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2011-04-07 Economics 247 : Courses : Athabasca U Courses Economics (ECON) 247 Microeconomics (Revision 8) Back to courses Print page Opened in Moodle, March 10, 2010. View previous syllabus. Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Social Science Prerequisite: None. Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services Centre: Faculty of Business ECON 247 has a Challenge for Credit option. Télé-université du Québec equivalency: ECO 1300 check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview ECON 247 is designed to introduce microeconomics the area of economics concerned with the behaviour of specific economic units (households and firms). Microeconomics as a field of study focuses on the operation of the economy at the level of the units in which basic choices are made in the face of scarcity; it is, therefore, primarily concerned with markets and prices. Outline Unit 1: The Nature and Method of Economics Unit 2: The Market Forces of Demand and Supply The Basics Unit 3: The Elasticity of Demand and Supply Unit 4: Markets and Economic Welfare www2.athabascau.ca/ /econ247.php 1/2
2011-04-07 Economics 247 : Courses : Athabasca U Unit 5: The Economics of the Public Sector Unit 6: The Costs of Production Unit 7: Firms in Competitive Markets Unit 8: Monopoly Unit 9: Price and Output Determination Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition Unit 10: The Markets for the Factors of Production Evaluation To receive credit for ECON 247, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least a D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows: 10 Quizzes (3% each) Assign. 1 Midterm Exam Assign. 2 Final Exam Total 30% 10% 20% 10% 30% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Course Materials Textbook Mankiw, N. G., Kneebone, R. D., McKenzie, K. J., and Rowe, N. (2008). Principles of Microeconomics. (4th Cdn. ed.). Toronto: Thomson Nelson. ISBN 0176448675 Other Materials The course materials also include a workbook. All other course materials will be accessed online. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 10/19/2010 10:01:22 Opened in Revision 8, March 10, 2010. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /econ247.php 2/2
2011-04-07 Economics 248 : Courses : Athabasca U Courses Economics (ECON) 248 Macroeconomics (Revision 6) Back to courses Print page View previous syllabus. Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Social Science Prerequisite: None Centre: Faculty of Business Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services ECON 248 has a Challenge for Credit option. Télé-université du Québec equivalency: ECO 2400. check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview ECON 248: Macroeconomics, in conjunction with ECON 247: Microeconomics, provides a basic introduction to the entire discipline of economics. The study of microeconomics, macroeconomics, or both can help all students to understand our society better. While microeconomics deals with individual decision makers in households, firms, and governments, macroeconomics deals with aggregates. ECON 248 looks at economy-wide issues such as inflation, unemployment, balance of international payments, and the way that government policies affect these variables. ECON 248 deals with both economic theory and economic policy. For the future economist, the theory is absolutely essential, because senior economics courses will assume that you have already mastered certain analytical tools that economists routinely use. In order to develop this understanding of economic issues and theories, you will need to learn: economic definitions (e.g., how economists use terms like investment, money, and unemployment); economic facts (e.g., what the powers and responsibilities of the Bank of Canada are); and analytical tools (e.g., how economists determine the relationship between investment and unemployment). Economics is a quantitative discipline. By its very nature, it deals with numbers and requires some understanding of www2.athabascau.ca/ /econ248.php 1/3
2011-04-07 Economics 248 : Courses : Athabasca U mathematics. Outline Unit 1: Introduction to Economics Unit 2: Monitoring Macroeconomic Trends and Fluctuations Unit 3: Macroeconomic Trends: The Real Economy Unit 4: Macroeconomic Trends: The Money Economy Unit 5: Macroeconomic Fluctuations Unit 6: Macroeconomic Policy Evaluation To receive credit for ECON 248, you must receive a grade of 50 percent or better on the final examination, and achieve an overall grade of at least D (50 percent) for the entire course. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on the activities listed below. The weightings for each of these activities are as follows: 6 Quizzes (5% each) Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Final Exam Total 30% 10% 10% 50% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Course Materials Textbook Parkin, M. & Bade, R. (2010). Macroeconomics: Canada in the Global Environment. (7th ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada Inc. ISBN 9780132113250 Other Materials All other course materials will be accessed online. The course materials for this course are shipped as a shrinkwrapped package. If the shrink wrap is broken, the materials are not returnable. