ACC 512 – Account Info Analysis
Jacksonville State University
Spring Term, 2007
Syllabus
Instructor:
Jeff Zanzig, Ph.D., CPA, CMA\CFM
Phone: 782-5782
E-mail: jzanzig@jsu.edu
Office Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
4:30 to 6:15
Text and other materials:
Jiambalvo, J. 2007. Managerial Accounting. 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons.
Examinations and Grading:
Your grade will be determined by the percentage of points earned from the total
possible points. The following is a summary of the possible points for the course:
Exams 1-2
Excel Assignments
Comprehensive Final Exam
Total
Points
300
30
200
530
You should make every attempt to notify the instructor if you must miss an
examination. Unexcused absences from examinations will result in a grade of
zero for the examination.
Course Objectives:
1. To familiarize the student with the accounting involved in the manufacturing of
products.
2. To provide the student with analytical thinking skills to use in evaluating alternatives
for decision making purposes.
3. To provide students with basic skills in preparing and interpreting budget information
for purposes of planning and control.
4. To provide the student with basic skills in the use of spreadsheets.
Jacksonville State University
Spring Term, 2007
ACC 512 – Account Info Analysis
Excel Assignments:
Spreadsheet skills are imperative in accounting and other business fields. Please
complete each assignment on your own. Assignments found to be copied from
other students will receive a grade of zero.
Essential Learning Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:
1) To read and comprehend lecture notes, narrative in text, and tests;
2) To take notes during lecture and copy information from the board;
3) To work math oriented problems requiring the successful completion of
the first course in college algebra (MS 102);
4) To analyze and solve word and logic questions; and
5) To study for examinations and complete all assignments.
Academic Honesty:
If I believe an exam or test has been compromised, I reserve the right to retest the
whole class or any individual in the class. Violations of the University’s
academic code include, but are not limited to: possession or use of unauthorized
materials during exams, providing information to another student. Violation of
this Code may result in academic penalties, including receiving an “F” in this
course.
Syllabus Revisions:
The contents of this syllabus are tentative and subject to revision by the instructor.
Students are responsible for any revisions to the syllabus.
The academic misconduct policy of the university will be followed in this course.
Disability Accommodations Statement: Any individual who qualifies for reasonable
accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 should contact the instructor immediately.
Any student who receives failing grades during this course is urged to discuss this with
the professor.
ACC 512 – Account Info Analysis
Jacksonville State University
Spring Term, 2007
Date
Jan. 10
Jan. 17
Tentative Class Schedule
Subject
Assignments (due on date shown)
Chapter 1 – Managerial
Accounting in the Information
Age
Read Chapter
Questions: 5, 8
Problems 1, 2
Chapter 2 – Job-Order Costing
for Manufacturing and Service
Companies
Chapter 2 – Continued
Read Chapter
Chapter 3 – Process Costing
Read Chapter
Jan. 24
Questions: 1, 2, 3, 5
Problems 1, 6, 7, 14
Submit Excel 1 Problem
Chapter 3 – Process Costing
Questions 4, 5
Problem 1, 5, 10
Chapter 4 – Cost-Volume-Profit
Analysis
Read Chapter
Jan. 31
Submit Excel 2 Problem
Chapter 4 – Continued
Questions 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
Exercises 11, 16
Problems 1, 3, 15, 17
Chapter 5 – Variable Costing
Exam 1 – Chapters 1-4
Chapter 5 – Continued
Read Chapter
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Read Chapter
Feb. 21
Chapter 6 – Cost Allocation and
Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 6 – Continued
Chapter 7 – The Use of Cost
Information in Management
Decision Making
Read Chapter
Questions 1, 3, 4, 5
Problem 1, 8, 15
Questions 6, 9, 10
Problems 7, 11, 12
Jacksonville State University
Spring Term, 2007
ACC 512 – Account Info Analysis
Mar. 7
Tentative Class Schedule (Continued)
Subject
Assignments (due on date shown)
Chapter 7 – Continued
Question 2, 4
Problem 6, 8, 11, 14
Submit Excel 3 Problem
Mar. 14
Chapter 10 – Budgetary
Planning and Control
Exam 2 – Chapters 5-7
Mar. 21
Mar. 28
Spring Break
Chapter 10 – Continued
Apr. 4
Chapter 11 – Standard Costs and
Variance Analysis
Chapter 11 – Continued
Date
Feb. 28
Apr. 11
Chapter 12 – Decentralization
and Performance Evaluation
Apr. 18
Comprehensive Final Exam
(18:00 – 20:00)
Read Chapter
Questions 3, 4, 7
Exercises 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
Read Chapter
Questions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Exercise 4, 5, 6
Problems 9, 18
Read Chapter
Questions: 1, 6
Exercise 9, 10
Problem 4