OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

GENERIC COURSE SYLLABUS

 

I.          Course              Course            Course

            Prefix                          Number           Name                                       Credit              Lecture            Lab

            ACC                154                  Principles of                                3                       3                   0

                                                            Managerial Accounting

 

II.        Course Prerequisite:

Recommended:  ACC 153 or concurrent enrollment in ACC 153.

 

III.       Course Description:

Course presents accounting information used for internal business management.  Focus is on planning, controlling and evaluating company performance.  Content includes budgeting, job costing, product pricing, breakeven analysis, standard costing, decision models.

 

IV.       Learning Objectives:

To prepare students to demonstrate understanding of concepts and ability to solve problems in the following areas:

A.        Nature of Managerial Accounting: Cost Concepts and Terminology

B.        Job Order Cost Systems

C.        Process Cost Systems

D.        Cost Allocation and Activity based Accounting

E.         Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation

F.         Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

G.        Profit Reporting for Managerial Analysis

H.        Differential Analysis and Product Pricing

I.          Capital Investment Analysis & Capital Budgeting

J.          Budgeting

K.        Standard Cost Systems (Including Flexible Budgets and Overhead Analysis)

L.         Accounting for Decentralized Operations; Transfer Pricing

M.        Financial Statement Analysis and Annual Reports

N.        The New Management and Decision Making

 

V.        Academic Integrity:

 

Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:

 

·         cheating,

·         plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation),

·         falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth),

·         helping others to cheat,

·         unauthorized changes on official documents,

·         pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you,

·         making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and

·         any other behavior that violates academic integrity.

There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you.  If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.

 

Details of the Code of Academic Conduct can be found in the Student Handbook.

 

VI.       Outline of Topics:

See IV above.

 

VII.     Methods of Instruction:

In example--

A.        Lecture and Discussion

B.        Working Problems and Reviewing Solutions

C.        Collaborative Projects

D.        Case Discussion

 

VIII.    Course Practices Required:

In Example --

Students must perform on a college level in reading, writing, problem solving and oral presentation.

 

IX.       Instructional Materials:

In example --

A.        Text: Custom Managerial Accounting by Brewer 4th edition

B.        Student Handout Packet only available at Oakton bookstore.

X.        Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:

In example --

A.        Four Tests (100 points each)

Final Exam (200 points)

Homework (6 points each)

Quizzes (10 points each)

Attendance is considered if a student is between grades.

B.        A point scale based on total possible points.

90 - 100% = A

80 -  89% = B

70 -  79% = C

60 -  69% = D

59% & below F


 

 

XI.       Other Course Information

            If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability, you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the ASSIST office in the Learning Center. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skills or requirements of a course or degree program.

 

 

 

Effective beginning term     Summer 2006     ending term                                                     

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Syllabus prepared by: Jay Cohen                                             

 

Reviewed by Dept/Program chair: Jay Cohen               

 

Approved by Dean:  Bradley P. Wooten        May 2006