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 02/02/2011 07:56:18 Opened in Revision 6, July 7, 2010. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /econ248.php 2/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 253 : Courses : Athabasca Courses Accounting (ACCT) 253 Introductory Financial Accounting (Revision 11) Back to courses Print page View previous syllabus. This course is fully compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the new accounting rules adopted by Canada. As of January 1, 2011, all publically accountable enterprises (PAEs) in Canada must prepare financial statements that comply with IFRS. Private enterprises (PEs) in Canada will be permitted to use either IFRS or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for PEs as detailed in a new section of the revised CICA Handbook. Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) Prerequisite: None. Centre: Faculty of Business ACCT 253 has a Challenge for Credit option. check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview After completing this course, you will be able to analyze and prepare a set of basic financial statements. You will begin by examining the accounting cycle of a sole proprietorship in the service sector, learning how financial transactions are processed through the accounting information system each accounting period. You will then examine accounting for merchandise operations as well as inventory and cost of sales. Special issues regarding balance sheet components are reviewed in detail, including www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct253.php 1/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 253 : Courses : Athabasca internal control and cash accounts receivable property, plant and equipment assets short- and long-term liabilities. Financial accounting issues specific to the corporate form of organization are examined, followed by an introduction to the statement of cash flows. Generally accepted accounting principles and ethics are examined throughout the course as they relate to each area. Finally, you will learn to apply basic tools for analyzing financial statements. Outline Lesson 1: Introduction to Financial Accounting and Financial Statements Lesson 2: Analyzing and Recording Transactions Lesson 3: Adjusting Accounts Lesson 4: Closing Entries and the Classified Balance Sheet Lesson 5: Accounting for Merchandising Activities and Merchandise Inventory Lesson 6: Internal Control and Cash Lesson 7: Receivables Lesson 8: Property, Plant and Equipment, and Intangibles Lesson 9: Current and Long-term Liabilities Lesson 10: Accounting for Corporations Lesson 11: Reporting and Analyzing Cash Flows Lesson 12: Analyzing Financial Statements Evaluation To receive credit for ACCT 253, you must achieve at least D (50%) on the Final Examination an average mark of A- (80%) on the online LIFA labs (once your LIFA lab average reaches 80%, you will be awarded full marks for this activity) an overall composite grade of D (50%). The following chart summarizes the evaluation activities and scheme for this course. Quiz 1 LIFA Case Study Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Final Exam Discussion Questions Labs Total 5% 5% 10% 15% 45% 5% 15% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Course Materials www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct253.php 2/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 253 : Courses : Athabasca Textbook Larson, K. D., & Jensen, T. (2010). Fundamental accounting principles (13th Can. ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. (Volumes 1 and 2) ISBN: 978-0-07-096827-1. Other Materials All other course materials will be accessed online. The course materials for this course are shipped as a shrinkwrapped package. If the shrink wrap is broken, the materials are not returnable. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 02/14/2011 15:34:30 Opened in Revision 11, August 6, 2010. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct253.php 3/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 355 : Courses : Athabasca Courses Accounting (ACCT) 355 Cost Analysis (Revision 9) Back to courses Print page View previous syllabus. Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study.** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) Prerequisite:ACCT 250 or ACCT 253. Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services Centre: Faculty of Business ACCT 355 has a Challenge for Credit option. Télé-université du Québec equivalency: FIN 2005 check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview ACCT 355 will take you through the details of cost accumulation and product costing, as well as the measurement and identification of relevant costs for managerial decision making, planning, control, and performance measurement. Lesson 1 serves as a foundation for the course, providing a general perspective of management accounting and how it relates to financial accounting. The first part of the lesson discusses management accounting in a global business environment and describes how the ever-changing business environment has affected the practice of management accounting and the accountant's role in an organization. The second part of Lesson 1 looks at management accounting practices and terminology, and provides an overview of basic concepts in identifying and classifying costs. Lessons 2 through 10 are organized according to three themes: Lessons 2 to 4 focus on cost accumulation and product costing for inventory valuation and income determination. This theme focuses mainly on assigning costs to products and services to separate costs incurred during a period between costs of goods sold and inventories. Lessons 5 to 7 discuss the measurement and identification of relevant costs for different types of managerial decisions. www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct355.php 1/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 355 : Courses : Athabasca Lessons 8 to 10 concentrate on the processes involved in planning, control, and performance measurement. The emphasis is on the accounting process as a means of providing information to help managers control the activities for which they are responsible. Outline Lesson 1: Accounting, Business, and Competitiveness Lesson 2: Product Costing Job Order Costing Lesson 3: Process Costing Lesson 4: Activity-Based and Service Department Costing Lesson 5: Cost Behaviour and Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis Lesson 6: Absorption versus Variable Costing; Relevant Information for Decision Making Lesson 7: Pricing and Inventory Decisions, JIT, and Backflush Costing Lesson 8: The Master Budget Lesson 9: Flexible Budget and Variance Analysis Lesson 10: Management Control Systems, Transfer Pricing, and Multinational Considerations Evaluation To receive credit for ACCT 355, you must write a final examination and pass it with a grade of at least 50%. In addition, you must achieve a minimum overall course grade of D (50 percent). The following chart describes the credit weight associated with each course requirement: Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Final Exam Total 15% 15% 15% 55% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Your performance in ACCT 355 will be evaluated on the basis of the work conducted on assignments and on the results of the examination. Because the assignments and the examination have been designed to assess analytical skills, you will need to synthesize the concepts learned throughout the course. Note: Students planning to transfer this course to a Professional Accounting designation (i.e., CMA, CGA, CA) are advised that they will be required to achieve a grade higher than the minimum passing grade. See the Professional Accounting Designation Web site for details. Course Materials Textbook Horngren, C.T., Foster, G., Datar, S.M., & Gowring, M.P. (2010). Cost accounting: A managerial emphasis (5th www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct355.php 2/3
2011-04-07 Accounting 355 : Courses : Athabasca Cdn. ed.). Toronto: Pearson Canada Inc. ISBN- 9780132606363 Other Materials Students will access all other course materials online. The course materials for this course are shipped as a shrinkwrapped package. If the shrink wrap is broken, the materials are not returnable. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 03/30/2011 09:26:10 Opened in Revision 9, March 30, 2011. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /acct355.php 3/3
2011-04-07 Marketing 396 : Courses : Athabasca U Courses Marketing (MKTG) 396 Introduction to Marketing (Revision 5) Back to courses Print page View previous syllabus. Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study.** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) Prerequisite: None. Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services Centre: Faculty of Business MKTG 396 has a Challenge for Credit option. check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview MKTG 396 introduces marketing concepts, functions, and institutions. It also examines the influence of marketing on the Canadian economy and on the management of individual organizations. The course includes case studies in marketing real-life examples of marketing problems to give students practice in decision making and to improve their communication skills. Outline Lesson 1: Marketing Managing Profitable Customer Relationships Lesson 2: Company and Marketing Strategy Partnering to Build Customer Relationships Lesson 3: Marketing in the Digital Age Era of Social Responsibility and Ethics Lesson 4: The Marketing Environment and Managing Marketing Information Lesson 5: Consumer and Business Markets and Buyer Behaviour Lesson 6: Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning www2.athabascau.ca/ /mktg396.php 1/3
