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Prescription: SP591 Accounting, File Management & Other

Aim of Module The student will acquire skills and knowledge in the use of file management & accounting software, and software of another type, to carry out tasks at an intermediate level of difficulty.

Credits 7

Knowledge Assumed From SF500(SF100) Software Fundamentals or equivalent.
RESTRICTION: Cannot be credited in addition to either SP500(SP100) or SP510(SP110).

Student Learning hours 70

Prescription Expiry Date Nov 2007

Note This module draws together the accounting, file management and one extra type of software components of SP500(SP100) and SP510(SP110). The word processing and spreadsheet components of SP500(SP100) and SP510(SP110) are drawn together in SP590(SP190).


Level and Assessment Schedule
TopicsHighest
Skill Level
Suggested
Assessment
Percentage
1 Accounting A 35
2 File Management A 35
3 Other Package Type A 30

100

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Student Will
A1Apply an integrated accounting package to solve problems of an intermediate level of difficulty.
A2Apply a file management package to solve problems of an intermediate level of difficulty.
A3Apply a software package of a type not used in this module or SP190 to a typical business problem.

CONTENT

1Accounting
AUse Debtors, Creditors, General Ledger and Stock modules (including integrated facilities) of an accounting package.
Account maintenance
- Debtors
- Creditors
- General Ledger
- Stock
- Sales invoices
- Cash receipts
- Credits
- Journals
- Purchase invoices
- Cash payment
- Automatic payment
- General ledger journals
top
2File Management
AUse the selected package to:
- Create files
- Enter, alter and delete data
- Sort data
- Query data
- Create reports
- Modify structure of files
top
3Other Package Type
ABy practical exercises involving the creation of appropriate documents, demonstrate standard features of another package.
Suggestions:
- Graphics Package
- Desktop Publishing
top
Note
SELECTION OF PACKAGES
> This module requires the use of software packages which are in current use in business situations. As the popularity of various packages waxes and wanes, so may the packages selected vary from time to time. However, it is expected that packages selected will have most or all of the features as described under content.
> This module is intended to be part of a progression of modules using a common set of packages to gradually increase the expertise of the student in the use of the selected packages.



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