SYLLABUS - UCLA EXTENSION Course Title: Management Accounting Course Number: Management XL122 Registration Number: 255433 Quarter: Summer 2015 Instructor: Justin Goss, CPA Meeting Times Online, June 24 th September 9 th Class Location UCLA Extension Canvas Phone No: 773-936-3458 (leave message) E-mail address Justin@gosscpa.com (reference class number) COURSE DESCRIPTION This course covers the nature, objectives and procedures of cost accounting and control. Topics include Accounting as a Tool for Management, Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation, Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions, Product Cost and Job Ordering Costs, Planning and Forecasting, Performance Evaluation: Variance Analysis, Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management, Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions, Capital Budgeting, Decentralization and Performance Evaluation, Performance Evaluation Revisited: A Balanced Approach. This course is designed to prepare students for careers in accounting or those currently in production planning, material control, production control, program management, pricing, and/or purchasing. COURSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The lecture series and textbook are divided into three parts. The initial series of sessions will provide a basic introduction and critical cost information derived from managerial accounting. This section is designed to provide additional introductory material. The second series of sessions demonstrates how accounting and financial information is used in the planning and control of a business entity. It is designed to cover the cost analysis and planning phases of business operations and how managerial accounting information is used in short-term and long-term decisionmaking. The third series of sessions covers how accounting and financial information is used in the decision-making process. It is designed to cover the control aspect of the class and how managerial accounting information contributes toward the achievement of a company s goals. After completing this course, the student should be able to: Understand the sources of accounting and financial information and how these numbers are used in the management decision-making
process. Interpret accounting and financial data for the use in planning business operations. Use accounting and financial data to control the operations and make operational decisions to improve the company s financial performance. TOPICS INCLUDE Cost Terms Job-Order Costing Systems Process Costing Systems Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Variable Costing Profit Planning Capital Budgeting Using cost data to make management decisions COURSE FORMAT This is an on-line course in the principles of accounting. The entire course will be administered through Canvas and WileyPLUS. This is a distance learning course that offers participants flexibility and opportunities to interact with other course participants (students and instructors). Each participant works independently and at their own pace. This course will consist of assigned textbook readings, lesson summaries and associated assignments. All assignments are to be completed individually. The participants will complete the weekly reading and assignments in sequential order. All assignments will be provided to the participants and submitted to the instructor on-line to the specified homework location. REQUIRED COURSE TEXT Managerial Accounting, 2nd Edition Davis & Davis ISBN: 9781119024941 Publisher: John Wiley And Sons RECOMMENDED READING I will post scholarly journal articles for each chapter of the text. Current daily issues of the Wall Street Journal. Current issues of Business Week Magazine or Barron s.
GRADING To achieve the maximum amount of knowledge during this on-line learning experience, please follow the syllabus schedule and participate constructively in any of the discussions held in the Class Forum. Course grades are based on participation and completion of the following assignments: Points / Percentage (%) Homework Assignments 100 / (33.3%) Quizzes 100 / (33.3%) Peer Discussion 50 / (16.7%) Proctored Comprehensive Final Exam 50 / (16.7%) Total 300 / (100%) GRADING SCALEGrade Result A = 90 to 100% Excellent B = 80 to 89% Good C = 70 to 79% Average D = 60 to 69% Passing F = 59% or below Failing There will also be plus (+) and minus (-) grades. Please note that ALL COURSE GRADES ARE FINAL. Incompletes: The interim grade Incomplete may be assigned when a student s work is of passing quality, but a small portion of the course requirements is incomplete for good cause (e.g. illness or other serious problem). It is the student s responsibility to discuss with the instructor the possibility of receiving an I grade as opposed to a non-passing grade. The student is entitled to replace this grade by a passing grade and to receive unit credit provided they complete the remaining coursework satisfactorily, under the supervision of and in a time frame determined by the instructor in charge, but in no case later than the end of the next academic quarter. At that time, the Registrar will cause all remaining Incompletes to lapse to the grade F. Note: Receiving an I does not entitle a student to retake all or any part of the course at a later date.
GENERAL INFORMATION The course topics are to be read within the week they are assigned. I will provide students with on-line narrated and un-narrated PowerPoint Slides for each lesson. Additionally, there are short video lectures for some topics. If you re an audio/visual learner you should use the narrated slides and watch the videos. Fast readers, or to move through the lectures faster, then read the un-narrated slides. You should use these as supplements and as a guide in reading your textbook. After the readings, submit your homework through WileyPLUS and take the quiz online. Participation in peer discussions requires at least one post per week on the peer discussion forums, and the forum will close to new posts a week after the week due. Participation in discussions can be accomplished a number of ways You can ask questions, answer other students questions, or create your own thread idea. Ideally, discussions will revolve around lectures and homework. You re allowed to discuss homework, but not allowed to discuss the quizzes. The final exam contains over a dozen questions, but you only need to answer two questions. My advice for the final exam is to read all the questions and answer the two questions you think are easiest. Print and save the syllabus and all lessons, as available. Keep them in a file on your computer. Please keep records of all your online submittals. If you are feeling lost, then please contact me immediately. If you are having computer and software problems with the on-line system, call Tech Support and UCLA Extension immediately. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (33.3% OF GRADE) Homework assignments will be provided to the course participants online and are also found in this syllabus. Be sure to follow the specific instructions provided for each assignment. All students will be held to the same overall guidelines. There is no even distribution of the workload. Some chapters are more heavily homework intension. Some weeks it will seem like a light load. The Assignments relate to the chapter lessons each week. For full credit you must submit completed assignments each week. Assignments are due on or before the succeeding Wednesday at midnight for credit to be given. As a courtesy, I provide the homework solutions from the start of the course. I provide the solutions so you can receive instant feedback before being graded. Lastly, if you re weak on one particular topic, you may select additional similar problems and compare your answers to the solutions manual.
