* Represents elective or graduate courses.
Arizona State University
Course: 330 AIS - Spring 1994
Content Emphasis: 66% MIS
33% Transaction cycles & Controls
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: Course reader
Projects: 20% Term project: AIS analysis / design for
organization
15% Lab: Excel and Paradox cases
Supporting Software: Excel
Paradox
Audience: Not listed
Other:
Arizona State University
Course: 330 - AIS - Fall 1994
Content Emphasis: 50% Flows and controls
50% Transaction cycles & flows
Additional Coverage: Performance measurements, re-engineering
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Course reader
Projects: 15% Term Project: AIS Analysis/Design for
Organization
5% Lab: Excel assignments
Supporting Software: Excel projects
Audience: not listed
Other:
Bayler
Course: 332 - AIS - Fall 1994
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles 30%
Controls 50%
Additional Coverage: SDLC, evaluation & implementation (20% of
course)
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Course Reader
Projects: 30% Group case
15% Peachtree Implementation Project
10% SUA
5% Case Analysis
Supporting Software: Peachtree
Audience: MIS prerequisite
Other:
Baylor*
Course: 5315: AIS graduate seminar - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS
40% Flows and controls
Additional Coverage: Selection & implementation of AIS, sw
evaluation
Major Text: Harvard Business School Cases
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 60% Cases
25% software evaluation project
Supporting Software: None
Audience: Graduate
Other: Course description emphasizes systems analysis
& design point of view
Bentley College
Course: 340 AIS - Fall 1995
Content Emphasis: Controls and transaction cycles
Additional Coverage: MIS, flowcharting / data flow
Major Text: Gelinas, Oram and Wiggins
Supporting Materials: Course reader
Projects: 25% Term project
5% MYOB assignment
Supporting Software: MYOB Software
SnapGraphics
Audience: not listed
Other:
Bradley University
Course: 383 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS 33%
controls 25%
transactions 30%
Additional Coverage: system analysis & design
Major Text: Gelinas, Oram & Wiggins
Supporting Materials:
Projects: No major project, weekly small assignments
(25%)
Supporting Software: Internet assignments (4%),
Audience: Acct majors required to take BMA 372
(Information Technology - MIS course) but 372
is not a prerequisite to this course.
Other:
Brigham Young
Course: 401 - Jr. Year Accounting Core - Spring 95
Content Emphasis: Flows & controls 35%
Database 35%
Additional Coverage: MIS 20%
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Denna
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Financial
Accounting, Kieso
Projects: Systems curriculum is integrated into core
Hands on assignments with Paradox,
spreadsheets, GL package
Supporting Software: Paradox
Audience: Jr.
Other: IS is approximately 35% of jr. year accounting
core (usually entire student load)
Bryant College, University of Western Sydney
Course: 345 - AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS & Transaction
Additional Coverage: Database
Major Text: Denna
Supporting Materials: Projects for Accounting Systems, by Robert M.
Harper
Projects: 15% Term paper
10 % Software evaluation
30% AIS analysis, design & implementation
Supporting Software: FoxPro
Audience: MIS course
Other:
CSU Chico
Course: ACCT 111 - AIS - Fall 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction Cycles 30%
Controls 35%
MIS / Implementation 30%
Additional Coverage: Manual accounting systems
DBMS
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Building Accounting Systems(Access) Perry &
Sneider
Projects: 30% projects (SUA, DB, flowcharting, SW)
Supporting Software: BusinessWorks
Access
Audience: Jr
PC courses (WP,DB, Excel) 1 unit each
MINS 110 - 3 Units/ Intro. to Business
Systems: (prerequisite to AIS course)
MINS 118 - 3 Units /DB Design and
Administration: Analysis of DBMS's, design &
implementation; use of R:Base
Other:
CSU Fresno
Course: ACCT 146 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: PC / PCGL & Spreadsheet (50%)
Additional Coverage: data mgt (15%), transactions
D&T AUDITS
Major Text: Nash & Heagy
Supporting Materials: Projects for Accting Systems, Harper
Gleim & Hillison
Projects: 40% PC lab assignments (40% spreadsheets, 15%
data management, 15% PC general ledger)
Supporting Software: Spreadsheet
Audience: Required IT/systems courses for ACCT majors:
IS50: Computer Concepts (3 units): Intro. to
hw & sw systems, impact of it on society, PC
lab
IS 160: MIS (3 units): management concepts of
IS functions in organizations.
