ACCT*2230 - Management Accounting

Course Description

This course emphasizes the use of accounting information to facilitate effective management decisions. Topics include cost determination, cost control and analysis, budgeting, profit-volume analysis and capital investment analysis.

Note: This course may be taken individually or as a part of a certificate program.
Note: This course is accredited by the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA) and may be applied towards the CHRP designation.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the learner should be able to:

1. Clearly demonstrate an understanding and application of the various managerial accounting concepts;
2. Categorize costs into different classifications based on their managerial decision usefulness;
3. Identify optimal managerial decisions through Cost-Volume-Profit and relevant costing analysis;
4. Apply variable, absorption and standard costing as appropriate in various contexts;
5. Apply budgeting and budget projection tools in a business setting; and
6. Incorporate managerial accounting tools in decision-making processes for immediate and long-term decisions.

Course Topics

• Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment
• Cost Terms, Concepts and Classification
• Cost Behaviour – Analysis and Use
• Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships
• System Design – Job-Order Costing
• Activity-Based Costing – A Tool to Aid Decision Making
• Variable vs. Absorption Costing, A Tool for Management
• Budgeting for Costs and Cash
• Standard Costs
• Reporting for Control
• Relevant Costs for Decision Making
• Capital Budgeting Decisions

Assessment

Note: The student must pass the final exam to pass the course.

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Additional Technical Requirements

This course will use the following:

• McGraw-Hill Connect. Connect is a digital learning environment administered by McGraw-Hill Education. Visit their website to complete a check that ensures your computer meets the Connect system requirements.  
• Respondus tool to invigilate one or more exams. 
• Zoom as a video communication tool.  A Webcam, a microphone to record video, and headphones/speakers to play back the recording are also needed. 

Please view the Technical Considerations for each.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Certificate in Accounting : Required Courses
• Certificate in Business : Electives
• Certificate in Hospitality Studies : Required Courses