Quizzes (33.3% of Grade) Each quiz is scaled to be worth 10 points, contains various multiple choice problems, and is due on or before the succeeding Wednesday at midnight for credit to be given. There are eleven quizzes and I drop your lowest quiz score when calculating your grade. Peer Discussions (16.7% of Grade) Participation in discussions requires at least one post per week on the peer discussion forums, and the forum will close to new posts a week after the week due. Participation in peer discussions can be accomplished a number of ways You can ask questions, answer other students questions, or create your own thread idea. Ideally, discussions will revolve around lectures, homework, and additional readings. You re allowed to discuss homework, but not allowed to discuss the quizzes. Lastly, networking is required to be successful in the accounting profession. I highly recommend interacting with your peers and starting to build you network now. Proctored Final Exam (16.7% of Grade) The final exam contains over a dozen questions from the entire text, but you only need to answer two questions. My advice for the final exam is to read all the questions and answer the two questions you think are easiest. The final exam will be proctored online using ProctorU. (This is a new requirement this quarter.) Below are additional requirements that are needed for ProctorU: Student or government issued-id Reliable computer running Windows XP (or higher) or Mac OS X 10 (or higher). Web cam with 640x480 video pixel resolution or higher. Headphones or working speakers connected to the computer. Working microphone connected to the computer. Web cam with built in microphone recommended. Web browser with Adobe Flash Player installed. We recommend Flash Player 11. A reliable, high-speed internet connection. Ability to allow video and screen-sharing connections on computer you are using to take exam. Students can test their computer, web cam, and internet connection at
www.proctoru.com/testitout How will ProctorU work? Here s a short demo: https://proctoru.com/howitworks.php LESSON PLAN Session Topic Reading from text Suggested Assigned Problems Problems 1 Accounting as a tool for Units 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 management 2 C&C Sports Units 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 2-2, 2-4, 2-9 2-24, 2-26 Cost behavior, cost estimation, contribution margin 3-1 Breakeven analysis Units 3.1 and 3.2 3-1, 3-5, 3-11 3-14, 3-32 C-V-P analysis 3-2 Multi-product breakeven analysis Units 3.3 and 3.4 3-21, 3-24 3-38, 3-39, 3-43 Pricing decisions 4-1 Product and period costs Units 4.1 and 4.2 4-1, 4-3, 4-5 4-24 Product cost flows 4-2 Job order costing Unit 4.3 4-11, 4-16 4-26, 4-27 4-3 Underapplied and overapplied MOH Unit 4.4 4-19, 4-21 4-30 5-1 Planning and the budgeting process Performance standards Building the master budget: the operating budget 5-2 Building the master budget: the operating budget Building the master budget: the cash budget Units 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-10, 5-12 Units 5.3 and 5.4 5-13, 5-16, 5-17, 5-21, 5-24, 5-27 5-3 Pro-forma financial statements Unit 5.5 5-38, 5-39 6-1 Flexible budgets Units 6.1 and 6.2 6-4, 6-6, 6-9, 6-13 6-12, 6-27 Variance analysis direct material 6-2 Variance analysis direct labor Units 6.3 and 6.4 6-14, 6-17, 6-21 6-6-20, 6-26, 6-31 Variance analysis manufacturing overhead 22 7-1 Activity-based costing Units 7.1 and 7.2 7-1, 7-3, 7-14, 7-7-21, 7-25 19 7-2 Activity-based management Customer profitability Units 7.3 7-11, 7-12, T5-5 7-28, T5-9 8-1 Identifying relevant costs Units 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 8-2, 8-7, 8-8 8-11, 8-24 Special order pricing Outsourcing 8-2 Allocating constrained resources Units 8.4 and 8.5 8-12, 8-17 8-27, 8-30 Keeping or eliminating operations 9-1 Capital budgeting Units 9.1 and 9.2 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-6 9-20 Time value of money 9-2 Discounted cash flow techniques Units 9.3 and 9.4 9-10, 9-11, 9-14, 9-25, 9-27, 9-29 Other capital budgeting techniques 9-17 10-1 Centralized vs. decentralized Units 10.2 and 10.2 10-1, 10-5 10-26 operations Segment evaluation 10-2 Return on investment Units 10.3 and 10.4 10-9, 10-14, 10-18 10-28, 10-29 Residual income and EVA 11 The balanced scorecard Units 11.1, 11.2, and 11-2, 11-5, 11-8 11-16, 11-20 5-20 5-40
Benchmarking 11.3