms International,
Public Accounting
Experience: Touche Ross [now Deloitte
and Touche],
CPA Review Experience:
CMA Review Experience: Malibu Publishing Company.
Consulting and Seminar
Leading Experience: Financial
Forecasting; What A CPA Should Know About Investment Decisions; Audit Sampling;
Strategic Planning and Information Systems; Fundamentals of EDP Auditing;
Compilation and Review of Forecasts and Projections; Audit Risk, Sampling and
Materiality. Internal Control Systems
and Fraud Auditing consulting.
Business Experience: Singer Sewing Machine Company (Greece, Iran, Turkey,
Lebanon, Morocco); Citicorp (Lebanon and India); Mutual of New York (New York
City); Barclays Bank (London, England).
Governmental Experience: United States Department of Commerce (
Military Experience:
Expert Witness Experience:
have served as an expert witness in
litigation involving accounting, 1989.