Accountancy 304 Announcements (Sections AE4 and AE8) (Spring 2008)

Accountancy 304: Accounting Control Systems
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2008
Professor Jon D. Perkins, J.D., Ph.D., CMA, CPA

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Course Outline (Section AE4; Section AE8)

Field Research Project

Syllabus (Section AE4; Section AE8)

Announcements

Tuesday, January 15th

Welcome to the course! I look forward to working with you this semester. Below are links to several resources mentioned in the syllabus to help you with your writing assignments this semester:

Hallmarks of Good Writing

How to Write an Effective Memorandum

Project Discovery Communications Handbook

Thursday, January 17th

The Project Discovery Communications Team office hours for this semester are as follows:

Joanne Slutsky, Communications Specialist (86 Wohlers Hall)	MTWR 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Teaching Assistants (109 Survey Building)

Dana Carluccio	WF 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Sarah Dennis	MW 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Dave Hageman	MW 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Kelsey Keyes	TR 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Sarah Luckey	TR 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Tara Lyons	MWF 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Andrew Moss	T 11:00 am - 1:00 pm R 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Elizabeth Savage	TR 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Christina Walter	MW 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Elizabeth Hogan (ESL TA)	MWF 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The TAs assigned to my sections are Christina Walter (Section AE4) and Tara Lyons (Section AE8). You should not e-mail the communication TAs, but you may telephone them during office hours at 265-5155.

Wednesday, January 23rd

As promised, here are the group listings for each section for your reference:

Section AE4

Section AE8

If I have made any mistakes regarding names and/or e-mail addresses, please let me know ASAP.

Monday, January 28th

A list of the cases chosen by groups for their presentations can be found here.

Thursday, February 28th

Until further notice, I will need to change my office hours from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays to 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. The change is due to my son's medical condition and I appreciate your understanding about the change.

Wednesday, April 16th

As I have announced in class over the past couple of days, here are the orders (by day) for the Field Research Project presentations:

Section AE4

Monday, April 21st	Wednesday, April 23rd
Group 8	Group 7
Group 6	Group 1
Group 3	Group 4
Group 5	Group 2

Section AE8

Thursday, April 17th	Tuesday, April 22nd
Group 1	Group 3
Group 4	Group 6
Group 5	Group 2

Wednesday, April 23rd

As I announced in class, you need to evaluate your group members' participation for the semester. To do this, please download and fill out the Peer Evaluation Form and turn it in to me (or my mailbox in 284 Wohlers Hall) no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, May 5th.

Monday, April 28th

The instructions for the final exam and the final exam case are now available for download. Good luck!

Saturday, May 17th

The final grades are now available (Section AE4; Section AE8). Sorry for taking so long, but because of the large subjective components in the course grades still to be determined (final exam and class participation), I spent extra time making sure that the grades are correct. While some people did a very good job on the final exam, overall the scores were not as high as I was expecting. A number of you spent too much time on peripheral issues instead of focusing on more important items. As far as class participation goes, I would definitely like to have seen more participation throughout the semester and the scores for that component reflected that. If you have any questions about your grades, I would be happy to meet with you at the beginning of the fall semester to discuss them, but be aware that I would have had to make a large math mistake in order to make any grade changes, and I triple-checked all calculations before I turned in grades. I hope you all have a great summer!