Other:
CSU Hayward
Course: CIS - 4270 Management and Accounting IS -
Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: Controls
No coverage listed re: transaction cycles
Major Text: Andersen Consulting, Foundations of Business
Systems
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 15% Lab
Supporting Software: Small exposure to dBaseIV, 1-2-3 or CA Simply
Money
Audience: Jr
Other:
CSU Long Beach
Course: ACCT 480 - AIS (Iazzetta)
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: Transaction Cycle 25%
Controls 25%
Major Text: Nash & Heagy
Supporting Materials: Perry, Building Accounting Systems
Projects: 30% Assignments from Perry
Supporting Software: Paradox
Audience: not listed
Other:
CSU Long Beach
Course: 480 - AIS (Martin) Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles (25%)
Controls (25%)
MIS / AIS Development (30%)
Additional Coverage: Audits
Database management
Major Text: Nash & Heagy
Supporting Materials: Course Reader
Thommes, Proper Spreadsheet Design
Projects: D&T Audits / PC Projects (10%)
Supporting Software: D&T AUDITS and STAR packages
Audience: not listed
Other:
CSU Northridge
Course: Acct 410 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction (30%)
Controls (20%)
MIS 40% (System development 20%, Strategic
impact of AIS 20%)
Additional Coverage: New technologies (OOPS, ES)
Major Text: Page & Hooper
Supporting Materials: Viescase, Running MS Access 2
Projects: 30% AIS project on Access 30%
Supporting Software: Access
Audience: Prerequisite MIS 324, PC proficiency
Other:
University of Canberra, Australia
Course: AIS 1 - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles / processing (66%)
Additional Coverage: MIS / spreadsheet (33%)
Reporting
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: Grose, Attache 5: Modern Moves - acctng
practice set
Projects: 40% accounting practice sets (manual &
computerized)
10% Excel excercise
Supporting Software: Excel
Audience: Fr
Other: Course description emphasizes "hands-on"
experience with AIS & transaction
processessing
Carnigie Mellon University
Course: AIS currently not offered
Content Emphasis:
Additional Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting Materials:
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience:
Other:
Case Western Reserve*
Course: ACCT 441 - Audit, Control & Security for IS
(Elective)
Content Emphasis: Controls & Auditing
Additional Coverage: Contingency planning, contracts, misc.
Security topics
Major Text: Weber, "EDP Auditing Conceptual Foundations"
Supporting Materials: Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council Handbook
Projects: 35% is final paper / project
30% Cases / exercises
Supporting Software:
Audience:
Other: Course is cross listed with the IS dept.
Case Western Reserve
Course: ACCT 406 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS 35%
25% Transaction cycles
25% Controls
Additional Coverage: Systems design / analysis / data management
Major Text: Boockholdt
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 20% Research paper
30 % AIS design and development
Supporting Software:
Audience: not listed
Other:
Central Michigan University
Course: ACCT 530 - AIS - Winter 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction Cycles (50%)
Additional Coverage: Controls (20%)
PC proficiency
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: Class reader
Projects: 20% computer lab cases
Supporting Software:
Audience: MIS prerequisite
Other: CMU has an AIS major (12 credit hours in
programming (COBOL) & MIS)
University of Cincinnati
Course: ACCT 474 - IS
Content Emphasis: Controls (45%) emphasized in course objectives
Additional Coverage: transaction cycles (45%)
DFD, flowcharting
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 25% field study project at local business to
understand particular transaction cycle
(document & analysis of internal control)
Supporting Software:
Audience: Prerequisite of PC fundamentals course
Other:
Clemson
Course: ACCT 322 - AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS (50%)
Additional Coverage: Controls (25%)
Transaction cycles (25%)
Major Text: Davis, Robinson, Alderman Accounting
Information Systems
Supporting Materials:
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience: not listed
Other:
Columbus College
Course: ACCT 308 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Controls (50%)
Transaction (40%)
Additional Coverage: SDLC, DFD
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Computerized Acctg w/ Peachtree Complete Acctg
6.0
Projects: 20% Project - field study of local business'
AIS
10% SUA
10% Peachtree project
Supporting Software: Peachtree
Audience: Jr,all business majors required to take MIS
course
Other:
Creighton University
Course: ACCT 477 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS (40%)
