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AMIS 212: Introduction to Managerial
Accounting
Summer 2009
Primary Instructor: Larry Tomassini
Office:
458 Fisher Hall
Phone:
(614) 688-3773
Email:
amis212@gmail.com (please use this address for all
correspondence about the course)
Co-Instructor:
Marc Smith
Phone:
(614) 292-8753
Email:
amis212@gmail.com (please use this address for all
correspondence about the course)
Friday Sessions: 9:30 am-11:18 am in SB 105
My Office Hours: F 12:30-2:30 pm; Please email me for an appointment at
other times
Our T.A.: TBA
Tutorial Hours: TBA
Course Materials
1. Managerial Accounting for Managers, 1st ed., by Noreen, Brewer and
Garrison
2. Homework Manager Access Card for Managerial Accounting for
Managers
We have ordered the access card bundled with the textbook, and you may buy
this at the local campus bookstores. If you buy a used textbook somewhere, it
will probably not have the Homework Manager access card. The easiest and
cheapest way to get it separately is to buy it from the publisher's website. Go to
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/webintegration/WebIntegrationServlet?
call=RegistrationHomeWeblet&external=1&isbn=0073526975&chrome=%
2fsites%2f0073526975%2fchrome.vm&goto_url=/sites/0073526975/
information_center_view0/ and follow directions from there to buy and register
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the access card. The price for the basic option is $20. If you are interested in
having an electronic copy of the text, rather than a hardbound text, you can buy
the $65 Homework Manager option instead. This gives you HM access and
access to an electronic version of the text that you can retrieve from any laptop
or desktop computer. A third option for the text is the eBook from CourseSmart,
which is a super product that has a great search engine (very helpful), the
capacity to take notes electronically, to highlight text for review, etc. Because it
has so many features, the price is a bit more--$93.75 for a 180-day subscription.
You can find out more about this, including previewing the book at http://www.
coursesmart.com/0077252578. If you choose the CourseSmart eBook, you
would need to purchase the Homework Manager access card per the instructions
above.
Course Objective and Description
This is the second introductory accounting course that is required for all students
in the Fisher College of Business. Whereas the first course (AMIS 211) focuses
on financial accounting and reporting to external parties, this course focuses on
managerial accounting. As such, it introduces you to concepts and methods that
provide important information managers need to plan and control business
operations and to make various business decisions. Also, as one of the
sophomore-level business core courses, AMIS 212 provides a foundation for
understanding what businesses do and how companies are managed.
This particular offering of AMIS 212 follows the first primarily online version
of the course that we developed and taught in Summer 2008. I have provided all
of the required assignments for the course through the Carmen website There are
no recitation sections in the course, as there are now in AMIS 211. We will hold
weekly sessions on Fridays at the scheduled time for the course (9:30-11:18 am)
in SB 105. These sessions are for our midterm exam on July 24 and review/
Q&A sessions (all other Fridays, except July 3 when the University celebrates
July 4--go figure!). We encourage attendance at the review/Q&A sessions,
though it is not mandatory.
Exams
There are two closed-book, live exams in the course, a midterm on July 24 and a
final exam on August 27, both from 9:30-11:18 AM in SB 105. The conflict
final exam for those who have a final in another course at that time will be
Thursday, August 27 from 7:30-9:18 AM in SB 210. Please check your exam
schedule early in the quarter, and let me know if you will be taking the conflict
exam, rather then the regularly schedule exam. Excused absences from exams
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are given only for compelling medical or personal family reasons that must be
adequately documented and provided to me within 5 days after the absence.
Based on the circumstances, I will then determine the appropriate remedy for the
absence. Depending on circumstances, I may require a make-up exam, or I may
double the weight of the next exam. If I conclude that the absence is
unwarranted, the student will have a score of zero on the missed exam.
Homework Assignments
As usual in accounting courses. Regular homework practice is essential for
learning the material well. As an incentive to practice regularly and well, nine
homework assignments are included in the course, one each week. Your eight
best scores on these will count (in the aggregate) 20% of your final grade.
The homework assignments are exercises and problems from the course text that
are delivered through the publisher's Homework Manager online system. Our
website for the nine assignments is at http://mh3.brownstone.net/classes/
AMIS212/,
You need to purchase an access card to use this system. Once you have the card,
register it at the website above. Then you are able to retrieve the assignments,
one at a time. You are allowed one attempt for each assignment with deadlines
specified for each (on Sunday evenings). There are no exceptions to these
assignment deadlines.
After the deadline passes, the system grades each submitted assignment and
records a score. As noted above, the best eight scores for each student are
counted in determining the final course grade. You can then retrieve the
feedback that shows you the correct answers and notes each item that you
submitted in error. Learn from these inexpensive mistakes to avoid more costly
errors on exams.
Grading
Scores on three components will determine your final grade in the course, using
the following weights:
First Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Homework Assignments
Weight
40%
40%
20%
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Total
100%
Your weighted total will translate to final assigned grades as follows:
A
90-100%
A87-89.9%
B+
84-86.9%
B
80-83.9%
B77-79.9%
C+
74-76.9%
C
70-73.9%
C67-69.9%
D+
64-66.9%
D
60-63.9%
E
Below 60%
Course Routine
Because of the online nature of the course delivery, I have structured the work to
facilitate your study routine. The assignment sheet is constructed as a series of
To Do list items that you can navigate at your own pace, except for the
aforementioned homework deadlines. Each student needs to determine how
much time he/she must spend on each item to learn the material. Everything on
theses assignment lists is fair game for our three exams.
Students With Disabilities
If you need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability, you should
contact me to arrange an appointment as soon as possible. At the appointment
we can discuss the course format, anticipate your needs and explore potential
accommodations. We rely on the Office for Disability Services for assistance in
verifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation
strategies. If you have not previously contacted the Office for Disability
Services, we encourage you to do so.
Communication
Class announcements and updates will be made on the course webpage
continually throughout the quarter, so please check the course webpage
frequently Please contact us or our TA when you need help with the class. We
are here to help you learn the material.
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We hope that you enjoy and learn from the class!
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