Nov 21, 2024  
College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
College Catalog 2024-2025

ACCT 132 - Excel for Accounting


5 Total Credits
This course introduces students to Microsoft Excel and its application to accounting functions.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of ASST 144, MAP 114, other approved basic computing class, or instructor permission.

Course Outcomes
  • Create a worksheet using business appropriate formatting.
  • Apply appropriate Excel formulas for a variety of calculations.
  • Appropriately apply relative and absolute cell references in formulas.
  • Prepare a payroll register using an embedded “IF” function.
  • Prepare a depreciation schedule by creating a table.
  • Perform financial analysis using “solver” and “goal seek” functions.
  • Apply the “PMT” function to compute a periodic payment.
  • Apply the “PV” and “FV” function to compute a present value and future value of a series of cash flows.
  • Create a pivot table.