Transactions cycles (25%)
Control (25)
Additional Coverage: DBMS (10%)
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 35% Using transaction processing system
Supporting Software:
Audience: Sr., must have MIS prerequisite
Other:
Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Course: Acc 252 - AIS - Fall 1995
Content Emphasis: topics not specified; objectives of course
listed as
information flow, MIS, design/implementation,
controls
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Cuthbert Intro to Computerized Acct using
Sybiz Elite
Edwards Lewell's Motor Sales - An Accounting
Practice Set
Projects: 5% Computer assignment - GL package
10% case study
Supporting Software:
Audience: Jr; MIS prerequisite
Other:
University of Denver
Course: ACCT 3241-2 AIS & Internal Control - Sping
1995
Content Emphasis: Controls (30%)
Transaction cycles (30%)
MIS (30%)
Additional Coverage: System design / implementation
Major Text: Bodnar and Hopwoord
Supporting Materials: Handouts, articles
Projects: 20% System Design Project on Peachtree
10% spreadsheet projects
Supporting Software: Peachtree
Audience: Jr., MIS prerequisite
Other:
University of Denver*
Course: ACCT 4475 - Database Management Systems
(Graduate)
Content Emphasis: Database
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Courtney & Paradice Database Systems for
Management
Supporting Materials: Understanding dBase IV 2.0
Projects: 35% project of dBase
Supporting Software: dBase IV
Audience: Jr +, Required of all students in the combined
bachelor's & masters programs
Other:
University of Denver*
Course: ACCT 4476 - Systems Analysis & Design - Spring
1995 (graduate)
Content Emphasis: MIS (abstraction, design & implementation)
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Flaaten, Foundations of Business Systems
Supporting Materials: HBS cases
Projects: Lectures, hands-on, IS analysis, and design &
development project
Supporting Software: CASE
Audience:
Other: Required of all students in the combined
bachelor's & masters programs
University of Evansville
Course: ACCT 321 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: Flows & Controls
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Peachtree Complete Accounting
Projects: 30% Lab assignments
20% computer problem
20% case
Supporting Software: Peachtree
Audience:
Other: Topics not listed in syllabus, but objectives
state MIS focus
University of Exeter, UK*
Course: ECO 2011 - AIS Fall 1993
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: Computer crime, audit automation
Major Text: Moscove
Supporting Materials: Edwards, Essence of IS
Williams & Spaul, IT & Acctg
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience: not listed
Other:
University of North Florida
Course: ACG 4401- AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: Controls (30%)
Transaction Cycles (30%)
MIS (30%)
Additional Coverage: Systems analysis / implementation
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Siegel, Practical Approach v3.0
Gleim
Projects: 15% DB design for ficticious organization
20% Systems analysis for specific accounting
cycle in a determined industry
Supporting Software: Lotus 123
Approach
Audience: Jr, Prerequisite of CGS 2060 - intro to
computers
Other: Also offers EDP auditing elective
George Mason University*
Course: ACCT 712 - AIS (graduate level)
Content Emphasis: Controls 25%
MIS 35%
Additional Coverage: Internet, Object Oriented Analysis
Transaction, DBMS
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: Krol, Whole Internet...
Coad, Object Oriented Analysis Object Oriented
Analysis
Projects: 30% projects
Supporting Software:
Audience: Graduate
Other: Must have MIS prerequisite
George Mason University
Course: ACCT 312 - AIS
Content Emphasis: Catalog description emphasizes controls and
MIS, syllabus not inluded
Additional Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting Materials:
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience: Jr.
Other: Must have MIS prerequisite
Georgia State University
Course: ACCT 431 - AIS
Content Emphasis: Controls 25%
Transactions 20%
MIS / SDLC 25%
DBMS 25%
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Leitch & Davis
Supporting Materials: Articles
Perry & Schneider, Building Accounting
Systems: Transaction Approach
Projects: 50% small projects, cases
Lectures prepare for computer projects
(Paradox, flowcharting)
Supporting Software: Paradox
Audience: Must have MIS prerequisite, as well as PC
course
Other:
Gustavus Adolphus College
Course: Economics & Management 66 - AIS
Content Emphasis: MIS (50%)
Additional Coverage: Transaction cycles (30%)
Controls (20%)
Major Text: Bodnar
Supporting Materials: Introducing Paradox for Windows
Projects: Class project has students preparing
instructional materials for the local adult
education organization to teach basic PC
skills.
