Course Content:
Even Mixture of all major 14 focuses Management Information Systems 12 Transactions & Controls 6 Transaction Cycles 5 Other Focus / Unknown 4 Controls 3 Database 3 MIS and Transactions 2 PC Course 2 MIS and Controls 1 MIS and Databases 1 MIS and transaction/controls 1 AIS not offered 5 Total AIS Courses Examined 59
These findings were based on an examination of 59, undergraduate AIS courses. The total for the following categories will not match the number of schools examined, reflecting that most schools use different types of materials and assignments.
Primary Text Book Used
Cushing, Barry and Marshall 11 Romney. Accounting Information Systems, 6th ed. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1994. Gelinas, Ulric, Allan Oram and 10 William Wiggins. Accounting Information Systems, 2nd ed. Southwestern Publishing Co., 1993. Wilkinson, J.W., Accounting 6 Information Systems, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1993. Nash, John and Cynthia Heagy. 5 Accounting Information Systems, 3rd ed. Cincinnati: South-Western Publishing Co., 1993. Moscove, Stephen, Mark Simkin 4 and Nancy Bagranoff. Core Concepts of Accounting Information Systems, 5th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. Boockholdt, J.L., and David Li. 4 Accounting Information Systems: Transaction Processing and Controls. Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1991. Bodnar, George and William 3 Hopwood. Accounting Information Systems, 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. Denna, Cherrington, Andros, and 3 Hollander. Event-Driven Business Solutions. Business One Irwin, 1993. Summers. Accounting Information 2 Systems, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Kiesco, Donald, Alvin Arens, and 1 D. Dewey Ward. Systems Understanding Aid for Financial Accounting. Systems Publications, Inc. Hall. Accounting Information 1 Systems, West Publishing, 1995. Anderson Consulting. Foundations 1 of Business Systems, 2nd ed. Fort Worth: The Dryden Press / Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1992. Page and Hooper. Accounting 1 Information Systems, 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1992. Davis, Robinson and Alderman. 1 Accounting Information Systems, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 1990. Leitch and Davis. Accounting 1 Information Systems, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,1992. Boockholdt and O'Brien. Custom 1 Published Packet for Accounting Systems Design. Irwin. Smith and Smith. Accounting 1 Information Systems. Dame Publications, 1995.
Supporting Materials: General
Arens, A.A. and D.D. Ward. 8 Systems Understanding Aid for Auditing. 4th ed. Armand Dalton Publishing, 1995. Kiesco, Donald, Alvin Arens, and 4 D. Dewey Ward. Systems Understanding Aid for Financial Accounting. Systems Publications, Inc. Course reader (Articles, Cases, 11 etc.) Deloitte & Touche. AUDITS: 1 Student Guide, 1990. Edwards, Chris, et al. The 1 Essence of Information Systems. 1991 Gleim and Hillison. Auditing 3 and Systems Objective Questions and Explanations, 6th ed. Accounting Publications, Inc. Smith, Strawser, and Wiggins. 1 The Bottom Line is Betrayal. Dame Publications, Inc., 1995. Bisk, Nathan. CPA Comprehensive 1 Exam Review, Auditing, 1995. Williams, B. and B. Spaul. IT 1 and Accounting. 1991. No other materials required 9
Supporting Materials: Cases and Practice Sets
Birney, Rick and Ralph Smith. An 1 Introduction to Accounting: A Business Simulation. Coakly, James and Linda Gammill. 1 The Coffee Roasting Company: An Integrated Database and Spreadsheet Applications Project, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1994. Copeland, Benny. Computer 1 Accounting Case. 1995. Cuthbert, B. Introduction to 1 Computerized Accounting Using Sybiz Elite. Collingwood, Australia: TAFE Publications, 1993. Edwards, L. Lewall's Mower Sales 1 - An Accounting Practice Set. Brisbane, Australia: Wiley, 1990. Grose, R. and P. Hoefer. Attaché 1 5: Modern Moves - A Computerized and Manual Accounting Practice Set. Syndey: Prentice-Hall, 1994. Harper, Robert. Projects for 5 Accounting Systems. Harper Enterprises. Holt, Robert. Case Music Store. 1 Smith, Wiggins and Stawser. 1 Readings and Problems in Accounting Information Systems. Irwin, 1991.
Supporting Materials: Spreadsheet References and Texts
Advanced Business Decisions 1 Using Lotus 1-2-3, Rel. 2.3. Addison Wesley. Harmon and Borden. Lotus 1-2-3 1 and Database Software Applied to AIS Cases. Wiley, 1992. Hayen. Comprehensive Lotus 1-2-3 1 Release 4 for Windows. Laudon and Laudon. Solving 1 Classic Business Problems: An Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3. Addison-Wesley. Michelman. Lotus 1-2-3 Release 1 2.2 for Accounting. Course Technology. O'Leary, T.J. and L.I. O'Leary. 1 Student Edition of Lotus 1-2-3, Release 2.3. Addison Wesley, 1992. Burns, Patrick. Using Quattro 1 Pro 5, Que. Smith, Smith and Smith. The ABCs 1 of Spreadsheets. Dame Publications, Inc., 1995. Thommes, M.C. Proper Spreadsheet 1 Design. 1992
Supporting Materials: Database References and Texts
Siegel, Charles. Practical 1 Approach, Version 3.0. MIS Press, 1994. Stipes and Trainor. Introducing 1 Paradox for Windows. McGraw-Hill, 1994. Viescas. Running Microsoft 1 Access 2. Microsoft Press, 1994. Perry, James and Gary Sneider, 1 Building Accounting Systems, A Transaction Cycle Approach (Access for Windows Edition), Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing, 1995. Perry, James and Gary Sneider, 2 Building Accounting Systems, A Transaction Cycle Approach (Paradox for Windows Edition), Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing, 1995.
Supporting Materials: Accounting Package References
Benke. DacEasy Accounting - 2 College Edition. College Division, South-Western Publishing Co., 1994. Hermanson, Roger, Rosanne 4 Walker, Linda Plunkett and Deborah Turner. Computerized Accounting with Peachtree Complete Accounting (Version 6.0). Irwin, Inc., 1994.
Supporting Materials: Software
Businessworks, Version 10.0, 2 1995, Manzanita Software. Lotus 1-2-3 9 Microsoft Excel 3 Borland Quattro Pro 1 Microsoft Access 4 Lotus Approach 1 Paradox 7 dBase 2 FoxPro 1 SQL / rBase 1 DacEasy Accounting - College 3 Edition Peachtree 8 Other general ledger package 5 Flowcharting software 4 Deloitte & Touche AUDITS 3
Major Projects
AIS Design / Analysis using 2 organization as model AIS Design / Analysis 7 Analysis of AIS within an 10 organization or industry Research paper 3 Other large project / not 4 defined
Hands-on / Lab Assignments
Regular lab assignments (not 7 defined) Assignments with databases 10 Assignments with general ledger 16 software Assignments with flowcharting 5 software Assignments with spreadsheets 12 Accounting package evaluations 2 Case analysis 6
Audience
Freshman 1 Junior 10 Senior 4 Not Listed 44
Prerequisites (for AIS course or graduation)
MIS Course 26 PC Fundamentals course 14 Not listed 24