ACG 306: Accounting Information Systems

1. ACG 306: Accounting Information Systems • Advertisements • Grading, course policies, syllabus • Introduction to AIS ACG 306 Introduction

2. Beta Alpha Psi • Honor fraternity (3.0) or MSA student • Bi-Monthly meetings with speakers • Best way to start networking • Community Service Projects • http://student.uncw.edu/org/betaalphapsi/index.htm • Look for announcements on plasma screens in the fall ACG 306 Introduction

3. BAP Meetings ACG 306 Introduction

4. Leadership Conferences • Conferences sponsored by most of the accounting firms • 2-3 days in June or July (expense paid) • May lead to internship offer which may lead to full time job offer • Work on your resume now! • Polish up your interview skills • See Leslie Wright in Career Services (wrightl@uncw.edu) • Firms come on campus to interview in March and April of each year ACG 306 Introduction

5. Internship Program • Work fulltime for accounting firm and make big $ entry to fulltime job • More Internships available in spring semester (spring 2016) • Plan your schedule to graduate in Fall semester or be able to skip Spring and graduate in summer • GMAT Required in Summer of 2015 for Spring 2016 internships • www.mba.com • Contact leel@uncw.edu ACG 306 Introduction

6. MSA program • One year, 32 hour, lock step program • Meets 150 hour requirement for CPA license • Any undergraduate degree accepted • Prerequisites: 301-302-306-404-305*-406* • Excellent job placement opportunities (>90% job placement rate) : EY, KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, Dixon Hughes Goodman, McGladrey, and many others • Application deadline: April 1 each year • Contact kerlerw@uncw.edu ACG 306 Introduction

7. CEN: Cameron Executive Network • Executives help students with career planning • Look for announcements on Plasma Screens in the fall • Must be admitted to CSB • attend a CEN Student Orientation session • Complete online application • Selected by CEN • http://csb.uncw.edu/cen/index.htm ACG 306 Introduction

8. ACG 306: Accounting Information Systems • Instructor: Rebecca Sawyer, MBA, CPA • MIS 213 required as well as ACG 203; ACG 301 is pre or co-requisite • Entropy for uploading assignments; grades https://csbapp.csb.uncw.edu/entropy/ • Syllabus http://www.csb.uncw.edu/people/sawyer/306home.htm ACG 306 Introduction

9. Overview • What is an accounting information system? (AIS) ACG 306 Introduction

10. AIS SALES/ CASH RECEIPTS ORDER ENTRY COST ACCOUNTING PURCHASES CASH PAYMENTS FINANCIAL REPORTING PAYROLL ACG 306 Introduction

11. What’s wrong with this picture? ACG 306 Introduction

12. MIS PRODUCTION FINANCE HUMAN RESOURCES MARKETING AIS ACG 306 Introduction

13. In this course: • Documentation techniques • AIS Procedures And Cycles • EXCEL: tools used by auditors • Accounting Software: Peachtree • Database software: Access ACG 306 Introduction

14. Next class: ACG 306 Introduction