Supporting Software: Paradox
Audience:
Other:
University of Hawaii
Course: ACC 341: Accounting Systems and Operational
Auditing, Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS 66%
Additional Coverage: Transactions / Computer based acctg sw
packages
Internal controls & auditing (EDP audits) 15%
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials: D&T, AUDITS:Student Guide
Misc. articles & readings (i.e. Toffler)
Projects: 25% Small PC assignments (123, Flowchart, GL
Case)
Supporting Software:
Audience: MIS prerequisite
Other:
University of Houston
Course: ACCT 3371 - AIS
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles 50%
Additional Coverage: Controls 25%
DBMS (15%) , specialized info systems
(networks) (10%)
Major Text: Wilkinson
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 30% Project - analysis of small business' AIS
Supporting Software: 123, DB
Audience: Jr., Must take Intro. to Computers / MIS
prerequisite
Other:
University of Illinois
Course: ACCT 331 - Accounting Systems Design - Fall
1994
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: minor coverage of controls / transactions
Major Text: Packet for Accounting Systems Design
(published by Irwin)
Supporting Materials: course reader
Projects: 25% lab assignments
Supporting Software: Spreadsheet (minor assignments)
Audience:
Other:
Loyola College, Maryland
Course: AC 402 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS / System design & implementation 66%
Additional Coverage: Controls 30%
Revenue cycle
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 25% project - analyze problem & implement
solution
Supporting Software:
Audience: Sr. Prerequisites - PC course; BA 251 - MIS
Other:
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Course: ACCT 330 - Intro. to AIS - Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles
Additional Coverage: MIS, auditing
Major Text: Nash
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Financial
Accounting, Kieso
Projects: 40% SUA projects
Supporting Software: SUA
Audience:
Other: Required to take MIS / PC proficiency course
Michigan State University
Course: ACCT 321 - AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: Database approach
Additional Coverage: Transaction cycles 20%
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Course reader
Projects: 20% Access projects & financial statement
preparation
Supporting Software: Access
Audience: not listed
Other:
University of Minnesota
Course: No AIS course, but students can take courses
from MIS dept.
Content Emphasis:
Additional Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting Materials:
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience:
Other:
University Nevada, Las Vegas
Course: AIS 409 - Accounting Systems Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Database / Spreadsheet data mgnt (66%)
Additional Coverage: System design & implementation 20%
Controls 15%
Major Text: Moscove AIS: Concepts & Practice for Effective
Decision Makers
Supporting Materials:
Projects: 20% Lotus / dBase assignments
20% case
Supporting Software: dBase, Lotus 1-2-3
Audience: Prerequisite of MIS 101 - intro. to MIS
concepts; and MIS 360 - upper division MIS
course (SDLC, DSS, etc.)
Other:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Course: BA 272 - AIS Fall 1993
Content Emphasis: Database / MIS
Additional Coverage: Flows & Controls; transaction cycles (minor)
Major Text: Moscove
Supporting Materials: Reference Lotus 123 & DB SW Applied to AIS
Cases
Projects: 40% Comprehensive case analysis
10% Paradox
Supporting Software: Lotus, Paradox
Audience: not listed
Other:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Course: ACCT 3140 - AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: Flows & Controls (40%)
Transaction cycles (40%)
Additional Coverage: MIS / Analysis, selection, implementation
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Projects: 20% SUA
20% Systems Implementation Project / PC
accting sw package
Supporting Software:
Audience: not listed
Other:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Course: ACG 306 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles 50%
Additional Coverage: Controls 35%
AIS applications
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Hayen Comprehensive Lotus 123
Projects: 25% Team project
25% Computer lab assignments (Lotus &
Peachtree)
Supporting Software: 123
Peachtree
Audience: not listed
Other:
Ohio Northern University
Course: ACCT 402 - AIS Fall 1994
Content Emphasis: Internal Controls and systems reports
Additional Coverage: transaction cycles, system development, MIS
Major Text: Bodnar and Hopwood
Supporting Materials: Harper, Projects for ACCT Systems
Projects: document local business' internal controls;
systems analysis of local business;
Supporting Software:
Audience: Sr.
