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Course Outline - 1518700170accounting Information System

This document provides information about the Accounting Information System course AcFn 3181. The course is part of the BA Degree in Accounting and Finance program and is worth 5 ECTS credits. The course objectives are to analyze accounting systems, identify security threats, understand accounting information system analysis and design, develop documentation skills, apply database modeling, set up a general ledger using software, and develop database application skills. The course covers topics like accounting processes, system development tools, relational databases, transaction cycles, and control concepts. Required and reference textbooks are also listed.

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Course Outline - 1518700170accounting Information System

This document provides information about the Accounting Information System course AcFn 3181. The course is part of the BA Degree in Accounting and Finance program and is worth 5 ECTS credits. The course objectives are to analyze accounting systems, identify security threats, understand accounting information system analysis and design, develop documentation skills, apply database modeling, set up a general ledger using software, and develop database application skills. The course covers topics like accounting processes, system development tools, relational databases, transaction cycles, and control concepts. Required and reference textbooks are also listed.

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College of Business and Economics

Department of Accounting and Finance


Course AcFn 3181
Number
Course Accounting Information System
Title
Degree BA Degree in Accounting and Finance
Program
Module Accounting Information System
Module No M18; AcFn-M3181
and Code
ETCTS 5
Credits
Contact 2
Hours
Course After successfully completing this course, the students should be able to:
Objectives & • Analyze, document and evaluate business activities performed by firms with
Competences in major transaction cycles;
to be  Identify AIS control and security threats and recommend preventing/mitigating
Acquired strategies;
 Understand the models, techniques, and tools for Information Systems Analysis and
Design in general and AIS in particular;
 Develop skills in documenting Accounting Systems;
 Develop understanding about fundamental concepts of database technology and data
modeling and apply the knowledge gained to develop AIS data model;
 Set up an accounting system using the a general ledger software package: and
 Develop working knowledge about database applications.
Course The course is designed to instill the knowledge and skill Accountants require to improve
Description the design and function of the Accounting Information Systems through harnessing the
current state of the art Information Technology. The course introduces the techniques
and methodologies used to design and develop Information System in general and
Accounting System in particular. It also familiarizes students to Database Management
System (MS Access).
Course Contents
1. Accounting Information Systems: An Overview
1.1. An Overview of AIS
1.2. Business Processes/Activities/Decisions/ and Information Needs
1.3. Scope of AIS
1.4. Uses of AIS and Role of Accounts in Relation to AIS
2. Overview of Business Processes
2.1. Business Processes and Events
2.2. Identifying Events in Business Process
2.3. Organizing data in an AIS
2.4. Types of Files and Data
2.5. Events and Activities
3. The System Development Process
3.1. System Development and Documentation Tools and Techniques: DFD, and Flow Chart
3.2. System Development Processes
3.3. (Methodology, System Investigation, Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation)
4. Relational Databases
4.1. Database Systems
4.2. Database Design Process
4.3. The REA Data Model
4.4. Database Systems and Future of Accounting
5. Transaction Cycles and Accounting Applications
5.1. Organizing Accounting Applications
5.2. Processing Modes
5.3. The Revenue Cycle
5.4. The Expenditure Cycle
5.5. General Ledger and Reporting System
6. Control and AIS
6.1. Overview of Control Concepts
6.2. Information System Control
6.3. Computer Controls and Security
6.4. Overview of Auditing of Computer Based IS
Text Book:
 Romney and Steinbart, 2007: Accounting Information Systems, 11thed, Prentice Hall, Inc.
(http://www.prenhall.com/romney)
Reference Books
 Bodnar and Hopwood, 1998. Accounting Information Systems, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc.
 A.Hall, 1998. Accounting Information Systems, 2nd Edition, West Publishing Co.
 Moscove and et. al., 1997. Core concepts of Accounting Information Systems, 5th Edition, John
Wiley and Sons, Inc.
 Hoffer and et. al., 1999. Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley
Longman, Inc.
 Gelinas et al, 1999. Accounting Information Systems, 4th Edition, South Western Publishing Co.
USA.
 Boockholdt, 1999. Accounting Information Systems, 5th Edition, Irwin/McGraw Hill.
 Jones Rama, 2003. Accounting Information System: A Business Process Approach.
 Pressman, Rogers S., 2005. Software Engineering: A practitioner’s approach.
 Whiten J.L; Bentley L.D; Dottman, K.C., 2000. System Analysis and Design Methods.

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