12/21/2024 5:10:43 PM	BBK 53.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2017	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  BBK 53.1	Title:  QUICKBOOKS
Full Title:  QuickBooks Level 1
Last Reviewed:11/14/2022

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	17.50
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	1.50		4 min.	Lab Scheduled	26.25
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	2.50			Contact Total	43.75
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  35.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  BBK 85.4

Catalog Description:

Training in the use of QuickBooks software for personal and business applications.  Topics include information gathering, setting up accounts, payroll setup, working with lists, recording sales and purchases, inventory, tracking sales tax, banking procedures and financial reports.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Training in the use of QuickBooks software for personal and business applications.  Topics include information gathering, setting up accounts, payroll setup, working with lists, recording sales and purchases, inventory, tracking sales tax, banking procedures and financial reports.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Establish and maintain a set of books for a small business.

2.  Record a variety of transactions including sales, sales tax, cash receipts, banking, and

    inventory.

3.  Prepare financial reports.

 

Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Set up and maintaining a set of books for a company or individual.

2. Work with items and lists.

3. Track inventory.

4. Record sales and purchases.

5. Perform banking functions.

6. Record sales tax.

7. Set up basic payroll.

8. Produce financial reports.

Topics and Scope

I. Initial Setup of Company Books

    A. "Interview" versus "skip interview" method

    B. Select business entity

    C. Select start date

    D. Select chart of accounts

II. Creating and Editing Lists

    A. Sales tax items and list

    B. Customer and vendor lists

    C. Chart of accounts

    D. Employee

III. Recording and Reporting Inventory

    A. Purchase orders

    B. Receiving items with or without bill

    C. Entering bills and pay bills functions

    D. Creating stock status reports

IV. Recording and Reporting Sales

    A. Invoicing customers

    B. Sales receipts and cash sales

    C. Reporting sales and customer balances

V. Making and Receiving Payments and Banking

    A. Receiving and applying customer payments

    B. Writing checks

    C. Transfering funds between accounts

    D. Making deposits

    E. Reconciling bank accounts

VI. Recording and Reporting Sales Taxes

    A. Adding and editing sales tax items

    B. Grouping sales tax items

    C. Marking items and customers as taxable or non-taxable

    D. Applying sales tax to invoices

VII. Setting Up Basic Payroll

     A. Adding and editing employees

    B. Adding and editing payroll items

    C. Converting system to calculate payroll manually

VIII. Preparing Financial Reports

    A. Income statement, balance sheet, and others

    B. Trial balance, account listing, transaction detail

    C. Preparing and reporting journal entries

    C. Customer and vendor balances

IX. Creating Graphs

    A. Creating QuickInsight graphs

    B. Using QuickZoom

    C. Working with sales graph

    D. Customizing and printing graphs

 

All topics are covered in both the lecture and lab parts of the course.

Assignments:

Lecture Related Assignments:

1. Reading 20 to 30 pages per week

2. Analyze information using graphs, summary and detail level  information for cash,

    collections, and payments

3. Comprehensive projects (2 - 5)

4. Quizzes and exams (1 - 3)

 

Lab Related Assignments:

1. Record various sales and purchase transactions

2. Set up and maintain accounts receivable and accounts payable ledgers

3. Set up and maintain payroll

4. Set up and maintain inventory

5. Generate appropriate accounting reports

6. Complete approximately 15 computer problems

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 70%
Computer problems
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 70%
Set up and maintain accounts, create reports and projects
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 25%
Quizzes and exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 10%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Get Smart With QuickBooks 2015. Technical Learning Resources. 2014

Instructor prepared materials

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