Managerial Accounting

Course Description:

Cost accounting and the role of managerial accounting in planning, organizing, controlling and in decision making.

Course Objective:

The course aims to develop the students skills at preparing and analyzing managerial accounts and relevant cost accounts, and to introduce them to the fundamental concepts that are involved in the management decision making process.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures, exercises in class, quiz, and homework. Problems and exercises are also assigned for each chapter for students to work on outside the class. Answers to those practice questions will be either given in the next class or posted on E-Learning. All homework must be written (not typed) and handed in by the set deadlines. Any homework assignments not handed in on time will not be counted.

Teaching Media:

Texts, teaching materials using the visualizer. Handouts will be provided for each class

Course Assessment

Attendance*          5%
Quiz                        5%
Homework            5%
Mid-term Exam    35%
Final Exam           50%

* Please note that half a mark will be deducted for each absence. Students who miss more than 4 classes will not be able to take the final examination.  If students have a valid reason for missing classes they should contact the professor beforehand, or directly afterwards.