Stafford Technical Center

Business Courses

EDUC-09  INVESTMENTS
Starts:  2/29 thru 4/4/12
Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
6 weeks
$58
Topics for study are stocks, bonds, mutual funds, individual retirement accounts and Roth IRA’s, annuities, retirement planning, the economic cycle, portfolio strategy and investment rules for the road.  Tax considerations and sources of information will be discussed.

BUSN-11  PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING
Starts:  2/28 thru 4/26/12
Tuesday & Thursday 4 – 5:30 p.m.
8 weeks
$249
Minimum Enrollment:  6
This is a great companion course for anyone enrolled in Quickbooks as it will provide the student with an understanding of basic accounting principles and enable them to have a better understanding of tracking expenses and income from a small business or their personal finances.  Having a good understanding of these principles is a key to making smart financial decisions.  The course will cover how to record accounting entries, understanding the relationship between assets, liabilities, and owners equity, how to compile and read a financial balance sheet, and how to prepare an income statement.  Please purchase the following book for this course:  South-Western Century 21 Accounting, Multicolumn Journal Approach, 7^th Edition.  ISBN #0-538-67695-7

BUSN-03 INTUIT QUICKBOOKS 2011 (For Beginners)
Starts:   2/28 thru 4/19/12
Tuesday 6 – 9 p.m.
8 weeks
$304
Learn how to run a business using the groundbreaking Quickbooks 2011 software that is loaded with new features. This course includes Instruction on how to set up inventory, process payments, use QuickBooks bank accounts and registers, enter and pay bills, work with asset, liability, equity income and expense accounts, do payroll, and pay and track payroll taxes as well as sales taxes. You will also learn how to backup and restore data, verify, rebuild, and clean up data. Students must also purchase a textbook for this course.  To order the QuickBooks Student Guide 2011 please use the following website:  http://www.academicsuperstore.com/products/Intuit/QuickBooks/1477793 OR you may call Lisa Schwartz at (866) 570-3843.