Other: Syllabus objectives emphasis that the emphasis
will be on internal controls
Old Dominion University
Course: ACCT 317
Content Emphasis: 30% MIS / System Development
30% Flows & Controls
30% Transaction cycles
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Benke, DacEasy Accounting
Projects: 15% DacEasy Projects
15% AIS Development for transaction cycle
Supporting Software: DacEasy Accounting
Audience: Jr,
Prerequisite of MIS 201 - Intro. to
Programming and Computer based Systems; MIS
235 - PC Course
Other:
Oregon State University
Course: BA 420 - AIS - Winter 1995
Content Emphasis: Topics not listed
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Summers
Supporting Materials: The Coffee Roasting Co: Integrated DB and
Spreadsheet applications Project
Projects: Weekly assignments due
40% hands-on assignments
Supporting Software: WWW,
Audience: Sr.
Other:
Pepperdine University
Course: None offered (July 1995)
Content Emphasis:
Additional Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting Materials:
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience:
Other:
Plymouth State College
Course: BU 410 - AIS - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Other: Financial analysis / business planning
/ forecasting
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Systems Understanding Aid for Financial
Accounting, Kieso
Supporting Materials: Advanced Business Decisions using Lotus 123
Projects: 30 % Case study of local company
Supporting Software: Lotus 123
Audience:
Other:
Portland State University
Course: ACCT 335 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Flows & Controls 40%
MIS (SDLC, DBMS, EBIS) 40%
Additional Coverage: Revenue Cycle (20%)
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Projects: Field study AIS analysis of internal controls
20%,
Case 15%
Supporting Software:
Audience: All business (& ACCT) students must take
general MIS course & PC course.
Other:
Queens College
Course: AIS 343 - Micro Computer Applications in
Accounting (ELECTIVE)
Content Emphasis: PC course
Additional Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting Materials: Spreadsheet text,
Projects:
Supporting Software: ACCPAC, spreadsheet
Audience:
Other: AIS course is not required, this course is
elective
St. Cloud University
Course: ACCT 388 - AIS and Control - Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Flows & Controls (40%)
Transaction Cycles (30%)
DBMS/MIS
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Summers
Supporting Materials: Roberts Process Reengineering: Key to
Achieving Breakthrough Success
Projects: 20% computer lab assignments & field project
Supporting Software: Peachtree
Audience: ACCT. majors must take PC course & general MIS
course (340)
Other:
St. Louis University
Course: ACCT. 425 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: Controls 30%
Transaction cycles 30%
DBMS 30%
Additional Coverage: Fraud, SQL
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Projects: Group project study of local business AIS 25%
Supporting Software: SQL Rbase
Audience: not listed, Students required to take intro.
to MIS w/ PC basics
Other:
University of San Francisco
Course: BA 329 - AIS Fall 1994
Content Emphasis: PC Course: Spreadsheets / Peachtree
Additional Coverage: Runs through different transaction cycles on
Peachtree
Major Text: Computerized ACCT. w/ Peachtree
Supporting Materials: O'Leary Student Edition of 123
Projects: First half of course focus on spreadsheets;
second on Peachtree
SW assignments due regularly
Supporting Software: 123, Peachtree Complete III
Audience:
Other:
University of South Carolina
Course: BADM 435 - Accounting Systems 1 - Fall 1994
Content Emphasis: MIS - Primarily systems development /
technical perspective
data management
Additional Coverage: Minor coverage documentation, transaction
cycles, controls
Major Text: Bookholdt
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Projects: 13% SUA
20% Flowchart, db, etc.
