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COURSE SYLLABUS: Managerial Accounting

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Telephone:

BU455 - Managerial Accounting Business Paula A. Beiser, CPA, MBA E-Mail - Vita 757-874-4976 (before 9pm each day, Eastern Standard Time). Please leave a message on the answering machine if I am not in at the time you call.

• Certified Public Accountant. Certified Information Technology Professional.
• B.S. in Accounting (Christopher Newport University, 1991).
• M.B.A. - Concentration in Accounting and Software (College of William and Mary, 1995).
• Eighteen graduate hours in Accounting (Old Dominion University, 2000).
• Sixteen years of work experience which includes governmental auditing, and financial accounting (supervisor, manager, and controller positions).
• Current partner in a small business, and current accounting/software consultant.
• Current adjunct instructor for Canyon College.
• Personal - married with a seven-year-old son, Tyler, and a three-year-old son, Jake. I also have 2 cats. My husband and I enjoy scuba diving and boating. We are advanced divers and enjoy diving and traveling. Our dives include Cozumel reefs and caverns, Key West reefs, Freeport/Bahamas reefs and wrecks, Florida springs, Cape Hatteras and Outer Banks wrecks, and Australia and Fiji reefs/wrecks. My aunt lives in Melbourne, Australia, and we went to visit her in the fall.

OTHER CONTACTS:

IF FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, YOU CANNOT CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR, PLEASE CONTACT: support@canyoncollege.edu

MEETING TIMES:

On-line
Completion of the course is not to exceed 2 months from start date.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

The course will consist of message board/bulletin board discussions, analysis of cases and problems, research, and assessment via exams.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES:

This course provides a survey of managerial accounting theory and the application of those principals. It covers the relationship that managerial and financial accounting have on one another. You will learn about the organizational role of management accountants in the management process. The course will cover the basic cost terms and applies them within a job order and a process cost system. Cost volume analysis, budgeting, performance evaluation, pricing, and capital investment analysis will also be addressed.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:   Online Bookstore

Managerial Accounting, 8th Edition,
by Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Philip E. Fess.
South-Western (Thomson), © 2004/2005.
ISBN: 0324188021   ISBN-13: 9780324188028

WE WILL ONLY COVER CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 9 IN THIS COURSE.

GRADE COMPONENTS:

Tests: Homework: Articles: Participation: Total

20% Test 1: Midterm Chapters 1-4 30% Test 2: Final Chapters 5-9 15% (submitted on time using the grading format below) 20% (2 assigned during the course) 15% (postings on the message board/bulletin board) 100%

This course is a SOMEWHAT DEMANDING course requiring considerable outside work (especially in the on-line format). You are responsible for the material covered by the required due dates. However, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH ME, AND WE CAN ADJUST THESE DUE DATES ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. I AM EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE IF YOU WILL COMMUNICATE WITH ME. Participation in the message board/bulletin board discussions will be factored into your participation grade at the end of the term.

Homework: Homework is graded as to neatness, completeness, and timeliness. Certain homework problems must be turned in (via e-mail) by the required due dates (see course schedule). You may work individually or with others on these homework problems. The following grading system is applicable to the homework:

10 8 6 0

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Full credit. Homework is neat, complete, and turned in on time. Effort will be considered if answers are not 100% accurate. Partial credit. An average amount of homework is neat and/or complete and turned in on time. Homework is turned in one day late. Effort will be considered if answers are not 100% accurate. Partial credit. A below average amount of homework is neat and/or complete and turned in on time. Homework is turned in two or more days late. Effort will be considered if answers are not 100% accurate. No credit. No homework is turned in.

Tests: It is stressed that tests should be taken during the administered time. However, if circumstances arise beyond your control, please communicate with the instructor to reschedule. Tests will take approximately 3 to 4 hours (at one sitting) to complete via a take- home format. You have one week to finish the tests/exams from the time they are started. ALL TESTS SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU MAY NOT WORK WITH OTHERS ON THESE TESTS.

Articles: PLEASE SEE THE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR THE ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS. You may work individually or with others on these article summaries.

Participation: Your participation grade will be a calculation of message board/ bulletin board discussions each week (you will be required to post comments back to me and 2 other students in this area of the web site); and also of submitting assignments by the required due dates. PLEASE SEE THE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR ALL DUE DATES AND MESSAGE BOARD/BULLETIN BOARD DISCUSSION REQUIRED.

GRADE SCALE:

A B C D F

90-100 80-89 70-79 65-69 0-64

SUGGESTED READINGS:

The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Business Week, Forbes, The Journal of Accountancy.

SUGGESTED WEB SITES:

AICPAs (American Institute of CPAs), VSCPAs (Virginia Society of CPAs), IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors), AAA (American Accounting Association).

ACADEMIC HONESTY/STUDENT BILL OF RIGHTS:

Students should familiarize themselves with the Canyon College procedure for Academic Honesty and the Student Bill of Rights.