Fall 24 Schedule - 16-week Semester Starts August 24, 2024 - Learning Cohorts and Accounting Courses

Sep 19, 2026

Fall 24 schedule outlines a 16-week semester starting August 24, 2024, and describes West Valley College learning cohorts designed to improve student success. The program assigns each cohort an academic counselor who also serves as the College Success instructor and coordinates with academic instructors for first-year support. The schedule includes cohort options with assigned counselors and course combinations, and lists accounting offerings with detailed section times, transfer notes, and online synchronous/asynchronous modality instructions via Canvas.

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16-week Semester Schedule

Learning Cohorts

Which Is the Best Fit for You?

Accounting Courses

ACCT 010 Financial Accounting

ACCT 011 Managerial Accounting

ACCT 050 Accounting for Small Business

NCBU 001 Principles and Fundamentals of Accounting and Bookkeeping

16-week semester starts August 24, 2024 Paths to Success at West Valley College…Join a Learning Cohort! Research has shown that being a part of a learning cohort increases a student’s chance of success. West Valley College has three learning cohorts from which you can choose. In the learning cohorts, students have an assigned counselor who is also their College Success (Counseling 5) instructor. The academic instructors work in tandem with the counselor to provide extra support in the student’s first year of college. In each cohort, supportive friendships are built as students take two or more classes with the same peer group | Which is the best fit for you? | Classes | Contact | | --- | --- | --- | | First Year Experience | Counseling 5, English 1A, English 99X, Math 1/1C and Math 10/10C | Hideo Ikeda
[hideo.ikeda@westvalley.edu](hideo.ikeda@westvalley.edu)
408.741.2508 | | Puente – Latinx emphasis | Counseling 5 and English 1A | Joe Bucher
[joe.bucher@westvalley.edu](joe.bucher@westvalley.edu)
408.741.2614 | | UMOJA Community – African American emphasis | Counseling 5 and English 1A | Philip Severe
[Philip.severe@westvalley.edu](Philip.severe@westvalley.edu)
408-741-2493 | ACCOUNTING ACCT 010 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING This course introduces the study of accounting as an information system, examining why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors, and others to make decisions. The course covers the accounting information system, including recording and reporting of business transactions, with a focus on the accounting cycle, financial statements, statement analysis, and the application of generally accepted accounting principles. It also includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. Transfer: CSU/UC 75004 MW 8:15AM-10:45AM P Bigelow CHE 130 5.00 75005 MW 10:55AM-1:25PM T Thompson CHE 130 5.00 75006 TTh 8:15AM-10:45AM L Hammond CHE 130 5.00 75007 TTh 10:55AM-1:25PM L Hammond CHE 130 5.00 O 75008 F Fakoor ONLINE 5.00 NOTE: This class meets ONLINE in both the SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS modalities. The class uses Canvas, and students attend via video conference on Days T 8/27, 9/10, 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3 . Times 6:30PM-9:40PM. The remaining part of this class meets ONLINE in the ASYNCHRONOUS modality. Link to Canvas from the top of the WVC homepage. Find instructor contact information [at westvalley.edu/faculty](at westvalley.edu/faculty). O 75009 A Khan ONLINE 5.00 SECTION \#75009 BEGINS 10/21/24 CLASS ENDS 12/05/24 NOTE: This class meets ONLINE in the ASYNCHRONOUS learning modality. The class uses Canvas, and does not have scheduled meeting times. Link to Canvas from the top of the WVC homepage. Find instructor contact information [at westvalley.edu/faculty](at westvalley.edu/faculty). O 75010 N Ghodrat ONLINE 5.00 NOTE: This class meets ONLINE in the ASYNCHRONOUS learning modality. The class uses Canvas, and does not have scheduled meeting times. Link to Canvas from the top of the WVC homepage. Find instructor contact information [at westvalley.edu/faculty](at westvalley.edu/faculty). ACCT 011 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Prerequisite: ACCT 010. This course introduces how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations, and controlling. This class focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost systems, cost control, cost-volume-profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments. Course material addresses questions about the ethical issues in a managerial accounting environment. Transfer: CSU/UC 75011 MW 8:15AM-10:45AM Staff CHE 132 5.00 75012 TTh 10:55AM-1:25PM N Ghodrat CHE 132 5.00 O 75014 N Ghodrat ONLINE 5.00 NOTE: This class meets ONLINE in the ASYNCHRONOUS learning modality. The class uses Canvas, and does not have scheduled meeting times. Link to Canvas from the to

FAQs

What is the semester start date for the Fall 24 schedule?

The schedule states the 16-week semester starts August 24, 2024.

How do the learning cohorts support students?

Each cohort has an assigned counselor who is also the College Success instructor, and academic instructors work together with the counselor to provide extra first-year support. Students also build supportive friendships by taking two or more classes with the same peer group.

What does it mean when a class is offered online synchronously vs asynchronously?

The document defines asynchronous as an online class without scheduled meetings and synchronous as an online class with mandatory scheduled meetings. It also notes that some classes meet online in both modalities while others meet online only asynchronously with no scheduled meeting times.

Sep 19, 2026

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