Supporting Software: dBase
Audience: Required to take BADM 290 - PC Course
Offers BADM 735 - Accounting Systems II,
elective under MACC/MTAX program
Other: Transaction cycles taught in other course
University of Southern Carolina at Aiken
Course: AACC 539 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis:
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: DacEasy Accounting
Michelman, 123 Accounting
Projects: 40% Dac & Lotus assignments
Supporting Software: DacEasy
123
Audience:
Other:
University of Southern California
Course: ACCT 452a - Fall 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles
Controls
Additional Coverage: DBMS, reengineering
Major Text: Hollander, Denna, Cherrington
Supporting Materials: Gliem
Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing, Arens
& Ward
Gelinas
Projects: 20% project
20% small computer assignments
Supporting Software: Access, flowcharting
Audience: Jr
Other:
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Course: Not currently offered
Content Emphasis:
Additional
Coverage:
Major Text:
Supporting
Materials:
Projects:
Supporting
Software:
Audience:
Other:
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Course: ACCT 401 - AIS
Content Emphasis: DBMS 25%
Transactions 25%
Controls 25%
MIS (Design & implementation) 25%
Additional Coverage: Auditing
Major Text: Cushing & Romney
Supporting Materials: Bisk, CPA Review text for Auditing
Projects: 10% Design project
10% Research project
10% database project
Supporting Software:
Audience:
Other:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Course: BA 408 - AIS
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles (40%)
Additional Coverage: MIS (30%)
Controls (10%)
Major Text: Boockholdt
Supporting Materials: Laudon & Laudon, An Introduction to 123
Hermanson Computerized Accounting with
Peachtree
Projects:
Supporting Software: 123, Peachtree
Audience: ACCT. students required to take Computer Sci
111 - MIS course (2/3 PC topics, 1/3 MIS)
Other:
Texas A&M University
Course: ACCT. 427 - AIS Fall 1995
Content Emphasis: Transaction cycles 20%
MIS / DP / DSS / DB 35%
Additional Coverage: Crime, auditing, system development
Major Text: Smith, AIS
Supporting Materials: Smith & Stawser, The Bottom Line is Betrayal
Smith, et al, The ABC's of Spreadsheets
Smith, Wiggins Readings and Problems in
Accounting Information Systems
Projects:
Supporting Software:
Audience: ACCT. major requirements:
BA 207 - Business Info Systems Concepts (PC
course)
BA 364 - Operations Mgnt
Other:
University of Texas at El Paso
Course: ACCT 3320 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: 50% Control
Additional Coverage: 35% transaction cycles
MIS / Design
Major Text: Nash
Supporting Materials: Harper Projects for ACCT. Systems
Projects: 40% projects (data flow diagram & systems
flowchart)
Supporting Software:
Audience: Jr. Prerequisite of MIS course
Other:
University of Texas at El Paso*
Course: ACCT 3524 - AIS Graduate Course
Content Emphasis: Auditing / Controls
Additional Coverage: Expert systems, different auditing sw
Major Text: Watne Auditing EDP Systems
Supporting Materials: Nash, Cases
Projects: Research paper & STAR project 25%
Supporting Software: D&T Star
Audience: Grad
Other: prerequisite auditing course
University of North Texas
Course: ACCT 3100 - Accounting Systems Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: 50% Intro. to Accounting / manual systems
(statements etc)
Additional Coverage: 25% Basic computerized accounting (Comp ACCT.
Case)
25% Controls & transaction cycles
Major Text: Boockholdt
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Financial
Accounting, Kieso
Birney An Introduction to Accounting: Business
Simulation
Copeland, Computer Accounting Case
Projects: SUA & Computerized Practice Cases 50%
Supporting Software: DacEasy
Audience: (not listed) MIS prerequisite
Other:
University of North Texas
Course: ACCT 5440 - EDP Control & Auditing
Content Emphasis: Controls
Additional Coverage:
Major Text: W&T (?)
Supporting Materials: Audit Prof References
Projects: Major project (25%)to work w/ large CPA firm
to investigate approach to evaluate audit risk
and IC structure or; on site evaluation of EDP
controls
Supporting Software: D&T A+
Audience: Jr.+
Other: required course
Valdosta State University
Course: ACC 441 - AIS Spring 1995
Content Emphasis: MIS
Additional Coverage: Controls
Major Text: Muscove
Supporting Materials: Systems Understanding Aid for Financial
Accounting, Kieso
Burns, Using Quattro Pro
Projects: Lectures; lab projects (50%) using SW listed
below
Supporting Software: Quattro Pro
Paradox
Business Works
Audience: Jr. All ACCT. majors must take CS 115 (PC
course) and have a choice between ACC 441 or a
MIS 345 (Fundamentals of IS
Other:
University of Wisconsin, Superior
Course: ACCT 357 - AIS Winter 94/95
Content Emphasis: MIS / System Design (w/ emphasis on Internal
controls per course objective)
Additional Coverage: Specific topics not listed
Major Text: Gelinas
Supporting Materials: Holt, Case Music Store
Harper Projects for ACCT. Systems
Projects: 25% Projects for Acct Systems
25% cases
Supporting Software: Medlin Accounting Shareware
Audience: not listed
Other:
Wright State University
Course: AU 328 - AIS Summer 1995
Content Emphasis: Internal controls using the cycle approach
Additional Coverage: EDP auditing
Major Text: Hall
Supporting Materials: reader w/ cases
Projects: Computer simulations - Use of integrated GL sw
to convert manual ACCT. records to ACCT. Sw
30%
Supporting Software: GL sw
Audience: Required to have CS205 - PC Course; MIS 300 -
intro. to MIS, DBMS
Other: