2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

BSA 130 - Business Financial Applications


Description: Foundation and experience in evaluating inventory, preparing financial statements, determining taxes, reconciling bank statements, preparing payroll and solving other financial problems necessary in business fields, including administrative management, accounting, office administration, and finance.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Percentages
  2. Interest and time value of money
  3. Introduction to Accounting
  4. Accounting practices
  5. Financial statements
  6. Financial statements analysis
  7. Business investment decisions
  8. Short term business financial decisions

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Solve word problems involving percentages. (1)
  2. Perform simple and compound interest calculations. (2)
  3. Describe the Time Value of Money concept. (2)
  4. Solve for present value and future value for single amount and annuity problems. (2)
  5. Explain the role of financial and managerial accounting, and finance, in business. (3, 4)
  6. Define the five major types of financial accounts. (4)
  7. Explain how key financial statements are structured. (5, 6)
  8. Calculate liquidity, leverage, operating, and profitability ratios. (5, 6)
  9. Calculate Payback, Net Present Value, and IRR for business investment decisions. (6, 7)
  10. Solve short term business financial decision questions using a model. (2, 4, 5, 8)