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ACC 230 Entire Course (UOP) • ACC 230 Week 1 Checkpoint Financial Statements • ACC 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • ACC 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Differentiating Depreciation Methods • ACC 230 Week 2 Assignment Lucent Technologies Case • ACC 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Preparing an Income Statement • ACC 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • ACC 230 Week 4 CheckPointAnalyzing an Income Statement • ACC 230 aWeek 4 Assignment Web Sites Search • ACC 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows
ACC 230 Week 1 Checkpoint Financial Statements (UOP) • CheckPoint: Assessing Financial Statements • Resource:Ch. 2 of Understanding Financial Statements,and Ch. 1 PowerPoint® (pp. 1-10, 1-11, and 1-13) • Searchthe Internet for the financial statements of your favorite company or your employer. You may either locate the corporate Web site for your chosen company, or you may select a company’s financial statements from the EDGAR database at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm. • Posta 200- to 300-word response that includes the following information: • Three strengths and three weaknesses in the financial statements
ACC 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Go to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov and the Financial Accounting Standards Board’sWeb site at http://www.fasb.org. Identify the mission and main activities of each organization. Then, analyze the similarities and differences between the roles of each entity. Which entity has more influence over financial statement reporting? Explain your answer.
ACC 230 Week 2 Assignment Lucent Technologies Case (UOP) • Assignment: Lucent Technologies Case • Resource:Ch. 2 of Understanding Financial Statements • Read Case 2.1: Lucent Technologies on pp. 79-80 (Ch. 2) of the text. • Compose a 500- to 750-word paper that includes your answers to questions 2-4 on p. 79 (Ch. 2). • Format your paper according to APA standards. • Post your paper as an attachment.
ACC 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Differentiating Depreciation Methods (UOP) • CheckPoint: Differentiating Depreciation Methods • Resource:Ch. 2 of Understanding Financial Statements • Compose a 200- to 300-word response to Question 2.4 on p. 74 (Ch. 2). In addition, include a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of using different depreciation methods, such as straightline versus accelerated.
ACC 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Preparing an Income Statement (UOP) • CheckPoint: Preparing an Income Statement • Resources:Ch. 3 of Understanding Financial Statements, andmultistep_template.xls • Complete Problem 3.10 on p. 109 (Ch. 3). • Use multistep_template.xls to prepare a multiple-step income statement. • Write a 200- to 300-word summary analyzing the implications of profitability and the net income of the company.
ACC 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) • Discussion Questions • Postyour answer to Problem 3.5 on p. 109 (Ch. 3). How might the information contained within the stockholder equity statement be used for management and investor decision-making? Provide specific examples of situations in which the stockholder equity information might be used.
ACC 230 Week 4 Assignment Web Sites Search (UOP) • Assignment: Web Sites Search • Resource:Ch. 3 of Understanding Financial Statements • Research Web sites that contain examples of stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits. Yahoo! Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com is a helpful starting point for locating these Web sites. • Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper based on your findings. Include the following in your paper: • A description of the Web site examples you found, including the location, or URL, of the Web sites • Definitions of stock dividends, stock splits, reverse splits, and effects on per-share calculations • An analysis of the reasons for stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits
ACC 230 Week 4 CheckPoint Analyzing an Income Statement (UOP) • CheckPoint: Analyzing an Income Statement • Resource:Ch. 3 of Understanding Financial Statements • Complete Problem 3.16b on p. 111 (Ch. 3). • Analyze the income statement of Eastman Kodak, located at http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_fraser_financial_8. SelectChapter 1 from the top menu, then selectInternet Links in the left-hand menu to access the income statement. • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the problem. In addition, include your analysis of indicators such as earnings per share, operating income, and comprehensive income.
ACC 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows (UOP) • CheckPoint: Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows • Resource:Ch. 4 of Understanding Financial Statements • CompleteProblem 4.5 on p. 141 (Ch. 4). Refer to Exhibit 4.1 on p. 118 (Ch. 4) to create your statement of cash flows. • Submit your completed statement of cash flows and a 200- to 300-word analysis of the statement.
ACC 230 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) • Discussion Questions • In what ways does the statement of cash flows relate to the balance sheet and income statement? • Discuss how the statement of cash flows is utilized by investors. If you were an investor reviewing a statement of cash flows, what section might interest you most? Why? Discuss the circumstances in which other sections of the statement might be important to an investor.
ACC 230 Week 6 Assignment Candela Corporation Case (UOP) • Assignment: Candela Corporation Case • Resource:Ch. 4 of Understanding Financial Statements • Compose a 500- to 750-word paper responding to questions 1 and 2 of the Candela Corporation Case on p. 146 (Ch. 4). • Format your paper according to APA standards. • Postyour paper as an attachment.
ACC 230 Week 6 CheckPoint Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows (UOP) • CheckPoint:聽Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows • 聽 • Resource:Ch. 4 of聽Understanding Financial Statements • Complete Research Problem 4.8a on p. 142 (Ch. 4); however, choose three companies to compare instead of five. • Post your table in a Microsoft庐聽Excel or Word document.
ACC 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Findwhat.com Case (UOP) • CheckPoint: Findwhat.com Case • Resources:Ch. 5 of Understanding Financial Statements, and Exhibit 5.1: A Checklist for Earnings Quality on p. 153 (Ch. 5) • Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the Findwhat.com Case on p. 188 (Ch. 5). • Refer to the checklist, Exhibit 1, on p. 153 (Ch. 5) for assistance with identifying quality issues.
ACC 230 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) • Post your answer to Study Question 5.2 on p. 180 (Ch. 5). As you read your classmates’ responses, consider the following scenario: If you compared two different companies that utilized two different valuation methods, how might the quality of the results differ? Also, comment on the difficulty of making comparisons between two firms that use different valuation methods.
ACC 230 Week 8 Analyzing Financial Data (UOP) • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS-provided security. Compare it to network or application security.
ACC 230 Week 8 Assignment Presenting to Stakeholders (UOP) • Assignment: Presenting to Stakeholders • Resource:pp. 192-193 (Ch. 6) of Understanding Financial Statements • Read the scenario in Problem 6.9 on p. 234 (Ch. 6). • Compose a 350- to 500-word response that includes a paragraph about the main ideas of the annual report and an explanation of how you might present these ideas to stakeholders. • Refer to the questions in the Objectives of Analysis section on pp. 192-193 (Ch. 6) for guidance on tailoring ideas to present to stakeholders.
ACC 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Interpreting Financial Ratios (UOP) • CheckPoint: Interpreting Financial Ratios • Resource:Ch. 6 of Understanding Financial Statements • Complete Problem 6.2 on p. 230 (Ch. 6). • Submit your answer in 200 to 300words.
ACC 230 Week 9 Capstone DQ (UOP) • Capstone Discussion Question • What have you learned in this course about the process of analyzing financial statements?
ACC 230 Week 9 Final Project Evaluating Financial Health (UOP) • Final Project: Evaluating Financial Health • Resources: Appendix A, Ch. 1 PowerPoint®, and Ch. 6 of Understanding Financial Statements • Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper evaluating the financial health of a company. Highlight the importance of industry comparisons and trends. • Conduct an industry comparison. In your paper, discuss how your company’s financial performance compares with others in your company’s industry. • Cite all of your sources, and provide Web site URLs.
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