ACCT2402

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Principles of Managerial Accounting

Course Description

(4-3-3) This course is taken for academic credit. (Prerequisite: ACCT 2401) Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of managerial accounting appropriate for all organizations. Students will study information from the entity's accounting system relevant to decisions made by internal managers, as distinguished from information relevant to users who are external to the company. The emphasis is on the identification and assignment of product costs, operational budgeting and planning, cost control, and management decision making. Topics include product costing methodologies, cost behavior, operational and capital budgeting, and performance evaluation. Lab fee.

Academic Level

Undergraduate Credit

CIP Code

52.0301 - Accounting

Course Type (Attributes)

General Academic (ACGM) (ACGM)

Locations

Athens (01), Online (06), Terrell Satellite (03), Palestine Satellite (02), Kaufman Workforce (04)

This is a Coursedog only field and is not integrated with the SIS.

Objective

Identify the role and scope of financial and managerial accounting and the use of accounting information in the decision making process of managers.

Objectives

Identify the role and scope of financial and managerial accounting and the use of accounting information in the decision making process of managers.

Objective

Define operational and capital budgeting, and explain its role in planning, control, and decision making.

Objectives

Define operational and capital budgeting, and explain its role in planning, control, and decision making.

Objective

Prepare an operating budget, identify its major components, and explain the interrelationships among its various components.

Objectives

Prepare an operating budget, identify its major components, and explain the interrelationships among its various components.

Objective

Explain methods of performance evaluation.

Objectives

Explain methods of performance evaluation.

Objective

Use appropriate financial information to make operational decisions.

Objectives

Use appropriate financial information to make operational decisions

Objective

Demonstrate use of accounting data in the areas of product costing, cost behavior, cost control, and operational and capital budgeting for management decisions.

Objectives

Demonstrate use of accounting data in the areas of product costing, cost behavior, cost control, and operational and capital budgeting for management decisions.