IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE OF RECORD
REGION 2 COURSE SYLLABUS
Accounting
Associate in Applied Science
COURSE TITLE:
COURSE NUMBER:
PREREQUISITES:
COREQUISITES:
PROGRAM:
DIVISION:
CREDIT HOURS:
CONTACT HOURS:
Managerial Accounting
ACC 102
ACC 101 - Financial Accounting
None
Accounting
Business Division
3
3
Lec _____Lab
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring 2004
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REVISION: Fall 2004
CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course emphasizes managerial accounting concepts,
general versus cost accounting systems, cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis,
budgeting, standard cost systems, responsibility accounting, incremental analysis, and
capital investment analysis.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this
course the student will be expected to:
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Discuss the difference between financial and managerial accounting and identify
the characteristics, process, organization, and the profession of managerial
accounting.
Define and discuss the concepts, procedures, and characteristics of a
manufacturing process with a job order cost system.
Distinguish between the process cost system and the job-order cost system and
describe and illustrate a process cost accounting system.
Describe the nature and objectives of budgeting, including procedures and
various reports.
Describe and illustrate methods used for evaluation of capital investment
proposals, capital rationing and planning, and controlling capital investment
expenditures.
Describe and explain the nature and types of decentralization.
Define and discuss responsibility accounting for investment centers and transfer
pricing.
Describe and illustrate inventory control, quantitative techniques for estimating
costs, and the learning effect in estimating costs.
Define and explain the managerial use of expected value concept, variance
analysis using expected value, and maximum concepts of decision-making
policies.
Define and illustrate the usefulness of financial statement analysis, types of
analysis, basic analytical procedures, solving analysis, profitability analysis, and
selection of analytical procedures.
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MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: (cont’d)
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Describe the nature of concepts of funds, working capital, analysis of cash, and
cash flow from operations.
Identify and illustrate the characteristics of other selected topics, such as
nonprofit organizations and fund accounting.
Communicate effectively using correct Standard English, both orally and in
writing by completion of papers, projects and/or presentations.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include Fixed costs
Variable costs
Process cost
Variable costing
Net present value
Budgets
Cost drivers
Contribution margin
Break-even analysis
Job order cost
Activity based costing
Time value of money
Cost-profit-volume analysis
Production costing
SUGGESTED TEXT/CURRICULUM MATERIALS:
Introduction to Managerial Accounting, 2e-2005, Chapters 1-14, Brewer, Garrison,
Noreen
Study Guide Optional
ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT:
The College is committed to academic integrity in all its practices. The faculty value
intellectual integrity and a high standard of academic conduct. Activities that violate
academic integrity undermine the quality and diminish the value of educational
achievement.
Cheating on papers, tests or other academic works is a violation of College rules.
No student shall engage in behavior that, in the judgment of the instructor of the class,
may be construed as cheating. This may include, but is not limited to, plagiarism or
other forms of academic dishonesty such as the acquisition without permission of tests
or other academic materials and/or distribution of these materials and other academic
work. This includes students who aid and abet as well as those who attempt such
behavior.
ADA STATEMENT:
Ivy Tech State College seeks to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified
individuals with documented disabilities. If you need an accommodation because of a
documented disability, please contact the Office of Disability Support Services.
If you will require assistance during an emergency evacuation, notify your instructor
immediately. Look for evacuation procedures posted in your classrooms.
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IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE VIRTUAL LIBRARY:
For students on-and-off campus, the Virtual Library offers full text journals, books, and
other resources essential for completing course assignments. Go to
http://www.ivytech.edu/library and choose the Virtual Library link for your campus.
GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES:
Ivy Tech State College is committed to graduating students who have the appropriate
technical and general education skills. General Education skills are assessed in
selected courses through an authentic assessment project to evaluate curriculum
effectiveness.
METHOD(S) OF DELIVERY:
E-learning resources
E-mail communication
Textbook
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE STUDENT:
Required texts: Introduction to Managerial Accounting, 2e-2005, Brewer, Garrison,
Noreen
Study Guide Optional
Calculator
METHOD (S) OF EVALUATION:
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Periodic Tests
2
30%
Special Project
2
_ 35%
Final Exam
Homework (best 8 of 10)
TOTAL
1
15%
20%
100%
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GRADING:
Percentage average of all scores:
4.0 - 3.6 = A
3.5 - 2.6 = B
2.5 - 1.6 = C
1.5 - .6 = D
.5 - .0 = F
The grading criteria for the
examinations: (average of all scores)
90 - 100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
MAKE-UP POLICY:
There is no make-up of homework assignments as solutions are posted the week after
these assignments are due. Only extreme circumstances will be considered for
extended test and project time.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Obviously, you are not attending class. However, I often check the course statistics to
see who is making use of the e-learning materials.
COURSE ACTIVITY DISCLAIMER:
The instructor reserves the right to alter the type and sequence of activities scheduled
for this course.
VOLUNTEER DROP DEADLINE:
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COURSE TITLE: ACC 102 – Managerial Accounting
See assignment sheet for contact information and detailed assignments.
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE:
Week
Date
Chapter
Topic
1
Chapter 1
Introduction to Managerial Accounting and Cost
Concepts
Prologue: Managerial Accounting and the Business
Environment
2
Chapter 13
How Well Am I Doing? Statement of Cash Flows
3
Chapter 14
How Well Am I Doing? Financial Statement Analysis
4
Chapter 14
Financial Statement Analysis (continued)
5
Chapter 2
Systems Design: Job-Order Costing
6
Chapter 3
Systems Design: Activity-Based Costing
7
Chapter 4
Systems Design: Process Costing
8
Chapter 5
Cost Behavior: Analysis and Use
9
Chapter 6
Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships
10
Chapter 7
Profit Planning
11
Chapter 8
Standard Costs
12
Chapter 9
Flexible Budgets and Overhead Analysis
13
Chapter 10
Decentralization
14
Chapter 11
Relevant Costs for Decision Making
15
Chapter 12
Capital Budgeting Decisions
16
FINAL EXAMINATION