Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Winter 1996

Abstract

Course syllabus for ACCT 331A Cost Accounting I

Course description: The course objective is to learn how cost accounting data is gathered, processed, reported and used for making financial and managerial decisions. Four major themes are explored: 1) Introduction to Cost Accounting Terminology, Code of Ethics, Personnel Duties, Systems, and Statements. 2) Short term performance measurement and evaluation methods and Budgeting, Standard Costing, Performance Decomposition, Theories of Costing. 3) Models of Decision Making in Make/Buy, Keep/Replace, Special Order and other common decision frameworks. 4) Issues in cost allocation and its impact on resource allocation and reporting decisions.

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ACCT 331A

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