ACCT 2000 Chapter : Acct 2000 Fall 2015 TTH Briggs Syllabus A
ACCT 2000: SURVEY OF ACCOUNTING
Fall 2015 SYLLABUS
Instructor:
Section and Time:
Class Location:
Office:
Phone:
E-mail:
Office Hours:
Lead Graduate Assistant(GA):
Office:
E-mail:
Office Hours:
Elizabeth Briggs, MBA, CPA, CIA
(6) 7:30 – 8:50 TTH
130 Howe Russell
2736 Business Education Complex
225-578-9486
1:30- 3:00 TTH
Danielle Lazerson
2600A BEC
dlazer1@lsu.edu
9:00-10:30 T/TH
*Please direct any questions to the lead GA. She is to be
the first point of contact for all inquiries. The most
efficient way to ask content questions is via the email
forum on moodle.
Note: A grade of "C-" or above must be earned in this course to advance to any other accounting course
(ACCT 2101). Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 2001.
Course Description: Introduction to the meaning of the values presented in financial statements;
management accounting concepts and internal decision making; fundamentals of individual income taxes.
This course is departmentally administered, which means the content and grading of the course are
uniform across all sections.
Required Text: Accounting:Tools for Business Decision Making by Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt,
and Donald E. Kieso, 5th edition, 2013, Wiley Publishers (required).
Required Online Text Supplement: The course will also utilize the WileyPLUS online resources. At this
site, you will work the WileyPlus assignments that are required. The site also contains additional practice
materials and tutorials. Please see Moodle for registration instructions.
Required Student Response Clicker: A Turning Point student response clicker is required. You may
check out a free clicker from Middleton Library circulation desk while supplies last or purchase from the
bookstore. You can use the same clicker for multiple LSU courses this semester and in the future. You
may use a used Turning Point student response clicker from last semester. It will be used for class quiz
grades, so each student must use their own. Please see Moodle for registration instructions.
Students are responsible for all announcements made in class, through PAWs email, or on
Moodle.
Grading: Three exams will be administered during the semester. Distribution of points is as follows:
Exam 1 74
Exam 2 74
Exam 3 74
Comprehensive Final Exam 78
Document Summary
Elizabeth briggs, mba, cpa, cia (6) 7:30 8:50 tth. *please direct any questions to the lead ga. she is to be the first point of contact for all inquiries. The most efficient way to ask content questions is via the email forum on moodle. Note: a grade of "c-" or above must be earned in this course to advance to any other accounting course (acct 2101). Credit will not be given for both this course and acct 2001. Course description: introduction to the meaning of the values presented in financial statements; management accounting concepts and internal decision making; fundamentals of individual income taxes. This course is departmentally administered, which means the content and grading of the course are uniform across all sections. Required text: accounting:tools for business decision making by paul d. kimmel, jerry j. weygandt, and donald e. kieso, 5th edition, 2013, wiley publishers (required). Required online text supplement: the course will also utilize the wileyplus online resources.
