Course description
This course introduces the student to cost and managerial accounting with an emphasis on decision making relating to pricing, product-mix, process and activity. Topics include: management accounting and strategy; types of costs and cost behaviour; job costing; process costing; activity- based costing; responsibility accounting; budgeting; variance analysis; cost-volume-profit analysis; decision making and relevant information; transfer pricing; customer profitability analysis; balanced scorecard, and competitive management methods.
Means of assessment
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
| Assignments and/or Tests and/or Case Analysis |
25% |
| Midterm Examination |
35% |
| Comprehensive Final Examination |
40%
|
Students must write both the midterm examination and the final examination to obtain credit for the course.
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to attain the following learning outcomes:
- Understand the factors that affect the design of management control systems
- Allocate and evaluate product or service costs of an enterprise applying various costing systems
- Examine the impact of product costing on pricing decisions
- Identify various ways costs are classified and determined; and how information needs and constraints affect the decision making process
- Develop a master budget system, and understand the elements of control and related behavioural implications
- Understand and explain the importance of professional ethics, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance as factors in the long-term success of organizations
Textbook materials
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Textbook: Managerial Accounting 4th Canadian Edition. Wiley. By: Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso and Aly, and/or other textbook(s) and materials approved by the Accounting department
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration approved calculators.