2011-04-07 Marketing 396 : Courses : Athabasca U Lesson 7: Product, Branding, and Life Cycle Strategies Lesson 8: Pricing Lesson 9: Distribution Channels and Supply Chain Management Lesson 10: Retailing and Wholesaling Lesson 11: Integrated Marketing Communication Strategy Lesson 12: Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public Relations Lesson 13: Personal Selling and Direct Marketing Lesson 14: The Global Marketplace Evaluation To receive credit for MKTG 396, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least a D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows: Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Final exam Total 15% 15% 30% 40% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Note: The final examination for this course must be taken online at an invigilated location. It is your responsibility to ensure a computer with an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher is available for your use at the invigilation centre. Course Materials Textbook Kotler, P., Armstrong, G., & Cunningham, P. H. (2008). Principles of marketing. (7th Canadian ed.). Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-202001-5 Other materials Students will access all other course materials online. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 02/16/2011 08:51:10 Opened in Revision 5, July 18, 2008. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /mktg396.php 2/3
2011-04-07 Management Science 301 : Courses : A Courses Management Science (MGSC) 301 Statistics for Business and Economics I (Revision 5) Back to courses Print page View previous syllabus. Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study.** Credits: 3 Area of Study: Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies) Prerequisite: None. Important Links Academic Advising Program Planning Request Assistance Student Services Precluded Course: MATH 215 and MATH 216. (MGSC 301 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for MATH 215 and MATH 216.) Centre: Faculty of Business MGSC 301 has a Challenge for Credit option. Télé-université du Québec equivalency: STA 1001 check availability **Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the Faculty of Business Student Support Centre at 1-800- 468-6531. Overview This is a three-credit, introductory course in statistics designed to provide students with the basic concepts and methods of statistical analysis. The course and the textbook are tailored to meet the needs of students in administrative studies. Accordingly, application problems are borrowed from business and economics, with many exercises based on real data. MGSC 301 comprises 11 lessons, which correspond to the first 11 chapters of the textbook. It covers basic techniques in descriptive statistics, both analytical and graphical, provides a brief study of probability theory, and discusses the main topics in statistical inference. Throughout this course, students will learn many concepts, develop numerous skills, and gain new perspectives of events, observations, and data. The techniques and methods learned will help students in future courses, especially those in quantitative and analytical methods, and in solving real world problems. www2.athabascau.ca/ /mgsc301.php 1/3
2011-04-07 Management Science 301 : Courses : A Credits earned in MGSC 301 may be applied toward the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) diploma. Outline Lesson 1: Data and Statistics Lesson 2: Descriptive Statistics I: Tabular and Graphical Methods Lesson 3: Descriptive Statistics II: Measures of Location and Dispersion Lesson 4: Introduction to Probability Lesson 5: Discrete Probability Distributions Lesson 6: Continuous Probability Distributions Lesson 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions Lesson 8: Interval Estimation Lesson 9: Hypothesis Testing Lesson 10: Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations Lesson 11: Inferences about Population Variances Evaluation To receive credit for this course, you must achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on both the midterm and the final examination and a minimum overall grade of D (50 percent) for the entire course. You are strongly encouraged to complete the two written assignments. If you do not submit an assignment, a mark of 0 percent for that assignment will be used in calculating your overall course grade. Should you decide not to submit one or both of your assignments, you must notify the Call Centre of your decision in writing or by email so that your overall grade can be prepared. Assignment 1 Mid-term Exam Assignment 2 Final Exam Total 20% 30% 20% 30% 100% To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar. Course Materials Textbooks Anderson, D. R., Sweeney, D. J., & Williams, T. A. (2005). Statistics for Business and Economics (9th Edition). Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing. ISBN 0-324-20082-X Workbook to accompany Statistics for Business and Economics (9th Edition). ISBN 0-324-20086-2. Other materials www2.athabascau.ca/ /mgsc301.php 2/3
2011-04-07 Management Science 301 : Courses : A All other materials will be available online. Special Course Features The course materials for this course are shipped as a shrink-wrapped package. If the shrink wrap is broken, the materials are not returnable. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts. Last updated by SAS 02/16/2011 08:46:58 Opened in Revision 5, August 11, 2004. View previous syllabus www2.athabascau.ca/ /mgsc301.php 3/3