Accounting 500
Introduction to Financial Accounting

For business majors to be successful in their careers they must acquire a familiarity with the recent advances in technology. Because acquisition of that familiarity can be obtained at a relatively low cost while in school, students in Accounting 500 are required to use various aspects of this new technology to succeed in the course. The first step is to use the technology to acquire the basic information for the course (e.g., syllabi, sample exams, class notes, etc.). Consequently, the information for this class can only be obtained from this page. The first classroom discussion will cover the tools necessary to acquire any information pertinent to the course.

To ensure that University resources are not abused in the process a set of rules for students to follow are provided here.

If you are already comfortable with acquiring information from the Internet, you can access any information on this page.   Otherwise you should contact me by clicking your mouse here.

It is an absolute necessity that you be able to read pdf files for this class. To read pdf (portable document files) you must obtain a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0. You may proceed to download the necessary sofware by clicking on the following Adobe Acrobat Reader

Copies of the course syllabus are available in the following formats:

Here are some links that will be helpful in our discussion of financial accounting. They will also be useful for collecting information for class presentations.